There was the idea that risk of increased gallbladder disease and stones existed by using oral birth control, but after years of lawsuits being filed against giant Bayer AG and drugs Yasmin and Yaz (drospirenone), about 3,000 in fact, The Canadian Medical Association Journal reports that there is no increased risk of gall bladder problems [...]
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Calcium supplements, which are often prescribed to postmenopausal women, appear to raise the risk of cardiovascular events, especially heart attacks in older females, researchers from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, revealed in the BMJ (British Medical Journal)…
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ACE inhibitors, commonly used to control high blood pressure and heart failure in women, may be associated with an increased risk of recurrence in women who have had breast cancer, according to a study by researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center…
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“If there is anything that this disease has done to improve my life, it taught me at a young age how to take care of myself.” - Nikki Peterson, 24 years old, diabetes for 14 years. Like Nikki, women with diabetes must adapt to their unique, individual challenges associated with their disease…
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Defensive medicine is a fact of life, and some of the proposals involved with healthcare reform may keep it alive and well, says this physician. Medscape Business of Medicine
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Does mobile phone use cause mental health problems? This study examines the issue. BMC Public Health
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Japanese health organizations propose collection and storage of nuclear workers’ autologous peripheral-blood stem cells (PBSCs), despite opposition from some industry groups. Medscape Medical News
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A new study shows that children born even moderately premature are at a 40% to 60% higher risk of developing ADHD by the time they are school age than are those born full-term. Medscape Medical News
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Responding to what they say is an epidemic worse than the crack cocaine problem in the 1980s and the heroin epidemic of the 1990s combined, public health and law enforcement officials in the Obama administration have released a national anti-abuse plan for prescription drugs.
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(MedPage Today) — Successful efforts to keep U.S. states from using sodium thiopental to execute death-row prisoners have now shifted the battle to a new front, as overseas opponents of capital punishment are now trying to block access to a substitute drug.
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