A Norwegian survey carried out between 1974 and 2003 showed that there was a graded independent increase in the risk of AF with increasing levels of physical activity in a population-based study among men with ostensibly no other heart disease. In women the data were inconclusive…
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Reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) is a powerful predictor for developing high blood pressure in older men, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. SWS, one of the deeper stages of sleep, is characterized by non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) from which it’s difficult to awaken…
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Postnatal undernutrition, including during adolescence, may affect adult cardiovascular health, according to a study of women from the Prospect-EPIC cohort. Medscape Medical News
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing with separate HPV16 and HPV18 detection may offer an alternative, more sensitive, and efficient strategy for cervical cancer screening vs cytologic methods. Medscape Medical News
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A recent study, which found that children using cell phones do not have a higher risk for brain cancer, is flawed and the findings are biased, say some scientists. Medscape Medical News
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(MedPage Today) — Immunization of infants with the rotavirus vaccine has not only reduced the incidence of disease in the youngest patients, but also had the surprising consequence of reducing the incidence of diarrhea in older age groups, a national U.S. analysis found.
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(MedPage Today) — GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Although the FDA is trying to get makers of silicone gel breast implants to collect better follow-up data, the results are falling woefully short, according to testimony heard at a public meeting Tuesday.
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(MedPage Today) — A group of international experts, reviewing American policies on protection of human research participants, has urged that the U.S. adopt a system to compensate individuals injured in the course of research.
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(MedPage Today) — At least a dozen Miami-area patients developed serious eye infections after receiving ocular injections of bevacizumab (Avastin) for “wet” macular degeneration, the FDA said.
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MedivirAB is an emerging researchbased specialty pharmaceutical company focused on infectious diseases. Medivir today announced that its investigational protease inhibitor TMC435, developed by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, has successfully completed enrollment of three ongoing global phase 3 trials and further reports that all patients are now on TMC435 or active control treatment.
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