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• CVS Caremark Launching Collaborating with Generation Health To Launch Program to Predict Patient Response for a Dozen Drugs With Genetic Testing

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 515
  This is the first announcement of this type I have seen.  Generation Health bills itself as a genetic benefit management company.  It seems interesting that GINA has just become effective with new provisions that prevent family history to be used as it relates back to potential discrimination in hereditary areas ...
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• Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 647
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.
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• Stop Smoking Formula

  
  Survivor Mom — Authority: 134
  If you smoke, please stop smoking now before it will be too late. I am sure you are now regretting why you started to smoke despite the fact that you know very well that smoking has so many disadvantages. Yes friends...Smoking is the major factor of developing several health problems such as lung cancer, emphysema ...
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• reduction in the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events in women with rosuvastatin #aha09

  
  SALUTE DOMANI ? IL PORTALE DEL BENESSERE — Authority: 151
  JUPITER, which used  ROSUVASTATIN CALCIUM ( CRESTOR 20 mg), is the first statin study to demonstrate a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events in women without established cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this new analysis of 6,801 women from the JUPITER study, rosuvastatin 20 mg reduced CV events by ...
  2 days ago

• The Statinator Paradox

  
  The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. — Authority: 475
  Pity the poor lipophobes and statinators.  They’ve just taken another grievous wound to their favorite theory and haven’t even got sense enough to know it.  In fact, not only do they not have sense enough to realize they’ve taken the hit, they’re actually crowing about it. The current issue of the Journal of ...
  2 days ago

• Blood Sugar Levels And Diabetic Complications

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 561
  Diabetic complications are directly linked to what your blood sugar levels are. You probably became aware of it the first time your physician informed you that you have diabetes. Now comes the task of learning about what this means. Chronic high blood sugar puts you at risk for complications such as impaired vision, ...
  3 days ago

• $5.3M for Corindus

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  medical devices , Life Sciences , VC Ryan McBride wrote: Natick, MA-based Corindus has corralled $5.3 million of a proposed $10 million round of equity financing, according to an SEC filing . The firm is developing a robotic system that helps surgeons control the position of guidewires in veins in ...
  3 days ago

• You may soon be fired for being fat.

  
  FriendsEAT.com — Authority: 435
  Wonder if Sumo Wrestlers will Be Affected by the Law If you’re 40 or over and your waist line exceeds 33.5 inches, you’ve broken the law in Japan. In April 2008, the Japanese government passed legislation requiring all citizens over the age of 40 to have their waists measured annually. If a man’s waist is ...
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• Some children may suffer greater consequences of secondhand smoke exposure #aha09

  
  SALUTE DOMANI ? IL PORTALE DEL BENESSERE — Authority: 151
  Toddlers and obese children suffer more than other youth when exposed to secondhand smoke, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2009. “Secondhand smoke in children is not just bad for respiratory issues, as has been previously described by other ...
  3 days ago

• Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Why do we Neglect the Most Potent Intervention?

  
  Get Fit and Lose Weight in 2009 — Authority: 125
  While reading up on the Spanish Study into alcohol and heart disease we were pleased to see an article that looks at the role of exercise as a preventative health measure, and more importantly, it asks why exercise is not prescribed.In a recent paper Emmanuel Stamatakis from University College London and Richard ...
  3 days ago

• Medical Report: Coal’s Assault on Human Health

  
  INNOVATION. International Journal by 2thinknow. — Authority: 130
  Coal Pollution Damages Human Health at Every Stage of Coal Life Cycle, Reports Physicians for Social Responsibility WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Physicians for Social Responsibility today released a groundbreaking medical report, “Coal’s Assault on Human Health,” which takes a new look ...
  3 days ago

• At-risk college students reduce HBP, anxiety, depression through Transcendental Meditation

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 647
  The Transcendental Meditation® technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension , December 2009.
  4 days ago

• Preeclampsia linked to reduced thyroid function

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, Nov 18 (ANI): Two new studies by researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institution have revealed that women who experience preeclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy, may have an increased risk for reduced thyroid functioning later in life. In the first study, women who developed ...
  4 days ago

• Air pollution takes a toll on blood vessels

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): Air pollution apparently has short and long-term ill effects on the health and resiliency of blood vessels, a study has found.In the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Air Pollution Study, the researchers used ultrasound-guided measurements of blood-vessel diameter and ...
  4 days ago

• Vitamin D Deficiency May Significantly Increase Risk of Stroke, Heart Disease and Death

  
  Press About — Authority: 159
  A new study suggests that Vitamin D contributes to a strong and healthy heart and that inadequate levels of the vitamin may significantly increase a person’s risk of stroke, heart disease, and death, even among people who’ve never had heart disease.Newcastle, UK, November 18, 2009 — A new study suggests that ...
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• Statins ‘cut healthy women’s heart attack risk’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, Nov 18 (ANI) Healthy women who take statins have decreased risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, according to a study in America.The finding could pressurise family doctors to prescribe statins to “healthy” patients.A brand of the cholesterol-lowering drug called Crestor was shown to reduce the risk ...
  4 days ago

• Heart patients lacking vitamin D more likely to be depressed

  
  Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info — Authority: 139
  By Denise Mann Health.com — People with heart disease and similar conditions who dont have enough vitamin D are more likely to be depressed than their counterparts with adequate levels of the "sunshine vitamin," according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando. This ...
  4 days ago

• Night beat, overtime and a disrupted sleep pattern can harm officers health

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 647
  BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A police officer who works the night shift, typically from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., already is at a disadvantage when it comes to getting a good "nights" sleep. Add frequent overtime to that schedule, and an officer may be climbing into bed as the sun comes up, setting the stage for short and unrestful ...
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• Mummies reveal ancient Egyptians had atherosclerosis

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 134
  Health.UCSD.edu - A new study involving mummies finds that atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, was common in ancient Egyptians, challenging a belief that cardiovascular disease is mainly a modern affliction caused by current-day risk factors such as stress and sedentary lifestyles. Michael Miyamoto, MD, a ...
  5 days ago

• Can High Fat Diets Cause Heart Disease?

  
  Health - Wellness Guide — Authority: 124
  It is a sad fact that most people whose suffer a heart attack, do not see it coming. We tend to have this idea that it will always be “someone else”. Did you know that heart disease is the biggest killer in the western world and it is not declining as the number one way in which to die. Far from it, death from ...
  5 days ago

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