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Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:20pm
Calcium supplements, which many people consume hoping to ward off osteoporosis, may increase the risk of heart attack by as much as 30 percent, researchers reported Friday.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:15pm
San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, according to a new study of the city's Emergency Medical Dispatch system.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:13pm
Doctors may be able to watch for kidney injury and protect patients by looking for protein in urine, researchers reported on Thursday.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
WEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time,
scientists have been able to grow an entire joint from stem cells, albeit
in rabbits not humans. And the joints worked.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
(HealthDay News) -- It's common for young children to have a
tough time when mom or dad leaves them with someone else.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
(HealthDay News) -- Hyperglycemia, the medical term for high
blood sugar, is a prime cause of complications among people with
diabetes.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Will the new health-reform
legislation mean higher taxes for the middle class? Will panels decide
what care very sick, older people should receive?
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children adopted by gay or
lesbian parents develop as well as those adopted by heterosexual couples,
a new study has found.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cuvposa (glycopyrrolate)
Oral Solution has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
to treat chronic drooling in children aged 3 to 16.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss has been noted
among patients who've had a knee or hip replacement, a new study says.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Even in so-called "good"
neighborhoods, there's a significantly increased risk of violence if teens
gather with nothing to do and no adult supervision, a new study
suggests.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:08pm
THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Among black teens, vitamin
D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness -- a risk factor for
heart disease and stroke -- but adequate supplementation may resolve the
problem, a new study has found.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:04pm
Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 4:41pm
Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 3:47pm
Sanofi-Aventis failed to follow proper manufacturing procedures at a vaccine plant in France, U.S. regulators said in a letter released on Thursday.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 3:31pm
San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, according to a new study of the city's Emergency Medical Dispatch system.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 3:22pm
The US Army on Thursday said leadership and discipline have deteriorated at bases in the United States, with officers missing warning signs of soldiers on the verge of suicide.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 2:20pm
New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared to babies not exposed in the womb to this illegal street drug.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 2:19pm
In the city that never sleeps there is one increasingly busy nocturnal resident who New York wants to evict -- the bedbug.
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