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Vitamin D Status: Surrogate Markers Not Reliable, Study Finds

This finding indicates that data such as vitamin D from foods and supplements or latitude of residence (northern vs. southern) cannot be used dependably as…

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Airway Obstructions in Kids Linked to High Death Rate

The study, led by pediatric otolargyngologists Sukgi Choi, MD, and Rahul Shah, MD, found that airway obstructions in young children had a low incidence but a…

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Tinnitus Study Reveals Low Heritability and Prevalence Insights

The study looked at prevalence of tinnitus and to what degree it is hereditary. Prevalence of tinnitus was 15.1 percent, which correlates well with findings…

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Higher Added Sugars Linked to Increased Heart Disease Risk

The study, published in the April 20, 2010, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), analyzed U.S. government nutritional data and…

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Cochlear Implants For Kids: Early Intervention Matters

The study, published in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), is believed to be the first nationwide look at the impact…

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Probiotic Ineffective Against Salmonella Infections in Sweden

In Sweden around 4,000 people a year are infected with salmonella bacteria, with around 85 per cent picking up the infection abroad. The acute infection is…

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New Study Unveils Insights Into Cardiac Arrest Survival

Published today in the revered New England Journal of Medicine, the study details how a young man suffered a cardiac arrest but survived thanks to the work of…

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Language Dysfunction in Kids Linked to Epileptic Activity

The thesis studied 60 children of varying ages, divided into groups. The first group comprised children with language dysfunction, for example children with…

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Adverse Drug Effects in Epilepsy: Insights from Recent Study

This observational study also found AED load was not a factor in causing adverse effects, but suggests that individual susceptibility, type of AEDs used, and…

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Exercise Therapy for Low Back Pain: Effective Remedies Explained

Low back pain (or lumbago) is a common ailment often triggered by something as simple as lifting a suitcase. What is the best way to remedy the situation? An…

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Vitamin K’s Role in Reducing Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk

At the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the researchers report that the risk of developing Non-Hodgkin lymphoma was…

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Bringing leukemia out of hiding

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common form of adult leukemia, and with an estimated five-year survival rate of 20%, the long-term prognosis for many…

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Tobacco company's new, dissolvable nicotine products could lead to accidental poisoning

A tobacco company's new, dissolvable nicotine pellet–which is being sold as a tobacco product, but which in some cases resembles popular candies–could lead…

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Vitamin and Calcium Supplements Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

“It is not an immediate effect. You don't take a vitamin today and your breast cancer risk is reduced tomorrow,” said Jaime Matta, Ph.D., professor in the…

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Breast Cancer Biopsy May Predict Lymph Node Spread

Now, researchers from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Center say that they have clues to molecular markers on breast tumors that may predict which cancers…

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UC Researchers Explore Targeted Prostate Cancer Treatment

In the study, UC researchers in the lab of Zhongyun Dong, PhD, will test the efficacy of a new agent targeted against a specific protein on the surface of the…

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