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Why Colorectal Cancer Predictors Lead to Low Screening Rates

Even when diagnosed with a condition that is a strong genetic predictor of colorectal cancer, many patients do not seek out genetic counseling or cancer…

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Scholl's Armstrong in Spain keynote: 'Amputations worse than cancer'

The Spanish National Symposium on the Diabetic Foot last week was the scene for a keynote address that delivered a strong message proposing “a marriage of…

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Caffeine Linked to Lower Heart Disease Death Risk in Seniors

Using data from the first federal National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study, the researchers found that survey…

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Prostate Cancer Therapy Linked to Heart Disease Risk in Seniors

The study results were based on data from CaPSURE, a national registry of men with prostate cancer. Although the findings need to be confirmed in clinical…

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Genetic Mutation Tied to Irregular Heartbeat in Case Study

For the patient in this case study, her symptoms first appeared 10 years ago and they persisted through the years. The symptoms peaked in the morning and…

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New Method Identifies Men Needing Second Biopsy

Mark Garzotto, M.D., has been invited to present his findings on Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Symposium in Orlando, Fla. He is…

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Diabetes Risk Factors Rise Earlier for Women Than Men

Epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have found that newly identified risk factors for diabetes found in the blood, such as markers of endothelial…

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Cancer Drug Avastin Shows Promise for Deadly Brain Tumors

The study marks the first time that Avastin has been tested against brain tumors, the researchers said. The drug, whose chemical name is bevacizumab, currently…

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Smoking Alters Brain Similar to Illicit Drug Use, Study Finds

This new research supports the idea that long-term smoking alters the brain in ways that contribute to addiction, and provides insight into how addiction…

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Chronic Dizziness Linked to Psychiatric and Neurologic Issues

Approximately 9 million to 15 million people in the U.S. suffer from recurrent bouts of dizziness and 3 million experience symptoms of dizziness nearly every…

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Predicting Mortality in Cardiac Patients: The RANTES Factor

In a group of men undergoing coronary angiography, low baseline levels of RANTES (Regulated upon Activation, Normal T-cell Expressed, and Secreted), also known…

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New Test Predicts Lymphoma Patients’ Response to Therapy

The research was led by Dr. Ari Melnick, assistant professor of developmental & molecular biology and medicine at Einstein, who also developed the new lymphoma…

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Common Cold Linked to Severe Illness in Young Children

New evidence supports the link between a cause of the common cold and more severe respiratory infections such as pneumonia and acute bronchitis. The study is…

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High Cholesterol in Healthy Women Raises Stroke Risk

“Our findings further underscore the importance of cholesterol levels as a risk factor for stroke, even if you have no history of heart disease and are…

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Malaria Transmission Risk Higher Than Previously Understood

For all infectious disease, R0 describes the most important aspects of transmission as it is the expected number of hosts that can trace their infection…

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Multislice CT Enhances Chest Pain Diagnosis in ER

Imagine coming to the hospital with crushing chest pain, only to find that emergency room doctors are uncertain whether you’re having a heart attack. The…

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