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Study finds ginkgo biloba does not prevent dementia

Long touted as an elixir of eternal mental acuity, the herbal extract ginkgo biloba in fact does not prevent or delay the progression of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, according to a clinical trial reported ...

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, US Politics, US News

Tue Nov 18, 2008

Winchester Sun

Quit smoking with The Great American Smoke Out

The Great American Smoke Out, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, was established in 1976 to help smokers quit smoking for the day.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Charitable Organizations, Kentucky Government, Kentucky, Lung Cancer

Mon Nov 17, 2008

WebMD Health News

Joyful Music Helps the Heart

Nov. 13, 2008 -- Joyful music helps your heart, researchers find. The study comes from Michael Miller, MD, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sun Nov 16, 2008

CBC

Tangoing with lupus

Dancers have to get their steps perfect for competition, but some days just getting out of bed is difficult for Melissa Alexander.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lupus, Canada, North Carolina

Sat Nov 15, 2008

KNXV

The adverse effects of smoking on your beauty

Smoking is considered to be one of the most controllable causes of disease and death today, and in a continuous effort to encourage smokers to quit, the American Cancer Society-sponsored Great American Smokeout ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Collagen Injection

Newkerala.com

The bitter apple that can boost your longevity found

London, Nov 15 : Scientists have found apples that contain a powerful chemical which can help us live longer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

MediLexicon

Rasilez , First-in-class Direct Renin Inhibitor, Provides Greater...

New clinical data presented show first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez , known as Tekturna in the US, provides significantly greater blood pressure reductions in patients with high blood pressure aged ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hypertension, Health, Altace, Ramipril (generic), Medication, University of Minnesota

Fri Nov 14, 2008

The Hindu

Exercising away diabetes

USE IT OR LOSE IT Exercise keeps Type II Diabetes at bay. For the powerhouses of the human body, the cells, tissues and muscles need to work at their best.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Medication

BBC News

From BBC Health

One of the commonest diseases to affect the heart is coronary heart disease . It's usually caused by atherosclerosis, a build up of fatty materials within the walls of the arteries.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Weather

Physics Org

Alzheimer's gene slows brain's ability to export toxic protein

A ring of amyloid is visible in the wall of an arteriole in the brain of a patient who had Alzheimer's disease.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, University of Rochester, Medicine

MediLexicon

S Announces New Blood Test Better Predicts Heart Failure Outcomes In Emergency Setting

S Announces New Blood Test Better Predicts Heart Failure Outcomes In Emergency Setting Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Clinical Trials / Drug Trials B ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, New Orleans, LA

Thu Nov 13, 2008

Newkerala.com

Foot asleep? Wake up to diabetes

By Shweta Srinivasan, New Delhi, Nov 13 : If your foot often falls asleep and there are cuts or bruises on them that cause no sensation, brace yourself - it may be a case of diabetic foot.

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Related Topix: Diabetes, World News, India,

SeniorJournal.com

Statins' Role in Protecting Against Heart Attack is Significantly Expanded by New Studies

HsCRP is one of the most widely studied markers of inflammation in cardiovascular disease: statement from the director of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Nov.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

State of Michigan

MDCH Observes November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November marks National Lung Cancer Awareness Month and the Michigan Department of Community Health is proud to participate in the national effort to raise public attention about this disease.

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Related Topix: Health, Lung Cancer, Michigan, Michigan Government, Smoking, Medicine

Wed Nov 12, 2008

Fox News

Acusphere Announces Data Demonstrating Imagify(TM) Perfusion Stress...

NEW ORLEANS & WATERTOWN, Mass., Nov 11, 2008 ----Acusphere, Inc. announced that additional analyses from its Phase 3 clinical trials of Imagify for Injectable Suspension were presented today at the annual ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, New Orleans Metro, New Orleans, LA, Health, Food and Drug Administration, Business News

Med Ad News

Rasilez, first-in-class direct renin inhibitor, provides greater...

New AGELESS data show Rasilez lowers systolic blood pressure by additional 2.3 mmHg in patients aged 65 and over compared to ACE inhibitor ramipril1 70% of people over 60 have high blood pressure2, a condition ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Hypertension, Altace, Ramipril (generic), Medication

Tue Nov 11, 2008

EurekAlert!

Diuretic reduces risk for a type of heart failure that is more common among women

New research by The University of Texas School of Public Health shows that a medication for high blood pressure called a diuretic or water pill is particularly effective at reducing the risk for a type of heart ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Hypertension, Chlorthalidone (generic), Hygroton, Medication

EMaxHealth

Drug-Eluting Stents Beat Bare Metal Stents In Diabetics

Drug-eluting stents reduced the risk of revascularization, heart attack and death in diabetics as compared with bare-metal stents in the largest observational comparison, researchers reported at the American ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Boston, MA Metro

EMaxHealth

Trial Of Experimental Anti-Coagulant Reports Safety

Researchers reported on a study of a new oral anti-clotting agent - rivaroxaban - designed to identify doses that would be safe to test in subsequent Phase III efficacy and safety trials.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Boston, MA Metro, Stroke, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Medication

Salt Lake Tribune

Bad air tough on weak hearts

West Jordan- John Nemelka holds his bag of medications he takes for heart disease outside his West Jordan home Thursday November.

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Related Topix: Health, West Jordan, UT, American Fork, UT

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