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Tuesday, Mar. 16th 2010
Study Shows Targeted Radiation Therapy May Help Control Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Tumors By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 16, 2010 — An experimental type of highly focused radiation therapy may control inoperable lung cancer tumors and help people with the deadly disease live longer.
A new study shows stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) effectively controlled
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Tuesday, Mar. 16th 2010
6 in 10 Americans Drink Regularly, but only 3 in 10 Get Regular Exercise By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 16, 2010 — Regular drinkers outnumber regular exercisers, says a new report on health behaviors in the U.S.
The CDC study shows that six in 10 American adults were regular drinkers in 2005-2007, but only about three in 10 regularly exercised.
The report
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Tuesday, Mar. 16th 2010
New Surgery for Lip Augmentation May Be Done at Same Time as Facelift By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 16, 2010 — Want pouty lips? A new study shows that a lip implant with skin and neck muscle grafts may bring good results.
The surgery can be done at the same time as a facelift, making lips appear fuller and less stretched. Results last at least two years, say Anurag
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Tuesday, Mar. 16th 2010
Study Shows Adding a New Drug to Diovan Boosts Its Ability to Reduce Hypertension By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 16, 2010 – Marrying a new blood-pressure-lowering drug to an old one results in a new drug that works better than either drug alone, a manufacturer-sponsored clinical trial suggests.
Novartis’s AHU377 is a new kind of blood pressure drug called a vasopeptidase
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Tuesday, Mar. 16th 2010
Researchers Report Success in Using Cryotherapy to Treat Breast Cancer Patients By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 16, 2010 — Breast cancer patients may one day be able to opt for a simple outpatient procedure to freeze their tumors as an alternative to surgery.
In a small but promising study, researchers were able to kill breast cancer cells by freezing them using a technique
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Tuesday, Mar. 16th 2010
Study Suggests Women Aren’t Treated as Aggressively as Men Who Have Heart Attacks By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 16, 2010 (Atlanta) — Better heart treatment of women could help close the gender gap in heart deaths. Women would be more likely to survive a heart attack if they were treated more like men, French researchers say.
In a study of more than 3,500 people admitted
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Monday, Mar. 15th 2010
More Than 300 Deaths, 2 Million New Cases in Last Month By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 16, 2010 — It’s no wildfire, but H1N1 swine flu continues to smolder in the U.S.
From mid-January to mid-February, the CDC estimates there were 2 million new cases of H1N1 swine flu, causing 18,000 hospitalizations, and about 310 deaths.
From the beginning of the pandemic
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Monday, Mar. 15th 2010
Steep Increases in Cases of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers, Study Finds By Joanna Broder
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 16, 2010 — When people think about skin cancer, often it’s melanoma, the deadliest form, that comes to mind. But a new study suggests that nonmelanoma skin cancers, already the most common form of cancer in the United States, appear to be on the rise.
From 1992 to 2006,
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Monday, Mar. 15th 2010
Study Shows Painkiller May Reduce Blood Sugar Levels By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 15, 2010 — A common pain reliever may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar levels.
A preliminary study shows salsalate reduced blood sugar levels and helped with glycemic control at a variety of doses in people with type 2 diabetes. However, it also has been shown
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Monday, Mar. 15th 2010
Studies Suggest That Correcting Vitamin D Deficiency Improves Heart Health By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 15, 2010 (Atlanta) — Extra sunshine and vitamin D supplements may help ward off heart disease in people with low vitamin D levels, two new studies suggest.
The studies build on the researchers’ previous work linking low levels of vitamin D to an increased risk
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