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Thursday, Mar. 11th 2010
Study Finds Episodes of High Blood Pressure, Often Ignored, Boost Stroke Risk By Kathleen Doheny
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 11, 2010 — Occasional high blood pressure readings are often dismissed as nothing to worry about, but a new study suggests this episodic high blood pressure is a strong predictor of strokes.
”We have shown that it is variations in people’s blood pressure rather
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Thursday, Mar. 11th 2010
Whole Foods, Frontier Brand Spices Recalled as Salmonella Outbreak Expands By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
March 11, 2010 – Some Whole Foods and Frontier Natural Products spices have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination of pepper included in the products.
Salmonella contamination of salami products that sickened over 249 people in 44 states has been traced
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Wednesday, Mar. 10th 2010
Cream Also Makes New Stretch Marks Softer, Smoother, Study Says By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 11, 2010 (Miami Beach, Fla.) — A moisturizing cream whose active ingredient is extract of onion can help take the redness out of new stretch marks.
New stretch marks were also softer and smoother in 54 women who used the cream for three months, says Zoe Draelos, MD, a consulting
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Wednesday, Mar. 10th 2010
Texas Firm Recalls 1.7 Million Pounds of Beef and Chicken Products By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
March 10, 2010 — Nearly 2 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products that may be contaminated with salmonella have been recalled, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspective Service said Windsor Foods, which
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Wednesday, Mar. 10th 2010
Stromectal Pill Beats Malathion in Killing Drug-Resistant Head Lice By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 10, 2010 — Stromectal — a pill containing ivermectin, a drug used to prevent heartworms in dogs — kills head lice that are resistant to first-line treatment better than malathion-based lotion.
The finding comes from a clinical trial sponsored by Merck, which makes
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Wednesday, Mar. 10th 2010
Cancer Death Rates Drop 6% in Women, 11% in Men Since 1971’s ‘War on Cancer’ Began By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 10, 2010 — The U.S. is making gains on at least one war front, the “War on Cancer,” according to a new analysis of cancer death statistics.
Researchers found cancer deaths have dropped by 11% in men and 6% in women since 1971, when President Nixon signed
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Wednesday, Mar. 10th 2010
Study Shows Many Patients Who Have the Procedure Don’t Have Blocked Arteries By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
March 10, 2010 — A large percentage of patients without known heart disease who undergo invasive cardiac catheterization to check for dangerous artery blockages do not have them, a new study suggests.
Duke University Medical Center researchers found that almost two-thirds
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Wednesday, Mar. 10th 2010
Diarrhea-Causing Germ C. difficile Now Affecting Children By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 10, 2010 — A dangerous diarrhea-causing germ once thought to only affect the elderly and seriously ill is now affecting a growing number of healthy children in the U.S.
A new report shows the rates of hospitalization for illness caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile
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Wednesday, Mar. 10th 2010
Let More Women Give Labor a Try, Experts Urge By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
March 10, 2010 – Hospitals and professional societies should end bans that that keep many women who’ve had a C-section from opting for a natural birth in later pregnancies, an NIH advisory panel today urged.
About 75% of women succeed in having a vaginal delivery after previous cesarean delivery,
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Wednesday, Mar. 10th 2010
Study: PRP Beats Cortisone Shots for Tennis Elbow By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 10, 2010 – Platelet rich plasma (PRP) — the latest, still-controversial treatment for tendon injuries — heals tennis elbow better than corticosteroid shots, a new study suggests.
Because they get very little blood, injured tendons heal notoriously slowly. Blood platelets attract healing
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