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    • May
      • Diet and exercise can delay diabetes for years
        05/22/08
        Drinking less alcohol, eating more vegetables and exercising can prevent or delay the onset of diabetes, researchers said on Friday in a study showing that lifestyle changes can make a big difference.

        Diet and exercise reduced the incidence of diabetes by about 43 percent over 20 years am

      • Vitamin D may lower breast cancer risk
        05/20/08
        Breast cancer patients with lower levels of vitamin D were far more likely to die and far more likely to have their cancer spread than women with normal levels, Canadian researchers reported on Thursday.

        Women deficient in the "sunshine vitamin" when they were diagnosed with bre

      • Too much alcohol damages heart and arteries
        05/20/08
        Heavy drinking causes high blood pressure, stiff arteries and rigid heart muscles in men and enlarged hearts in women, boosting their risk of having heart attacks and strokes, researchers said on Wednesday.

        They defined heavy drinking as more than 21 drinks a week for men and more than 14

      • Erectile dysfunction predicts heart problems: study
        05/20/08
        Problems with maintaining an erection may foretell heart trouble ahead for men with type 2 diabetes, two new studies show.

        A number of past studies have found a connection between erectile dysfunction (ED) and heart disease. But the new findings, published in the Journal of the American C

      • Multivitamins Linked With Breast Density
        05/15/08
        Breast density, which is increasingly used as a marker of breast cancer risk, is associated with the use of multivitamins, a new study shows.

        The report, published this month in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, raises questions about advice routinely given to women to take a mu

      • Reducing Your Risk for Breast Cancer
        05/13/08
        GO for regular checkups, do breast self-exams and get your mammograms on time, and chances are you’ll detect breast cancer early on, when it is most treatable. But what about prevention? Short of radical surgery, are there steps you can take to reduce the risk?

        Turns out there are.
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      • Drug Approved for Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation
        05/11/08
        On April 29, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Amitiza (lubiprostone) for the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation (IBS-C) in adult women aged 18 and over. With this approval, Amitiza becomes the only FDA-approved medical treatment for IBS-C available in the Un

      • Americans still unclear about stroke warning signs
        05/08/08
        Fewer than half of Americans can recognize the top five warning signs of stroke, information that could help save thousands of people from death and disability, the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

        Their report uncovered significant disparities in awar

      • Half of diabetics in U.S. have arthritis, CDC says
        05/08/08
        People with diabetes are twice as likely to have arthritis, putting them in a double bind as the pain in their joints keeps them from getting the exercise they need to keep both diseases at bay, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

        They found that more tha

      • Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors May Be Gender-Specific
        05/01/08
        Depression in women and stroke in men are critical factors in the development of Alzheimer's disease, French researchers report.

        They analyzed data from almost 7,000 people over the age of 65 in three French cities. None of them had dementia, but about 40 percent had mild cognitive

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