Archive for April, 2006
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Forearm Support May Cut Computer Injuries
FRIDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) — An “ergonomic board” that provides forearm support may relieve upper body pain and disorders that can develop from spending extended hours on a computer, a new study suggests.The device, a board that attaches to a desk and supports the forearm, lowered the risk of developing shoulder and neck problems […]
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Relaxation Gives Truer Blood Pressure Reading
SUNDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Taking a few minutes to relax and get comfortable before having your blood pressure checked will yield lower readings, according to a study by University of Virginia Health System nurses.
It found that systolic blood pressure can be an average of 14 points higher when a reading is taken immediately […]
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Health Tip: Considering Botox?
(HealthDay News) — Botox is a compound, derived from a bacterium, that is injected through the skin and into facial muscles to reduce lines and wrinkles. If you’re thinking about getting Botox injections for cosmetic improvement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration offers some guidelines.As Botox only lasts for about four months, repeated injections may […]
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Raloxifene as Good as Tamoxifen to Prevent Breast Cancer
Both Drugs Cut Risk in Half for High-Risk Women
The bone drug raloxifene (Evista) is just as good as tamoxifen in preventing invasive breast cancer in high-risk women, federal health officials announced today. Both drugs cut the risk of breast cancer in half.
That could give women another option to safeguard their health, experts said, if the […]
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Newer Chemotherapies Improve Breast Cancer Outlook
Summary: Newer chemotherapy regimens have improved the outlook for breast cancer patients, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The results were best in women whose cancers lacked hormone receptors and therefore could not be helped by hormonal treatments such as tamoxifen. The finding is based on a review of […]
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Risks Elevated for Post-Heart Attack Depression in Women
Although the incidence of a post-heart attack case of depression isn’t unusual, women under age 61 are more prone to a case of the blues than others, according to a study of some 2,500 men and women who suffered a heart attack over an 18-month period.
The mean for heart-attack patients becoming depressed, says the lead […]
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How Much Did The Flu Really Harm Your Health?
You remember the forecasts: At least 36,000 Americans die annually from flu-related symptoms, even though those estimates are largely based on faulty numbers.Fact is, this year’s flu season in America was one of the mildest in years, with the worst of it limited to five northern states. Of course, health “experts” wanted to give all […]
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Cutting Back on Premature Births
Because the trend toward premature births and deliveries in recent years is escalating — by 22 percent between 1995-2004 — and can lead to many physical and mental health problems down the road, according to Danish researchers, doctors and parents must find ways to cut back on them.
Although fertility drugs, multiple pregnancies and elective deliveries […]
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Americans Without Health Insurance Climbing
You may have heard about the worrisome study released by the Commonwealth Fund that found a growing percentage of working-age Americans in middle income brackets are going without health insurance, rising from 2001-05 to 41 percent.
By the numbers:
More than half of Americans making less than $20,000 annually have no health insurance.Some 46 million Americans have […]
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