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- Jun 9, 2009
- Education level influences blood pressure changes in women Women’s level of education may at least partly determine their risk for developing high blood pressure, results from a large US study suggest.
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- Jun 9, 2009
- Hospital treatment-related tests could improve breast cancer survival Breast cancer survival in the UK could be improved if all patients had their lymph nodes checked during surgery and the hormone status of tumours was assessed, say UK researchers.
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- Jun 9, 2009
- Enzyme linked to bowel disease inflammation Researchers have identified an enzyme that plays a key role in the severity of intestinal inflammation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Jun 9, 2009
- Insulin resistance linked to asthma-like symptoms People with insulin resistance face an increased risk of asthma-like symptoms, research shows.
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- Jun 8, 2009
- Disenfranchised bowel disease patients at risk of early hospital self-discharge Study results show that around one in every 76 US patients with inflammatory bowel disease who are admitted to hospital for emergency treatment leaves the hospital early against medical advice.
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- Jun 8, 2009
- Fall in hormone therapy use linked to decrease in breast cancer incidence The decrease in the incidence of breast cancer in the UK since 1999 may be partly due to a reduction in the use of hormone replacement therapy, say researchers.
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- Jun 8, 2009
- Mental health patients account for 15% of hospital bed days Patients with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia account for around 15% of NHS hospital bed days in England, study results show.
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- Jun 8, 2009
- Vitamin supplement use common in breast cancer patients Many women with breast cancer take high-dose antioxidant supplements while undergoing treatment for the disease, even though the consequences of doing so are not known, researchers have found.
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- Jun 5, 2009
- Heat procedure may reverse Barrett’s oesophagus Results of a US suggest that a procedure called radiofrequency ablation, which uses targeted thermal energy, is effective for the treatment for Barrett's oesophagus, helping reduce patients’ risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus.
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- Jun 5, 2009
- Crowded emergency departments pose increased risk for chest pain patients Heart attack patients and those with other forms of chest pain are significantly more likely to experience serious complications after admission to hospital if they were initially treated in a crowded emergency department, US research shows.
