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Most Women Who Choose Double Mastectomy Don't Need To, Study Shows 28 Nov 2012 | 05:11 am
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- Almost 70 percent of women with breast cancer who choose to have both breasts removed as a precaution actually have a low risk of developing cancer in the healthy breast, a new stu...
Overactive Thyroid May Raise Risk for Common Irregular Heartbeat 28 Nov 2012 | 05:11 am
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- People with an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) are at increased risk for a common and potentially dangerous heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, a large study sug...
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Tied to Later Heart Trouble 28 Nov 2012 | 05:11 am
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- Single-child mothers who develop preeclampsia during their pregnancy are more likely to die from heart disease later in life than mothers with multiple children who developed the b...
Statins Plus Exercise Best at Lowering Cholesterol, Study Finds 28 Nov 2012 | 05:11 am
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- People who exercise along with taking statins to lower their high cholesterol levels can dramatically reduce their risk of dying, a large new study suggests. "The reduction in deat...
Heart Failure Drugs Put to the Test 28 Nov 2012 | 02:11 am
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- Two new studies examine the effectiveness of medications frequently prescribed for heart failure -- the heart's inability to pump blood properly throughout the body. For the 5.7 mi...
Doctors' Pay Increases Lag Other Health Professionals 28 Nov 2012 | 02:11 am
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- The incomes of U.S. doctors have grown less than the incomes of other health professionals over the past few decades, a new study indicates. Researchers analyzed data collected bet...
Whooping Cough Vaccine Less Effective Over Time: Study 28 Nov 2012 | 02:11 am
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- Vaccination does safeguard children against whooping cough, but its protective effect seems to lessen over time, new research finds. The 2010 outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis)...
Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Poor Reading Skills in Kids: Study 28 Nov 2012 | 12:11 am
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- Children whose mothers smoked one or more packs of cigarettes a day during pregnancy have poorer reading skills than other children, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data fr...
HIV Infections Continue to Hit Young Americans Hard 28 Nov 2012 | 12:11 am
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- New HIV infections in the United States are occurring at an alarmingly high rate among children and young adults aged 13 through 24, who now represent more than one in four new inf...
Diabetes Rates Higher in Countries Using Lots of High Fructose Corn Syrup: Study 27 Nov 2012 | 10:11 pm
TUESDAY, Nov. 27 -- In the United States and elsewhere, high fructose corn syrup is ubiquitous in soft drinks, sweet baked goods and many processed foods. But a new study shows that as a nation's rate...
