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| Researcher recommends stress-reducing measures |
TUESDAY, March 19 Anxiety and depression coupled with heart disease triples the risk of death compared to cardiac trouble alone, researchers have found.
Among heart patients, anxiety can double the risk of dying from any cause, the study authors n... » Read the full article |
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| Study estimated beverages' role in worldwide obesity and heart disease, diabetes, some cancers |
TUESDAY, March 19 More than 180,000 deaths worldwide in 2010 were linked to a high intake of sugar-laden drinks, a new study estimates, including 25,000 deaths in the United States.
Most deaths occurred in middle- to low-income countries, the Harv... » Read the full article |
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| Findings may help explain higher rates among Hispanics |
TUESDAY, March 19 Children who inherit certain variations in four particular genes have an increased risk of developing childhood leukemia, a new study says.
The researchers also found that Hispanic children are more likely than white or black chi... » Read the full article |
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| Study authors stress that improved diet, quitting smoking can minimize the odds |
TUESDAY, March 19 Adults who suffer a stroke before age 50 are more likely to die over the following 20 years than those who did not have a stroke, a new study finds.
"Approximately 10 percent of strokes occur in patients under 50 years old, and t... » Read the full article |
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| Scientists found new connections among genes, hormone sensitivity and fat |
TUESDAY, March 19 Genetic testing may help identify women at risk for certain types of breast cancer, according to a new study.
Researchers found that over-expression or under-expression of certain genes may help doctors pinpoint women with estrog... » Read the full article |
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| For some, anxiety persisted up to 3 years after being declared cancer-free, study finds |
TUESDAY, March 19 Women who have a false-positive mammogram result -- when breast cancer is first suspected but then dispelled with further testing -- can have lingering anxiety and distress up to three years after the misdiagnosis, a new study finds.
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| Report tallies enormous medical, financial and caregiver toll of conditions like Alzheimer's |
TUESDAY, March 19 There's more troubling news for America's aging population: A new report finds that one in every three seniors now dies while suffering from Alzheimer's or another form of dementia.
In many cases, dementia is the cause of death o... » Read the full article |
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| Fewer mothers-to-be need supplementation than currently recommended, U.K. study suggests |
TUESDAY, March 19 Women's vitamin D levels during pregnancy do not affect their children's bone health later in life, a new study shows.
British researchers measured vitamin D levels in nearly 4,000 women during pregnancy and assessed the bone min... » Read the full article |
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