Milk Allergy Risk Identified In Several Brands Of “Non-Dairy” Acidophilus-Containing Health Products

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Health Canada is warning Canadians with milk allergies not to use several brands of unauthorized acidophilus-containing health products labelled as "non-dairy" because they contain trace amounts of milk protein from dairy ingredients used in the production process.
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Association Between Genetic Variation And Antidepressant Treatment Response Replicated By New Study

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Pharmacogenetics, the study of genetic variation that influences an individual’s response to drugs, is an important and growing focus in all of medical research, including psychiatry. It is a complex field, however, revealed by the lack of consistent and replicable findings across multiple studies, but some Read the rest of this entry »

Mind: Return Of The Great Depression Causing Great Depression

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Landmark ONTARGET(TM) Trial Demonstrates Micardis(R) Is Equally Effective As Ramipril, With Fewer Discontinuations

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The results of the landmark
ONTARGET(TM) trial have demonstrated that MICARDIS(R) (telmisartan), a
second-generation angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), is equally
effective as the current standard, ramipril, in reducing the risk of
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Norwegian Researchers Confirm Higher Rates Of Symptoms Of Depression And Anxiety In People With MS

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Researchers in Norway found symptoms of depression and anxiety to be significantly higher among people with MS compared with those without MS. This study provides important data on the occurrence of emotional changes in people with MS, and the necessity Read the rest of this entry »

Developmental changes during the teenage years raise men’s heart disease risk

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Men’s Health News
Normal developmental changes during the teenage years leave young adult men at higher risk of heart disease than their female counterparts, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
"Women’s protective advantage against heart disease starts young," said Antoinette Moran, M.D., lead author of the study and professor and division chief of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes Read the rest of this entry »

Joint Statement On FDA Investigation Of Singulair From The AAAAI And ACAAI

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Leadership from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology released the following statement in response to the Thursday announcement of a Food and Drug Administration investigation into Singulair:
There are no data from well-designed studies to indicate a link between Singulair and suicide. The concern expressed by the Read the rest of this entry »

First World Allergy Report Calls For Urgent Worldwide Collaboration ToTackle Global Increase In Allergies And Allergic Diseases

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The World Allergy Organization (WAO) will publish its first Report on the
extent of allergy and chronic respiratory diseases worldwide on the 18 June
2008 and has called for immediate collaboration to tackle the current
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MSU Professor Earns Bowditch Award For Work On Hypertension

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The American Physiological Society has awarded Michigan State University Professor Stephanie W. Watts the 2008 Henry Pickering Bowditch Memorial Award for early-career achievement. The award goes to a scientist younger than 42 years whose accomplishments are both original and outstanding. It is the Society’s second-highest award
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Water pollution linked to male fertility problems

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New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems.
The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, shows for the first time how a group of testosterone-blocking chemicals is finding its way into UK rivers, affecting wildlife and potentially humans. Buy levitra without prescription The research was Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes effects sperm quality

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Men’s Health News
Diabetes in men has a direct effect on fertility, a scientist told the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Wednesday 9 July).
Dr. Con Mallidis from Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, said that, despite the prevailing view that it had little effect on male reproductive function, the Belfast group had shown that diabetes caused DNA damage in sperm.
The increase in Read the rest of this entry »

On The Road With Allergies And Asthma

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For millions of Americans with allergies and asthma, summer travel concerns extend far beyond rising gas prices and airline security waits.
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) estimates that more than 20 million Americans have asthma and 50 million have allergies. Those traveling this summer will face unique challenges.
"Vacations bring people outdoors to explore new sights or enjoy the weather. But Read the rest of this entry »

BioMedEcon Reports 200% Higher Outpatient Medical Costs Among Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Compared To Matched Patients With Depression

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BioMedEcon, a leading provider of health economics and outcomes research, presented findings from a landmark nine-year retrospective claims analysis that compared the median per-patient health care costs for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) versus depression. Generic propecia pills no prescription This study, supported Read the rest of this entry »

According To Research From The University Of Navarra, Smokers Have A 41% Higher Risk Of Suffering Depression

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The risk of suffering depression increases 41% in smokers, in comparison with non-smokers. This was the conclusion of a study undertaken with 8,556 participants by scientists of the University of Navarra, in collaboration with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Harvard School of Public Health (USA), and which demonstrates, in a pioneering way, the direct relationship between tobacco use and this disease.
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Study Could Aid Development Of Improved Blood Pressure Drugs

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Findings from a new study could aid in the development of safer and more effective blood pressure drugs, according to Loyola University Health System researchers.
The results also could help researchers predict whether drugs intended for other conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy, would have either the detrimental effect of increasing blood pressure or the beneficial effect of lowering blood pressure. The findings Read the rest of this entry »

Extending Life By Tackling Depression In Cancer Patients

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A study recommended by David Spiegel of Faculty of 1000 Medicine (), looks at the relationship between depression care management and survival rates in older patients. He identifies it as "an important and well-conducted study of the effects of treatment of depression Read the rest of this entry »

The Underlying Molecular Mechanism For Hypertension, Insulin Resistance And Other Metabolic Complications Identified

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Many of the 75 million Americans with essential hypertension also develop diabetes and other complications in addition to their high blood pressure, and researchers have discovered a common molecular mechanism in a strain of rat that explains why such metabolic disorders arise together in mammals.
The bioengineering researchers at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering also showed that Read the rest of this entry »

New Study Shows LEVITRA Successfully Treats Erectile Dysfunction (ED) In Men With Dyslipidemia, Including High Cholesterol

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Results of the first
prospective trial specifically designed to evaluate erectile function in
erectile dysfunction (ED) patients with dyslipidemia show that LEVITRA(R)
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of men with ED and dyslipidemia to achieve and maintain Read the rest of this entry »

Exforge(R) Helps Nearly Twice As Many Patients Control Their High Blood Pressure Compared To Amlodipine Alone

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New national ad campaign encourages men to take preventive steps in their health care

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Men’s Health News The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) joined with The Advertising Council today to launch a national public service campaign designed to raise awareness among middle-aged men about the importance of preventive medical testing.
Men are 25 percent less likely than women to have visited the doctor within the past year and are 38 percent more likely than women to have neglected their cholesterol Read the rest of this entry »

Multifunctional nanoparticles image, target, and treat tumors

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Men’s Health News
Encapsulating magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles within a silica shell has yielded a new multifunctional nanoparticle that has the potential to image, target, and treat tumors with water-insoluble anticancer drugs. A report of this work appears in the journal ACS Nano.
Jeffery Zink, Ph.D., led a research team at the University of California, Los Angeles, that Read the rest of this entry »

Multicellular Response Is ‘All For One’

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Real or perceived threats can trigger the well-known "fight or flight response" in humans and other animals. Adrenaline flows, and the stressed individual’s heart pumps faster, the muscles work harder, the brain sharpens and non-essential systems shut down. The whole organism responds in concert in order to survive.
At the molecular level, it has been widely assumed that, in single-celled organisms, each cell Read the rest of this entry »

Study Finds Education, Simple Measures Keys To Improving Vets’ Hypertension Care

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Focused and inexpensive measures improved high blood pressure control and treatment among veterans, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s 9th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke.
Researchers observed 53,936 Veteran Affairs (VA) patients for 39 weeks (21 weeks before and 18 weeks after the interventions) during outpatient visits for hypertension. Read the rest of this entry »

Pre-Eclampsia May Be Autoimmune Disease

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Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say they are the first to provide pre-clinical evidence that pregnancy-induced high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia may be an autoimmune disease. Their research could provide novel diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities for this intractable disease. Findings appear online in Nature Medicine on July 27.
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Significant Blood Pressure Reductions Seen In Difficult-to-Treat, Black Patients Receiving Exforge(R)-Based Therapy

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