Tobacco prevention: Are we doing enough to ban promotion?Times of IndiaIn India, where around 57% of men and 11% of women use tobacco in one form or the other, tobacco has already become a silent killer. But, despite the gravity of the situation and ve…
Statins help heart failure patients – Toronto NewsFIX
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Statins help heart failure patients
Toronto NewsFIX They examined records for a group of 551 patients with heart failure and found that those on statins had a 55 per cent overall reduction in mortality. This was regardless of the cause of the heart failure and regardless of the patient’s cholesterol … |
Game of Thrones Offers A Complex, Nuanced Critique of Patriarchy – Raw Story
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Game of Thrones Offers A Complex, Nuanced Critique of Patriarchy
Raw Story Late last night, after tweeting the observation that I wasn’t actually that surprised by the Red Wedding (though I wasn’t spoiled and haven’t read the books) on “Game of Thrones”, I finally figured out why: Because the Stark family’s story is a classic … |
Add a Blood Donation to Your Summer Plans – PortageLife
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Add a Blood Donation to Your Summer Plans
PortageLife It’s that time of year to gear up for fun in the sun. School’s out, vacations are planned and longstanding routines are replaced with carefree, casual days. It’s also a time when the need for blood often outpaces donations. High school and college … Blood donation opportunities with American Red Crossfox6now.com Red Cross announces June blood donation drivesThe Herald-Times (subscription) Red Cross explains blood donation processStanly News & Press Great Falls Tribune –Wicked Local all 71 news articles » |
Sleep Problems Common in Chronic Kidney Disease – Medscape
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Sleep Problems Common in Chronic Kidney Disease
Medscape BALTIMORE, Maryland — Sleep disorders, particularly insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), are common in patients with chronic kidney disease, new research confirms. High rates of sleep disorders in this patient population “suggest an unmet … |
Addition of bevacizumab to temozolomide, radiation improved outcomes in … – Healio
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Addition of bevacizumab to temozolomide, radiation improved outcomes in …
Healio Among patients defined as off corticosteroids at baseline (less than 2 mg), the time to initiation of corticosteroids was significantly longer with bevacizumab than placebo (12.3 months vs. 3.7 months; HR=0.71; 95% CI 0.57–0.88). For more information: … |
Third person killed in Turkey protests – Panorama.am
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Third person killed in Turkey protests
Panorama.am Sarısülük, whose brain death was declared earlier, became the third person killed in protests, the representative said after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç. Two other people have so far died in the protests. Abdullah Cömert, a 22 … |
Death notices for June 5 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma. – Tulsa World
Death notices for June 5 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.Tulsa WorldWake 7 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Rock Springs Indian Baptist Church. Fisher, Holdenville. Stigler – Joe A. Wilson, 79, retired rancher and Departmen…
Day in Pictures June 4, 2013 – Albany Times Union
Day in Pictures June 4, 2013Albany Times UnionCavity search: A visitor explores the inside of a giant lung model during an educational event on organ transplants in Essen, Germany. About 430 people are waiting for a lung transplant in Germany. (Marius …
A healthy heart needed for healthy brain – Times of India
Times of IndiaA healthy heart needed for healthy brainTimes of IndiaLead author Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Ph.D., an instructor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at Wake Forest Baptist, said the results from the Diabetes Heart Study-Mind (DHS-Mind)…