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Common heartburn medications linked to greater risk of heart attack

A novel data-mining project reveals evidence that a common heartburn medication taken by more than 100 million people every year is associated with a greater risk of heart attacks, Stanford ...

Study: Rape prevention training works, cuts sex assault risk

A program that taught college women ways to prevent sexual assault cut in half the chances they would be raped over the next year, a Canadian study found. It was the first large, scientific ...

Course focuses on first aid for mental health

Training lay people could save lives

Beyond Lyme, new illnesses, more reason to watch for ticks

WASHINGTON – Lyme disease makes the headlines, but there are plenty of additional reasons to avoid tick bites. New research highlights the latest in a growing list of tick-borne threats – a ...

Texas doctors do world’s first skull-scalp transplant

Opening a new frontier in transplant surgery, Texas doctors have done the world’s first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man who suffered a large head wound from cancer treatment...

Health Briefs

Program aims to treat seasonal allergies Caleb Gates, a licensed acupuncturist, will give a talked called “Resolving Seasonal Allergies, Food Sensitivities and Sinusitis.” This me...

Helping a surgeon’s hand

Robot arm improves precision of knee, hip operations

Problem drinking affects 33 million – 14 percent of U.S. adults

CHICAGO – Alcohol problems affect almost 33 million adults and most have never sought treatment, according to a government survey that suggests rates have increased in recent years. ...

Cancer doctor leads attack on astronomical drug prices

As the one-year cost of cancer drugs edges up to $200,000 per patient, a top doctor from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center used his speech before a massive gathering of colleagues to ca...

Don’t take a seat: Panel says you should stand for 2 hours

LONDON – Are you sitting down? In that case, you should probably stand up before reading this. In the first advice of its kind, British experts are recommending office workers s...

Moderate drinking may have 'cardiotoxic' effects in elderly hearts

Moderate drinkers who like a glass of wine or beer with dinner have long taken comfort in the fact that most doctors believe this habit could do no harm or could even be good for one’s healt...

NIH: Major study finds earlier HIV treatment improves health

WASHINGTON – A major international study sought to settle how soon is best to start HIV treatment – and the advice is don’t delay. People who started anti-AIDS drugs while their i...
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