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Eye On Vision (Free subscription) | yesterday
A recent visitor to our WebMD Vision & Eye Disorders message board asked a very interesting question: 4 years after uncomplicated LASIK can an examiner tell whether or not an eye has had previous LASIK? That's a very interesting question and it immediately prompts me to think: Why would you want to know? First things first, since LASIK surgery includes creation of a superficial flap of corneal...
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Furious Seasons (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
The press release machine that is WebMD has this on a new study of Seroquel in anxiety: "In the new study, 854 generalized anxiety disorder patients were given either Seroquel XR, Lexapro (a prescription drug approved to treat generalized anxiety...
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Free Speech Blazing (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
WebMD Health News June 13, 2000 (San Antonio) -- Faced with an ever-growing list of required and recommended vaccinations for children -- as well as occasional reports of safety problems linked to vaccines -- many parents understandably feel confused. No doubt adding to that confusion are reports that the vaccine against hepatitis B, a blood-borne illness that can cause liver cancer, may actually...
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bobvis (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Trumwill has a post on a woman's fertility as she ages . He quotes a WebMD article that refers to an academic article that says Of women trying natural conception: At age 30, 75% will get pregnant within one year. At age 35, 66% will get pregnant. At age 40, 44% will get pregnant. Within four years after trying to conceive naturally: 91% of 30-year-olds will be successful. 84% of 35-year-olds...
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ZD Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
... writers agree:An “ongoing debate” says in San Luis Obispo. It “might be harmful” writes . , writes WebMD. Federal health experts “” says the Wall Street Journal. Someone check these folks’ water bottles. Tests of BPA done with doses now present in your body show reduction in brain function from this chemical. Not just in babies, but in adult primates. Most of these headline writers are,...
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WebMD (Free subscription) | yesterday
... ages 1 to 4 and their mothers, and evaluated the samples for PBDEs. In 19 of 20 pairs, Jacob tells WebMD, the children had a higher concentration than the mothers.Two types of PBDEs, Penta and Octa, are no longer made in the U.S., Jacob says, but are still present in older items in households. The researchers found that another PBDE, known as Deca, showed up in 65% of the children tested...
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WebMD (Free subscription) | yesterday
Font Size Autism, Measles Vaccine: No LinkStudy Shows MMR Vaccine Is Not the Cause of Autism or Autism-Linked Intestinal WoesBy WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Sept. 3, 2008 -- Can the vaccine ? No, say researchers who updated older studies suggesting that it might.The idea was that the measles virus from the live-virus measles vaccine lurks in the gut of some young children, causing bowel...
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WebMD (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... in risk of prostate cancer and a slightly greater risk of more progressive disease," Zuccolo tells WebMD. The study should not, however, be cause for concern among the altitudinally gifted, says Anthony D'Amico, MD, PhD, chief of genitourinary radiation oncology at the Brigham & Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston."My bottom line on this study right now is that it's...
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VitaBeat (Free subscription) | yesterday
... preservative thimerosal might cause autism. The MMR vaccine does not contain thimerosal, WebMD reports.Although the latest study to deny the link between autism and thimerosal does not seek to explain possible causes for the overall increase in diagnosed autism cases across the country, many doctors believe the increase is due simply to heightened awareness of the disorder and improved methods...
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simplehuman | blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cooler fall weather brings many of us back indoors, and often back into the gym. And the variety of equipment and classes in today's gyms means you can get a great workout in a relatively short period of time. But if you're about to return to your regular fitness routine or begin a new one, be sure to check out WebMD's slideshow presentation of the nine least effective exercises . (Tip: the...
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WebMD (Free subscription) | yesterday
Font Size CDC: 1 in 20 Americans DepressedWork, Home, and Social Life Suffers as a Result of Untreated DepressionBy WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Sept. 3, 2008 -- More than one in 20 Americans aged 12 and older are depressed, according to the latest statistics from the CDC.Of them, 80% report some level of functional impairment because of their illness, with 27% reporting that it is extremely...
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WebMD (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... study researcher Gary G. Schwartz, PhD, of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, tells WebMD.Calcium and Prostate CancerThere is good evidence that men whose include a lot of calcium or those who take calcium are at increased risk for prostate cancer.But since there is little relationship between dietary calcium and calcium in the blood, the new study does not address the question...
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WebMD (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... Health VideosHeart Health NewsletterRelated to heart health , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , © 2008 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.Several previous studies have linked low birth weight to a greater likelihood for developing high later in life.But the new study is one of the first to link rapid growth among infants and young children to high blood pressure in adults, independent of birth weight.The...
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WebMD (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... is not just a conduit for food transit," gastric bypass surgeon Francesco Rubino, MD, tells WebMD. "We now know that it is also a very important organ for the regulation of glucose."Intestine Produces GlucoseSeveral recent studies have suggested that weight loss surgery is a more effective treatment for type 2 diabetes in obese people than standard treatments for the disease.Because weight...
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WebMD (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... is a potential for a small risk for increased cancer and cancer deaths from Vytorin," Drazen tells WebMD. "Until clinical trials are completed, no one can say this drug is cleared -- and no one can say it causes cancer. We have to live with this uncertainty."Assessing Cancer RisksIf there is a risk, it isn't very large, says Richard H. Karas, MD, PhD, director of preventive cardiology at...
