'Good' cholesterol may not actually be that good
Fox News
A new study finds 'good' cholesterol may not be as good for you as previously thought, the New York Times reported. A long held belief by doctors was HDL cholesterol, long considered the healthy type of cholesterol, could actually bring down a person's ...
Brain Twister: Study Showing Good Cholesterol Isn't So Good Could Still Be ...Forbes
Genetic study questions HDL levels and the risk of MITheHeart.Org
Doubt Cast on the 'Good' in 'Good Cholesterol'New York Times
Doctors Lounge -USA TODAY -WebMD
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Daily Cup Of Coffee Could Help Elderly Americans Avoid Death
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(RTTNews) - There may be a link between coffee consumption and longer lifespan for those over 50, a new study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine says. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health reviewed health records of ...
Two cups of coffee a day cuts overall risk of dying by 10 percent, research showsCBS News
Study: People With A Serious Coffee Habit Cheat Death Longer Than Those WithoutGeekosystem
Coffee is good for you againDeath and Taxes
Los Angeles Times -VendingMarketWatch -USA TODAY
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Study unpicks gene changes behind breast cancer
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped the complete genetic codes of 21 breast cancers and created a catalogue of the mutations that accumulate in breast cells, raising hopes that the disease may be able to be spotted earlier and treated more ...
Mutations 'storm' may drive cancerThe Press Association
Untangling the development of breast cancerScience Codex
Breast cancer evolves years before detected, two scientific studies findToronto Star
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New SC mom hospitalized with flesh-eating bacteria
The Associated Press
By MEG KINNARD, AP – 1 minute ago COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — Days after giving birth to twins, a South Carolina mother has been hospitalized for what doctors say is a rare flesh-eating infection. The development follows the similar affliction of a Georgia ...
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Strikes Mom of TwinsTIME
New case of flesh-eating bacteria reported in SC momCBS News
Flesh-eating bacteria hospitalizes another victim: New SC momLos Angeles Times
Spartanburg Herald Journal
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FDA to Review CV Risk With Azithromycin
Medscape
May 17, 2012 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will review a new study showing that patients taking azithromycin (Zithromax, Pfizer) face a small increased risk for sudden cardiac death compared with patients taking amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin ...
Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden DeathNew York Times
NEJM: Common antibiotic linked to a few CV deaths, prompting FDA reviewCardiovascular Business
Common antibiotic boosts death risk: studyAFP
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Very Sugary Diet Makes You Stupid
Medical News Today
As we near the final year exams for schools and universities, students should be wary of powering up on buckets of soda and pocketfuls of candy bars. A UCLA study on rats suggests that fructose slows down the brain and memory functions.
Sugar Makes You StupidMen's Fitness
Sugar Makes You Stupid, But Omega-3s Will Smarten You Back UpForbes
Does Sugar Make You Stupid?LiveScience.com
UC Los Angeles -24 Medica -AFP
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Home saliva test for HIV unlikely to be approved
Jerusalem Post
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Despite approval by FDA panel this week, Health Ministry unlikely to approve home test for AIDS virus anytime soon. Although an expert panel of the US Food and Drug Administration this week recommended the first ...
Home HIV test should be approved, FDA panel rulesWashington Post
OraSure In-Home HIV Test Kit Moves Closer to FDA ApprovalBusinessWeek
First at-Home HIV Test Nears ApprovalWebMD
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U.S. lowers threshold for lead poisoning in children
HealthNews
by David Beasley, Last updated May 17, 2012 ATLANTA (Reuters) - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold level for defining lead poisoning in children to five micrograms per deciliter on Wednesday from 10, marking the first ...
Lead poisoning guidelines revised; more considered at riskUSA TODAY
US lowers threshold for lead poisoning in young children; change means more ...Washington Post
CDC toughens definition of lead poisoningLos Angeles Times
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Glenn's Strategies for Well-Being: Misguided Medical Research
Eurweb.com
*I recently came across the news that, “…officials in the Obama Administration launched a landmark national strategy to fight Alzheimer's”. Now many you would think this is great news, and some levels, it is. Nothing is more painful than to see a ...
'Obama's Grand Plan To Cure Alzheimer's'Medical News Today
National Alzheimer's plan releasedHealthcare Finance News
Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer'sProvidence Eyewitness News
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Brain Ailments in Veterans Likened to Those in Athletes
New York Times
Scientists who have studied a degenerative brain disease in athletes have found the same condition in combat veterans exposed to roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan, concluding that such explosions injure the brain in ways strikingly similar to ...
New study links exposure to even a single bomb blast to serious lifelong brain ...Stars and Stripes
Study links vets to brain disease seen in athletesFox News
Veterans exposed to explosions may be at risk for dementiaUSA TODAY
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