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Obese women at increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
Obese women may have an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis — adding one more chronic illness to the list of ills brought on by extra pounds. Women with rheumatoid arthritis are already more prone to heart attacks than the general...
Tags: Rheumatoid Arthritis, High Blood Pressure, Mayo Clinic, Overweight, Obesity
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Dr. David L. Rimoin dies at 75; Cedars-Sinai geneticist
Dr. David L. Rimoin, a medical geneticist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center who pioneered studies of dwarfism and other skeletal abnormalities, died Sunday at the Los Angeles hospital. He was 75 and had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer days...Tags: Obituaries, Medical Research, Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Pancreatic Cancer
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The Doctor's Corner: Estrogen therapy does not cause breast cancer, experts say
Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part update on menopausal hormone care. * I know, the headline is not what your mother, doctor, TV, women's magazines, and walking buddies tell you. But, it's true. Of tsunami importance, it falls into the...Tags: Premarin (drug), Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease, Physical Conditions, Cleveland Clinic, Symptoms
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Longer-term treatments
After surgeons removed the tumor from her breast last November, Karen Hajiaskari, of Hamburg, N.Y., was deemed cancer-free. But for the next five years she will take a drug called tamoxifen, a medication that's commonly used to prevent a breast cancer...
Tags: Lymphatic System, Symptoms, Mouth, Medical Specialization, Biotechnology
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Dr. Reubin Andres, gerontologist
Dr. Reubin Andres, a retired gerontologist who challenged commonly circulated height-weight tables for the elderly and conducted diabetes research, died of complications from heart disease Sunday at his Lake Roland-area home. He was 89.
Dr. Andres...Tags: Physical Conditions, Southern Methodist University, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Insulin
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Time to do reset on stress
Facing down a man-eating lion is not the same as facing down an Excel spreadsheet, but try explaining that to your body's stress receptors. And good luck getting their attention above the din of your stalled commuter train, looming presentation at work,...
Tags: Epinephrine, High Blood Pressure, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Stress
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Have you walked your 10,000 steps today?
chrisc@herald-mail.comBill Martin of Hagerstown has a streak going. He has walked for an hour every day since November 1989. Martin, 77, often walks in the Paradise Road neighborhood north of Hagerstown, surrounded by rolling farmland and with a view of South Mountain to...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Heart Disease
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Foods can affect how you look and feel
The foods you choose can make a difference in how you look and feel. Whole-grain foods provide you with health-promoting vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and antioxidants. Antioxidants help prevent heart disease and some cancers. Experts recommend...Tags: B Vitamins, Physical Conditions, High Blood Pressure, Food Industry, Macular Degeneration
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Some health experts sour on fructose
Just as recent science has divided dietary fats into good, bad and really bad categories, some scientists now think different sugars also may deserve individual scrutiny. Most experts agree that Americans eat too much sugar, period. But studies in recent...
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Bariatric surgery to cure Type 2 diabetes better understood
BALTIMORE — Days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Brenda Maker’s diabetes was gone — her body producing enough of the hormone insulin to turn sugar into fuel. It’s a phenomenon seen in recent years by doctors who...Tags: Weight Loss, High Blood Pressure, Science and Technology, Insulin, Amputation
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Study links BPA, obesity in kids
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids and teens that had higher levels of the chemical bisphenol A in their urine were more likely to be overweight or obese, in a new nationally-representative U.S. study. The findings can't prove BPA - which has been banned...Tags: New York University, American Medical Association, Medical Research, Health Organizations, Nutrition
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Bariatric surgery to cure Type 2 diabetes better understood
Days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Brenda Maker's diabetes was gone — her body producing enough of the hormone insulin to turn sugar into fuel.
It's a phenomenon seen in recent years by doctors who increasingly are using the operation...Tags: Weight Loss Surgery, Physical Conditions, Weight Loss, High Blood Pressure, Science and Technology
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