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New Treatment Lessens Heart Attack Damage
WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News)
Giving the transplant drug cyclosporine to heart attack patients can prevent the injury that's caused by blood rushing back to the damaged heart, French researchers report.Read More
Deportation Tied to Higher HIV Risk for Men Injecting Drugs
WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News)
The odds of HIV infection increase fourfold for male injection drug users who were deported to Tijuana from the United States compared to non-deportees in the Mexican border city, a new study reports.Read More
America Neglecting Own Black AIDS Epidemic
30 July 2008
America is one of the nations leading the fight against HIV/AIDS across the world, but is failing to address the epidemic among its own Black citizens, says a new report published on 29th July by the Black AIDS Institute.Read More
Overweight Women Need More Exercise To Maintain Weight Loss
29 July 2008
A study published in the July 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine finds that overweight and obese women need to do more than just limit calories in order to sustain a 10 percent weight loss over two years: they also need to exercise 55 minutes per day, five days per week. Read More
Soft Drinks And Fruit Drinks And Risk For Diabetes In African-American Women Linked By Study
29 July 2008
Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that regular consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks and fruit drinks is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes in African-American women. These findings appear in the July 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.Read More