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Small Fitness Gains Provide Big Heart Disease Protection: Study

Small Fitness Gains Provide Big Heart Disease Protection: Study

Latest Heart News SATURDAY, Jan. 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Even a slight improvement in your heart/lung fitness could reduce your risk of a heart attack, a new study reveals. Between 2006 and 2008, researchers assessed the cardiorespiratory (heart/lung) fitness of just over 4,500 men and women in Norway. None had heart disease, high blood […]

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Fun Moves for Better Agility

Fun Moves for Better Agility

By Len CanterHealthDay Reporter Latest Exercise & Fitness News MONDAY, Jan. 28, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Agility, or the ability to react quickly to change without losing your balance, is an important skill not only for playing sports, but also for everyday living. Strength training helps improve agility, but so do balance and coordination exercises. […]

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7 Ways to Cut Calories in Beverages

7 Ways to Cut Calories in Beverages

By Len CanterHealthDay Reporter Latest Diet & Weight Management News MONDAY, Jan. 28, 2019 (HealthDay News) — When counting calories, don’t forget those in beverages. You might not realize how many you’re drinking. For instance, if you have a fancy coffee to start your day, a large soda with lunch and sweet tea with your […]

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Aspirin vs. Tylenol (acetaminophen)

Aspirin vs. Tylenol (acetaminophen)

What drugs interact with aspirin and Tylenol? Aspirin Aspirin is associated with several suspected or probable interactions that affect the action of other drugs. The following examples are the most common of the suspected interactions. NSAIDs may increase the blood levels of lithium (Eskalith, Lithobid) by reducing the excretion of lithium by the kidneys. Increased […]

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Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Sickle Cell Disease

Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Sickle Cell Disease

Recent advances in gene therapy may eventually lead to a cure for sickle cell disease. Latest Chronic Pain News The disease is caused by a single mutation in one gene and mainly occurs in people of African descent. About 100,000 people in the United States have the disease, which causes agonizing pain, strokes and early […]

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Many Cancer Patients Have Undiagnosed Hepatitis

Many Cancer Patients Have Undiagnosed Hepatitis

Latest Cancer News FRIDAY, Jan. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) — A large number of U.S. cancer patients with hepatitis B and C don’t know they have the virus, which can cause life-threatening complications during some cancer treatments, researchers say. The findings suggest screening for hepatitis B and C may be appropriate in community cancer clinics, […]

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Adding Blood Test for Pancreatic Cancer May Aid Early Detection

Adding Blood Test for Pancreatic Cancer May Aid Early Detection

Latest Cancer News MONDAY, Jan. 28, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Using a new blood test for pancreatic cancer alongside the current blood test may improve early detection and help screen people at high risk for the deadly disease, researchers say. The combination approach detects 70 percent of pancreatic cancers with a less than 5 percent […]

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Health Tip: Help Prevent Cervical Cancer

Health Tip: Help Prevent Cervical Cancer

(HealthDay News) — More than 12,000 women get cervical cancer every year, but more than 90 percent of cases may be preventable, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Latest Cancer News In 2012, some 8 million U.S. women aged 21 to 65 reported they had not been screened for cervical cancer in the […]

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Diabetes: How optimism may influence your risk

Diabetes: How optimism may influence your risk

New research suggests that optimism may have a protective effect against type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal women. In addition to lifestyle factors such as physical activity, optimistic personality traits may lower diabetes risk. A range of factors can raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Some of these factors — such as diet, physical […]

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Chinese fir tree compound may help to combat cancer

Chinese fir tree compound may help to combat cancer

New research finds that a structural analog of a compound found in an endangered Chinese fir tree has cancer-fighting properties when combined with an existing cancer drug. Scientists devised a chemical analog of a compound from a rare Chinese tree that, combined with another drug, has cancer-fighting properties. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimate that […]