News - Powered by Yahoo NewsSevere Gum Disease, Impotence May Be Linke
MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Men with severe gum disease, known as periodontitis, are at greater risk for impotence, according to a new study that finds young men and the elderly at particular risk.
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Orphan Disease Therapeutics in Genetic Disorders to 2018 - Emerging Agents in Cystic Fibrosis Offer Strong ..
NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Orphan Disease Therapeutics in Genetic Disorders to 2018 - Emerging Agents ...
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Could Compound in Artificial Sweeteners Worsen Crohn's Disease
MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- The food additive maltodextrin, commonly used in some artificial sweeteners, may worsen Crohn's disease by encouraging the growth of E. coli bacteria in the small intestine, a new study suggests.
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"Diet, Exercise & Disease Prevention for Men & Women"
LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wednesday, May 23, 2012 the Phase IV and Dr. Chris Renna will examine the relationship between diet, exercise and disease explaining how simple dietary changes ...
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FDA staff shoots down Pfizer rare disease dru
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug reviewers on Tuesday recommended rejecting a Pfizer Inc drug because the data did not prove it worked well in treating a rare neurodegenerative disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewed the pill, tafamidis, ahead of an advisory panel of outside experts, which on Thursday will vote on whether to recommend it for approval. The FDA will make a final ...
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Flesh-Eating Disease Lands Man in Same Hospital as Aimee Copelan
Bobby Vaughn, 32, Is Battling a Similar Infection in the Same Augusta Hospital
Tue, 22 May 2012 06:37:06 -0700 -
Standard Heart Disease Risk Tools Underrate Danger in Rheumatoid Arthriti
Heart disease risk assessment tools commonly used by physicians often underestimate the cardiovascular disease danger faced by rheumatoid arthritis patients, a Mayo Clinic study has found.
Mon, 21 May 2012 13:25:29 -0700 -
Mayo Clinic: Standard heart disease risk tools underrate danger in rheumatoid arthriti
Heart disease risk assessment tools commonly used by physicians often underestimate the cardiovascular disease danger faced by rheumatoid arthritis patients, a Mayo Clinic study has found.
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Flesh-eating disease attacks third U.S. victi
A third case of the flesh-eating disease has cropped up in the southeastern United States as the University of West Georgia psychology student Aimee Copeland continues to battle the bacteria that is ravaging her body.
Tue, 22 May 2012 11:51:18 -0700 -
A Windborne Clue To A Mysterious Childhood Diseas
Not a lot is known about Kawasaki disease. It affects children under 4 and is more common in Asia, particularly Japan, but more than 4,000 American children contract it every year. One of its secrets may now be revealed, but it took climate researchers to help spot it.
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