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Use sunscreens to prevent sunburns
Editor's note: Please note that although sunscreen may help prevent sun-burns, it can also make it easier for an individual to suffer vitamin D deficiency,
$29 Billion Reasons to Lie About Cholesterol
Posted By Dr. Mercola | February 01 2012
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The current value of the cholesterol-lowering drug industry is estimated at around $29 billion, ...
Indigestion drugs up risk of hip fracture in post-menopausal women
By David Liu
Tuesday Jan 31, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- A study published recently in BMJ-British Medical Journal discovered that women taking indigestion drugs were at high ...
Four-Week Vaccination Regimen Knocks Out Early Breast Cancer Tumors, Penn Researchers Report (PR)
Majority of Patients Treated Develop Strong, Lasting Immune Responses
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PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania report that ...
FDA okays vismodegib for the treatment of skin cancer
FDA approved vismodegib (ERIVEDGE Capsule, Genentech, Inc.) for the treatment of adults with metastatic basal cell carcinoma or with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma that has recurred following surgery or who are not candidates for surgery, and who are not candidates for radiation. (January 30, 2012)...
Do You Really Need That Bone Scan?
By Martha Rosenberg
Do You Really Need That Bone Scan? New Research Say Maybe Not.
For many years the conventional medical wisdom was: women are in such ...
Major Drug Maker Accused of Killing 14 Trial Subjects
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Pfizer and Merck have also been busted for unethical conduct in drug- and vaccine trials that led to ...
HPV infections are common
By Maria Cendejas
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, oral infections with HPV are more common than doctors expected, according to USAtoday.
Infections ...
Breast Cancer and Heart Attacks: A Deadly Side Effect of Calcium Supplements? (opinion)
Posted By Dr. Mercola | January 30 2012
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Taking elemental calcium supplements (with or without vitamin D) in amounts of 500 mg or more may actually increase your ...
Drowning related incidents on the decline
By Maria Cendejas
A new report finds that the rate of children hospitalized yearly due to drowning-related incidents has dropped by half since the early 1990s, ...



