Women's Health Initiative data on 153,840 postmenopausal women showed those taking statins at baseline were 71 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, or 48 percent after adjusting for age, race and body mass index. Researchers say prescribing guidelines should not change.
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Careful: Acetaminophen in pain relief medicines can cause liver damage
FDA warns that acetaminophen, an active ingredient in more than 600 over-the-counter and prescription medicines, can cause severe and sometimes fatal liver damage if you exceed the directed dose, take more than one product containing it, or drink three or more alcoholic drinks daily.
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Novartis Consumer Health Over-The-Counter Products
Novartis Consumer Health is recalling all lots of select bottle configurations of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X Prevention after reports of chipped pills and packaging line clearance problems that could leave foreign tablets in bottles. Consumers should stop using them.
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This "Life Saving" Tool May Lead You Straight to Invasive Breast Cancer
Sayer Ji argues that ductal carcinoma in situ progresses to invasive cancer far less often than assumed, with evidence pointing well below 50 percent and perhaps as low as 2-4 percent. He says watchful waiting is rarely offered, and ties the diagnosis itself to widespread x-ray mammography.
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Tamoxifen, breast cancer treatment, is known to be a human carcinogen
The National Toxicology Program's 12th Report on Carcinogens lists tamoxifen as known to be a human carcinogen, citing a causal link to endometrial cancer in humans. The same entry notes conclusive evidence that tamoxifen reduces the risk of cancer in the opposite breast.
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Many Girls Mistakenly Believe That the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Protects Them Against STDs
A survey of 339 females aged 13 to 21 taken after their first HPV shot found many thought their risk of sexually transmitted disease was lower afterward. Girls who felt less need for safe sex were more likely to misunderstand HPV and what the vaccine does.
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Statins may increase risk of interstitial lung abnormalities in smokers
Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers examined statin use and interstitial lung abnormalities in a large cohort of current and former smokers from COPDGene, and report that statins may influence susceptibility to, or progression of, interstitial lung disease.
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Major Secret in Achieving Joint Pain Relief
Dr. Mercola argues exercise both prevents and relieves joint pain by strengthening supporting muscles, restoring flexibility and aiding weight loss, while inactivity deepens weakness and stiffness. He suggests a physical therapist or trainer if movement is significantly painful.
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Cancer screening causes cancer
Medical imaging is the largest man-made radiation source for the UK population, where CT scans doubled to 3.4 million a year and the mean dose per person rose 23% between 1997 and 2008. The author argues that proposals to screen healthy people with CT raise legitimate cancer-risk concerns.
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Cancer News: Brain diseases, zinc deficiency, mammography, radiation and cancer
A roundup: a Harvard review finds Parkinson's and Alzheimer's have been linked to reduced cancer risk through shared biological pathways, and an Oncogene study reports rats given 21 weeks of zinc deficiency plus low-dose NMBA had a 66.7 percent chance of esophageal carcinoma.
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Weight loss surgery benefits only minority of diabetics
Researchers at Imperial College London reassessed 209 patients using stricter American Diabetes Association criteria and found gastric bypass put 41% into remission, far below the 80% reported earlier. Surgery improves blood sugar control rather than curing the disease.
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Almost 68% of Women over 40 Have Fallen for This Trap
A recent analysis estimated that only about one in eight women whose breast cancer was found by routine mammography had her life saved by it. Mercola adds that many such tumors grow slowly or regress on their own, and that mammography's X-rays carry their own risk.
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No cure for Alzheimer's disease, but early diagnosis possible
In 140 people with mild memory impairment, Swedish researchers found low beta-amyloid and high tau in spinal fluid in 91% of those who developed Alzheimer's within ten years. They put the markers' accuracy near 90%, so clinical assessment is still needed.
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The Horrible "Immune System Mistake" Millions Will Make This Year
Research in the Journal of Virology found the seasonal flu vaccine may weaken children's immunity and raise their chances of catching influenza strains not in the shot. Blood from 27 unvaccinated children showed antibodies across more strains than blood from 14 vaccinated ones.
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Medical Marijuana boosts appetite in HIV and AIDS patients
A double-blind crossover study from the University of California, San Diego and the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research found inhaled cannabis stimulated the appetite hormones ghrelin, leptin and PYY in adult HIV and AIDS patients, the first to examine THC's effect on those hormones directly.
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Rheumatoid arthritis drug helps cut type 2 diabetes mellitus risk
Among 1,127 adults with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis at Geisinger Health System, hydroxychloroquine users had 6.2 new diabetes cases per 1,000 patients a year against 22.0 among non-users, and were 71% less likely to be diagnosed after adjustment for other factors.
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Novel treatment for liver cancer
A reader's letter describing Chinese Academy of Sciences research on the iron chelator TSC24 against liver cancer, followed by the writer's own “ferromagnetic theory of cancer” and predictions about iron deprivation.
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Chiropractors and Naturopaths - Are They Dangerous?
Mercola traces the AMA's campaigns against chiropractors, naturopaths and midwives, from Morris Fishbein's decades-long anti-chiropractic drive to the antitrust ruling against the AMA in the Wilkes case, and argues the pressure now takes legal forms.
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