Treatment For Acid Reflux Does Not Improve Asthma New research suggests that a widely used treatment for persistent acid reflux among asthmatics doesn't actually improve their quality of life. The finding that as many as one-third of those studied showed no improvement makes a strong case arguing that physicians should change how they currently treat these patients.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSlightly Reducing Sugar Intake, Increasing Fiber Consumption Might Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk For Hispanic Teenagers, Study Says Hispanic teenagers might lessen some risk factors for type 2 diabetes by slightly reducing their sugar intake and increasing fiber consumption, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and the L.A. County-USC Medical Center, the Los Angeles Times' "Booster Shots" reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCDC Study Looks At How Smoking Affects Costs For Entitlement Programs Smokers die about 10 years earlier than non-smokers, resulting in reduced costs for Medicare and other entitlement programs, according to CDC statistics, the AP/Arizona Daily Star reports.In debate over legislation passed last week that gave
FDA regulatory authority over tobacco products, House members cited large health care costs associated with smoking.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHow Tumor Cells Move If cancer cells lack a certain protein, it could be much easier for them to penetrate healthy body tissue, the first step towards forming metastases. Scientists at the Pharmacology Institute of the University of Heidelberg have discovered the previously unknown cell signal factor SCAI (suppressor of cancer cell invasion), which inhibits the movement and spread of tumor cells in laboratory tests.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comShared Equipment Can Lead To Hepatitis B Outbreaks Patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) can occur as the result of routine clinical practices incorrectly thought to be risk-free. A review of 33 HBV outbreaks, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that the most frequent HBV transmission routes are administration of drugs using multi-vial compounds and capillary blood sampling (e.g.
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