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As the leaves fall, the dust mite population in your bedroom could well be on the rise.
Research from Sydney’s Woolcock Institute of Medical Research shows that dust
mite levels can increase 2-3 fold during late autumn, compared with summer levels.1
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Though causes of stress can be plentiful, there are multiple ways to combat stressors and the negative toll they can take on the body, says an expert at the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) 12th-annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition.
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CD4+ T lymphocytes, or simply CD4 T cells, are the "brains" of the immune system, coordinating its activity when the body comes under attack. They are also the cells that are attacked by HIV, the devastating virus that causes AIDS and has infected roughly 40 million people worldwide. The virus slowly eats away at CD4 T cells, weakening the immune system.
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Buy lasix without prescription Recent studies have shown that bosentan therapy greatly improves the quality of life for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). According to a study in Respirology published by Wiley-Blackwell, treatments with oral Bosentan Read the rest of this entry »

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High blood pressure in childhood is associated with higher blood pressure or hypertension in adulthood, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Their analyses of previously published blood pressure tracking studies over the last four decades show a consistent relationship between children’s blood pressure levels with their blood pressure Read the rest of this entry »

NicOx S.A.
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first in a series of planned clinical studies, in mild to moderate
hypertensive patients, under the companies’ collaborative agreement to
develop new nitric oxide-donating antihypertensive agents using NicOx’
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Anxiety is a normal human response to stress, but in some, it can develop into a disabling disorder of excessive and irrational fears, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, or posttraumatic stress disorder. Effective treatments are available and can involve either behavioral therapy or medications. Although "it makes intuitive sense that combining these two treatments would Read the rest of this entry »

For millions of Americans with allergies and asthma, summer travel concerns extend far beyond rising gas prices and airline security waits.
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) estimates that more than 20 million Americans have asthma and 50 million have allergies. Those traveling this summer will face unique challenges.
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Department of Defense and HHS officials on Wednesday announced a program under which the departments will send 200 psychiatrists, social workers and other mental health care professionals to military facilities to treat the increased number of soldiers who have post-traumatic stress disorder, the Washington Times reports.
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Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic, Brown University, and Massachusetts General Hospital will present results of a long-term outcome study that builds on previous promising research, which has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a potentially effective treatment option for people with treatment resistant major depression.
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An Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researcher has identified a protein that is a strong indicator of survival for men with advanced prostate cancer. The C-reactive protein, also known as CRP, is a special type of protein produced by the liver that is elevated in the presence of inflammation.
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Anxiety may influence children’s metabolic health differently according to weight status, says a study presented in Indianapolis at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). After examining the relationship between anxiety and the metabolic syndrome in boys, researchers presented preliminary evidence that treatment strategies geared towards overweight youth should consider Read the rest of this entry »

TheraGenetics Limited, a personalized medicine diagnostics company that is developing and commercializing a portfolio of pharmacogenetic diagnostic tests to guide and improve the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, announced that it has completed an agreement with the Centre for Addiction and Read the rest of this entry »

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Domestic violence can happen to men, not only to women, according to Group Health research in the June American Journal of Preventive Medicine. "Domestic violence in men is under-studied and often hidden-much as it was in women 10 years ago," said study leader Robert J. Reid, MD, PhD, an associate investigator at the Group Health Center for Health Studies. "We want abused men to know Read the rest of this entry »

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Among patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, the addition of hormone therapy following vaccine treatment improved overall survival compared with either treatment alone or when the vaccine followed hormone treatment, according to recent data published in the July 15 Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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Men who develop diabetes in mid-life appear to significantly increase their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a long-term study published in the April 9, 2008, online issue of Neurology, Read the rest of this entry »

A pricy drug used to treat a rare but well-known genetic disorder may hold wider promise as a treatment for millions of Americans with potentially lethal enlarged hearts, due mainly to high blood pressure, a study from Johns Hopkins shows.
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Right now, about half of all people who take medicine for an anxiety disorder don’t get much help from it. And doctors have no definitive way to predict who will, and who won’t, benefit from each anti anxiety prescription they write.
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Cobalis Corp. (OTC:CLSC), a pharmaceutical biotech Company specializing in the development of anti-allergy medications, announced the planned marketing launch of the flagship anti-allergy product PreHistin™ after approval in Federal Court in Santa Ana, CA on Jan. 13, 2009. The launch of PreHistin™ is scheduled for February 2009, and will enable the company to be discharged from Chapter 11.
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Smoking cigarettes causes cancer and increases the risk of cardiovascular and other diseases, but there’s even more bad news for men who smoke. They have an increased risk of experiencing erectile dysfunction, and the more cigarettes smoked, the greater the risk, according to a study by Tulane University researchers published Read the rest of this entry »

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