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Archive for March 14th, 2010

Studies: Intense treatment doesn’t help diabetics (AP)

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Studies: Intense treatment doesn’t help diabetics (AP)

AP - Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.

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Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery (AP)

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Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery (AP)

Graphic shows a procedure that clamps a leaking heart valveAP - Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.

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Diabetes in the Overweight (HealthDay)">2 Medicines Fail to Prevent Diabetes in the Overweight (HealthDay)

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2 Medicines Fail to Prevent Diabetes in the Overweight (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) — Hopes that two available
drugs could help prevent diabetes and the problems it causes in overweight
people with poor sugar metabolism have been dashed by a major
international study.

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Strides Seen in Orthopedic Surgery for Kids (HealthDay)

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Strides Seen in Orthopedic Surgery for Kids (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) — Repairing a torn knee
meniscus at the same time as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
reconstruction is safe and effective in children, a new study finds.

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Cholesterol,">Intense Cholesterol,

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Intense Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Therapies Don’t Help Type 2 Diabetics (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) — Two sets of results from a
large U.S. government-sponsored trial find that neither aggressive
treatment of cholesterol nor of blood pressure lowers the risk of heart
events in people with type 2 diabetes.

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