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Regulating Wax Removal 
Approximately 12 million people seek removal for compacted earwax a year in the United States. However, people seek services from a variety of medical physicians, prompting to publish national guidelines for an issue that affects 10 percent of adults, 5 percent of children and more than 33 percent of adults. |
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Diabetes Drugs May Pose Heart Risks
In an online editorial in Heart, two Wake Forest University professors voice their concern for oral medications taken for Type 2 diabetes. The two believe a particular class of meds increases the risk of cardiovascular problems. |
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Growing Strong Bones
A study released in the Aug. 26 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explains the work of engineers at Georgia Tech University. The engineers used skin cells to create artificial bones and found that their slower development allowed the bones to blend better with ligaments and tendons. |
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Downside to Antiretrovirals Side effects
In a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers found that a popular antiretroviral used by people infected with HIV may also lead to more bone fractures. |
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Making the VA Mobile
Representatives of the Department of Veteran Affairs announced Wednesday, Aug. 27 that the VA will launch its new four-unit mobile clinic to serve veterans in rural areas. The units will circulate around 24 counties, offering primary care and mental health care. |
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High-Risk Habits Linked to Lack of Awareness [PDF, 17KB]
In a study published in the August 2008 issue of The Journal of Urology, researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that the more men participated in unhealthy habits like smoking, the less they were aware of the Prostate Specific Antigen or the importance of having a PSA test. |
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Low Testosterone Levels Evident in Diabetic Men
Doctors at the University at Buffalo are ready to publish their research in the online edition of Diabetes Care, detailing their study that found lowered testosterone levels in men with Type 2 diabetes. Researchers point out that this doesn’t affect their reproductive futures, but their bone mass and overall maintenance of diabetes. |
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Viagra’s Added Benefits
Researchers at Queen’s University are looking to isolate an enzyme in Viagra, a drug that treats erectile dysfunction and its related cause, pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs), in order to prevent platelets in certain areas from building up and possibly causing a heart attack or stroke. |
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Tobacco Control Program Saves Billions
During a 15-year timeframe, the state of California saved $86 billion (in 2004 dollars), according to a study published in the Aug. 25, 2008 online issue of PLoS Medicine. The program, which cost $1.8 billion, translated into reductions in smoking, disease and expenditures on health care. |
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Scientists find link between infections and prematurity
Researchers at Stanford University studied the amniotic fluid of women who had preterm labor only to find that 15 percent of the samples revealed evidence of bacteria and fungus. The more bacteria or fungus present in the fluid, the more likely a woman was to have a younger and sicker baby. |
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C-section Babies may have Increased Risks
Researchers from the Queen’s University Belfast conducted a study of 10,000 children from 20 published studies and found the children had an increased chance of developing Type I diabetes if they were delivered via C-section. |
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Healing the Effects of Stroke
Researchers at Loyola University are studying ways to return mobility to people who have experienced debilitating strokes up to days and months after the incident. Trials of Nogo-A treatments, which jumpstarts nerve fibers in the brain and was developed for victims of spinal cord injuries, are expected to begin in 2012. |
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Effects of Alcohol on Unborn
Scientists at the Medical College of Georgia are looking to find out what quantity of alcohol and how the timeframe of the drinking leads to malformations of the face of babies born with fetal alcohol syndrome and other lifelong disabilities. |
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