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FDA Approves Implanted Stomach Band To Treat Severe Obesity
The FDA approved late yesterday a new surgically implanted device to help severely obese people lose weight. The product, the Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System, made by BioEnterics Corporation of Carpinteria, Calif., is an inflatable band that is placed around the upper stomach to create a small gastric pouch. more
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ACE Inhibitor Reduces The Risk Of Kidney Failure In Hypertensives
People with kidney disease from high blood pressure have a better chance of reducing the risk of kidney failure if they take an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, according to a National Institutes of Health study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association on 06 June 2001. more
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Annual Report Shows Overall Decline In US Cancer Incidence and Death Rates; Feature Focuses On Cancers With Recent Increasing Trends
The rates for new cancer cases and deaths for all cancers combined continued to decline in the United States, according to a report released today which includes new data for the period between 1992 to 1998. The report is by the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); the American Cancer Society (ACS); and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). A feature section of the report focuses on a dozen cancers whose overall rates are increasing. more
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Questions And Answers: Annual Report To The Nation On The Status Of Cancer, 1973-1998
Get additional information about the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer in a question and answer format that highlights key points of the research. You'll find the information you're most interested in at-a-glance. Also included with the Q and A are useful outside resources that supplement the report. more
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Acute Adult Diarrhea Guidelines Published
The first international guidelines on the treatment of acute adult diarrhea, in otherwise healthy adults, were published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics today. Although national guidelines for the management of diarrhea currently exist worldwide, they are inconsistent and sometimes contradictory. These guidelines finally dispel the widely held belief that acute adult diarrhea should be 'left to run its course' or treated only with oral rehydration therapy. Get the highlights in today's issue of Vidyya. more
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