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Small Amounts Of Deadly Toxin Proving Successful At Preventing Headaches
Small amounts of the most deadly toxin known to man are proving effective at preventing debilitating headaches. At a press conference prior to the annual meeting of the American Headache Society in Seattle, Todd Troost, M.D., from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, today reported success rates as high as 92 percent using injections of botulinum toxin to treat patients who didn't respond to headache medications.
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Structure Of Critical Lyme Disease Protein Determined
Scientists have determined the structure of a telltale protein in the Lyme disease bacterium that picks a fight with a patient's immune system and then evades the antibodies sent out to destroy it. more
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Novel Diagnostic Tool Detects Life-Threatening Infections In Patients
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that a novel imaging agent detects life-threatening infections and inflammation in patients more rapidly than the standard nuclear medicine imaging tests typically used for this purpose. The imaging agent may eliminate the need for additional tests and reduce the risk of exposure involved in handling blood samples taken when additional clarification is needed to identify the infection. more
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Stress May Take Edge Off Alcohol, Not The Opposite
Although alcohol has long been believed to blunt the effects of a stressful situation, it may, in fact, be the other way around, according to a new study. more
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Americans Getting Obese Earlier, Ethnic Groups Put On Weight At Different
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Overall, 26 percent of U.S. men and 28 percent of U.S. women already are
obese by about age 36, according to a new University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill study of adult weight gain among different ethnic groups, races
and sexes. more
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