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Flu Shot Benefits Outweigh Costs In Healthy Young Adults
Flu shots can save lives, especially among the elderly who account for most of the 20,000 flu-related deaths in the United States each year. But physicians have debated whether vaccinating healthy, younger adults is worth the time and money. The answer is yes, according to a new study based on a computer model. The study was led by Patrick Lee, MD, a resident in internal medicine at Stanford Hospital & Clinics.
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Fat And Jolly? Fat And Not Jolly?
New research in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine asks the question, "Are the Fat More Jolly?" "The answer," they discovered, "is a most emphatic 'No.'" Obesity offers no protection from mental health problems. more
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High Levels Of C-Reactive Protein Indicate Early Heart Disease
Using a simple, inexpensive test to determine levels of C-reactive protein in the blood, researchers were able to detect heart disease before symptoms were apparent, according to a report in today's rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. more
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Antibiotics Help Heart Patients
In the largest study of its kind published to date, researchers report that hospitalized heart patients who took antibiotics had a significantly lower risk of returning to the hospital with severe chest pain within one year compared with those on a placebo.
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Enzyme Level Linked To Death After Angioplasty
A test commonly used to diagnose heart attacks may also identify patients at increased risk of death after balloon angioplasty, according to a study in today's rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. more
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