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Hopkins researchers study heart defect that kills athletes
Physicians at Johns Hopkins, with colleagues around the globe, are seeking families to help them learn more about a rare heart condition that kills athletes and seems to run in families.
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Vitamins C and E support breathing following an operation
Patients who have recently undergone an operation experience less breathing problems after being given a cocktail of vitamins C and E. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center following experiments with patients and healthy volunteers. more
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Higher nocturnal blood pressure predictive of kidney disease in diabetes
A Reuters News Service article appearing in the August 23, 2002, issue of the Wall Street Journal reports that long-term users of some first-generation mobile phones face an increased risk of developing brain tumors. This risk is as much as 80% greater than for non-mobile phone using persons. more
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Discovery raises hopes of improved treatments for infants born with ambiguous genitalia or men in need of penis reconstruction
Scientists believe they may have found a safe and more effective way of increasing the size of a man's penis. Researchers in the United States carried out experiments in which they successfully carried out penis implants on rabbits. more
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Anti-anthrax drug overuse sparks fears
The gross misuse of the antibiotic Cipro following last year's anthrax attacks in the United States could have serious consequences in the war against resistant bacteria, says an expert on the drug.
In the weeks following the discovery of contaminated letters in the American postal system, about 30,000 official prescriptions for Cipro were handed out, but thousands more panic-struck people obtained it over the net or over the border in Mexico. more
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