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Brand-name drugs used to treat heart
disease aren’t better than generics, a new analysis shows. Generic drugs have
the same active ingredient as their brand-name counterparts, but the advantage
is that they are often much cheaper.
The study, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association,
was aimed at addressing the question if generic versions of such drugs as
beta-blockers, diuretics, calcium-channel blockers, antiplatelet agents,
statins, ACE inhibitors and alpha-blockers are somehow different than
brand-name drugs. The study was conducted by doctors at...
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Parents, have you ever wondered how exposure to media
sources impacts the physical health of your kids? A study by the US National
Institutes of Health, Yale
University and the
California Pacific Medical Centre experts is here to answer the question for
you.
The researchers analyzed 173 studies done since 1980 about
the effects of media consumption on children. They found that 80 percent of the
studies agreed that heavy media exposure increases the risk of harm, including
obesity, smoking, sex, drug and alcohol use, attention problems and poor
grades. When referring to sex...
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Even if China wants to hold a pledge to fight the discrimination against the people with AIDS, the activists are rather skeptical of the country’s decision because they believe it would be very little of them to do that regarding the fact that they didn’t do any improvements in the education system as to increase the consciousness of the disease. Yet, the health authorities in China have pledged on Sunday to fight the intolerance shown to people with AIDS by unveiling a red ribbon, the symbol of HIV awareness, at the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing. Minister of Health Chen Zhu said...
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Nearly half of US youths suffer from a psychiatric
disorder, from alcohol dependency to depression, but few seek treatment,
according to a study published in this week’s Archives of General Psychiatry. For the study, US researchers analyzed
data from more than 5,000 respondents, aged 19 to 25, who took part in the 2001-2002
National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, which was
conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism.
During the study, students and young adults
who were not in college were questioned about...
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A new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of
the American College of Cardiology reveals that
people who have a deficiency in vitamin D are more prone to cardiovascular
disease, heart attacks and strokes.
The new study adds to the growing body of evidence that
vitamin D is essential for our health. Researchers have long sustained that
vitamin D plays a significant role in causing no less than seventeen varieties
of cancers as well as heart disease, stroke, hypertension, birth defects,
osteoporosis and other serious conditions.
People should have between...
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