AFP – Arne Soerensen, a retired Danish doctor, flips through thousands of pages of notes scribbled over 50 years of research and issues his diagnosis: Napoleon died of a kidney disease.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — The popular prescription
painkillers Vicodin and Percocet, which combine acetaminophen with an
opiate narcotic, should be banned, and the maximum dose of
over-the-counter painkillers with acetaminophen, like Tylenol or Excedrin,
should be lowered, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel
urged Tuesday.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — An analysis of studies
supports a growing belief that guidelines for prescribing
cholesterol-lowering statin drugs should be expanded to include healthy
people without established heart disease, cardiologists say.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — There’s nothing worse than a pain in the
neck, lore has it.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — A kitchen fire can flare at a moment’s
notice — as soon as you turn your back on your broiling or baking
dinner.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) — Repeated use of antibiotics to
treat acute ear infections in young children increases the risk of
recurrent ear infections by 20 percent, according to researchers in the
Netherlands who called for more prudent use of antibiotics in young
children.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) — Watching food ads on TV leads to
a boost in snacking among children and adults, increasing the risk of
weight gain, U.S. researchers say.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) — Whatever you believe, new
research suggests that you’re likely to surround yourself with others who
feel the same way, whether they be friends or talking heads on
television.
HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: