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Reuters Health News: 09-22-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although some studies have found that smoking paradoxically improves the outcome after heart attack, this was not the case in a multinational study involving more than 5000 patients, researchers report in the American Journal of Cardiology.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acupuncture, already shown to help ease the nausea patients often suffer after having surgery, may actually work better than drugs, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Elderly people who take regular walks are less likely to suffer dementia than those who take little exercise, a pair of studies said on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of children and teenagers taking antidepressants has fallen more than 20 percent this year after U.S. warnings the medicines may increase suicidal tendencies among youth, pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. said on Tuesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Atkins and other low-carb diets seem to be all the rage but only about 13 percent of Britons have tried one and fewer than 3 percent are on them, according to a report on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research indicates that migraines are fairly common among patients with sinus headache.
LONDON (Reuters) - At least 80 percent of diabetic children in England may be vulnerable to complications such as heart disease, blindness and stroke later in life because their blood sugar levels are too high, a charity said on Wednesday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization issued new guidelines on Tuesday on preventing contamination of drinking water supplies and resultant illnesses.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A chlorine alternative used in the U.S. to disinfect some public drinking water can produce a class of byproducts far more toxic than those generated by chlorine, a new study suggests.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Surgery that uses a tiny camera placed in the nose can restore the normal nasal sound to the voices of patients with ongoing sinus inflammation, also called chronic sinusitis, according to a report presented here Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
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