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• Radiating fears over diabetes in childhood cancer survivors
• Statins reduce pancreatitis risk
• HIV-like immunodeficiency observed in Asia
• Concern over tattoo-related infections
• Statins reduce pancreatitis risk
• Children may benefit from having older mothers
• Radiating fears over diabetes in childhood cancer survivors
• Vandetanib shows efficacy in thyroid cancer
• Prescription drug monitoring systems alert abuse
• Sleep apnea is not necessarily a male disorder

Radiating fears over diabetes in childhood cancer survivors Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT People who undergo pancreatic irradiation during childhood cancer therapy are at an increased risk for developing diabetes later in life, report researchers.

Statins reduce pancreatitis risk Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Statins reduce the risk for pancreatitis in patients with normal or mildly elevated triglyceride levels, say the authors of a large meta-analysis.

HIV-like immunodeficiency observed in Asia Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have discovered an adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome with symptoms similar to those of advanced HIV in Thailand and Taiwan.

Concern over tattoo-related infections Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT More care should be taken to prevent infections associated with tattooing, suggest researchers who describe a series of tattoo-related Mycobacterium chelonae infections in the USA.

Statins reduce pancreatitis risk Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Statins reduce the risk for pancreatitis in patients with normal or mildly elevated triglyceride levels, say the authors of a large meta-analysis.

Children may benefit from having older mothers Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The children of older mothers may have improved health and development up to 5 years of age, say researchers in the British Medical Journal.

Radiating fears over diabetes in childhood cancer survivors Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT People who undergo pancreatic irradiation during childhood cancer therapy are at an increased risk for developing diabetes later in life, report researchers.

Vandetanib shows efficacy in thyroid cancer Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The tyrosine kinase inhibitor vandetanib could significantly extend progression-free survival in patients with locally advanced or metastatic differentiated radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer, show results of a small phase II randomized trial.

Prescription drug monitoring systems alert abuse Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Electronic prescription monitoring programs may significantly improve drug-abuse detection and could alert clinicians to "doctor shopping," say researchers.

Sleep apnea is not necessarily a male disorder Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Women, particularly those with hypertension or obesity, have high rates of sleep apnea, study findings show.

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