Friday, November 9, 2012

Medical News

Medical News


Multivitamin disappoints in first long-term CV trial

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Taking a daily multivitamin does not reduce the risk for major cardiovascular events or mortality in men, research suggests.

OSA treatment reduces office blood pressure

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea can reduce blood pressure in men with hypertension, a clinical practice study has shown.

Sprucing up treatment for fungal nail infection

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

A lacquer containing resin from the Norway spruce shows promise as a treatment for onychomycosis, suggest results from an exploratory study.

Close contact at school led to mumps outbreak in Orthodox Jewish communities

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

A 2009 outbreak of mumps in the USA that primarily affected Orthodox Jewish teenage boys may have been perpetuated by close schooling conditions, say the authors of a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Bleed size key to prognosis after childhood hemorrhagic stroke

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Hemorrhage volume is an important predictor of long-term outcomes in children who survive hemorrhagic stroke, a study shows.

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