November 15, 2011
A man receives dental work during the Remote Area Medical (RAM) health clinic at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Virginia July 24, 2009. Regular visits to the dentist for tooth cleaning may provide more than just a brighter smile. According to data compiled by researchers in Taiwan, people who had their teeth professionally scraped [...]
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August 31, 2009
A Bayer employee holding some Cardio-Aspirin tablets at the company’s plant in Bitterfeld, eastern Germany. Healthy people taking a daily dose of aspirin to prevent heart attacks may be doing themselves more harm than good, according to a new study by British scientists. Researchers found that the risks of bleeding from taking aspirin were such [...]
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July 19, 2009
A man walks past a poster displaying a warning about the A(H1N1) flu in Hong Kong The Ministry of Health announced yesterday it would triple the daily bonuses for health staff dealing directly with H1N1 after hospitals said they were overwhelmed by the number of patients with the virus. Each staff would now receive a [...]
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March 16, 2009
People’s risks of having a heart attack would be three times higher when they are caught by traffic jam for one hour, according to a German study published on the American Heart Association’s website on Saturday. Females, elderly males, patients who were unemployed, and those with a history of angina were the most affected by [...]
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February 9, 2009
A higher resting heart rate can raise the chances of a heart attack in middle-aged women and exercise can be the best antidote, according to a new study available here on Sunday. In the study, researchers at the George Washington University used data on 129,135 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative. The findings [...]
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