TUESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Light to moderate exercise -- just walking a few blocks or even dancing -- can help prevent the abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation in those most vulnerable to it -- older people, a new study finds.
Atrial fibrillation, in which the two upper chambers of the heart tend to twitch rather than beat steadily, is the most common heart rhythm abn...
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus — and so did she.
Now the 12-year-old is one of the most prominent AIDS activists in Latin America and a rarity in a region where few children are willing to break the silence and tell their classmates they have HIV for fear of rejection. She edits a child...
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Americans are likely to be exposed to unacceptable side effects of FDA-approved drugs such as Vioxx in the future because of fatal flaws in the way new drugs are tested and marketed, according to research to be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
"Drug disasters are literally built into the current system of drug testing and approvals in t...
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Berlin, Germany (AHN) - Methadone, an agent used to break addiction to drugs, has ability to destroy leukemia cells without harming healthy cells, a study has found.
The study, published in the August 1 issue of Cancer Research, suggests that methadone holds promise especially in patients whose cancer no longer responds to chemotherapy and radiation.
Senior author Claudia Friesen, o...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- One menu item could soon disappear from foreign dinner tables: meat from slaughtered American horses.
Animal rights advocates are urging lawmakers to pass a bill banning the slaughter of U.S. horses for consumption abroad, arguing the practice is inhumane. Opponents of the proposal say it would actually increase cruelty in the form of abandonment, abuse and neglect.
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When UTC classes resume this fall, students, faculty and staff will have access to an expanded array of healthcare services, thanks to a partnership between The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Erlanger Health System, and the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga (UTCOMC). The new healthcare services program, announced Wednesday during a joint news conference at Erlange...
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Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new U.S. government research.
The study is the largest of its kind, and provides the most detailed information to date on types of birth defects that befall the infants of diabetic mothers, including heart defects, missing kidneys and spine deformities.
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