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Combined oral contraceptive pill helps painful periods

A large Scandinavian study, that has been running for 30 years, has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful ...

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New drug doesn't improve disability among stroke patients

A new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn't improve disability among stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke ...

Fri 3 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress

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Brains of addicts are inherently abnormal: study

Drug addicts have inherited abnormalities in some parts of the brain which interfere with impulse control, said a British study published on Thursday.

Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress

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Clopidogrel with aspirin doesn't prevent more small strokes, may increase risk of bleeding, death

The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients ...

Fri 3 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress

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Old drug shows new promise to treat leishmaniasis

(Medical Xpress) -- A study published yesterday shows that a drug called fexinidazole could potentially be used to treat visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that kills 50 000 to ...

Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress

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Websites advertising cholesterol-lowering drugs of poor quality

A new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reveals that internet sites selling prescription statins directly to consumers are widespread, and that most websites ...

Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress

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Seasonal changes may influence the efficacy of vaccination against diabetes

The development of a medicine for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, based on autoantigen GAD65, received a setback following crucial clinical phase 3 trials that failed to show significant ...

Wed 1 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress

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Infections in childhood linked to high risk of ischemic stroke

Study Highlights: -The highest risk of stroke among children comes in the first week following an infection. -A spectrum of common acute infections may trigger childhood stroke. -However, since ...

Wed 1 Feb 12 from HealthCanal

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Marijuana mouth spray: Will cancer pain reliever be abused?

The medical marijuana drug Sativex, which could be approved in the United States in the coming years as a treatment for pain relief, has little potential for abuse, experts say

Wed 1 Feb 12 from FOXNews

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Genetics study reveals how pneumococcus bacteria evolve to evade vaccines

Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published today in Nature Genetics, ...

Sun 29 Jan 12 from Medical Xpress

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