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'Z-Pack' Antibiotic Sudden Death Riskdose of antibiotic does it for mice and more than 55 million prescriptions written last year but today The New England Journal of Medicine sounded an alarm. About the risk to some people of sudden death ABC's doctor Richard has those details
and more than 55 million prescriptions written last year but today The New England Journal of Medicine sounded an alarm. About the risk to some people of sudden death ABC's doctor Richard -- has those details.
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Birth Control: New Research Gives Boost to IUD Effectivenessvaginal rings, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine . Of the 3 million unwanted pregnancies in the United States, almost half of those are due to incorrect use
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Study: Simple Scope Exam Cuts Colon Cancer Deaths
As one put it, "the best test is the one that gets done." The study was published online Monday by the New England Journal of Medicine and was to be presented at a digestive diseases conference in San Diego. Colorectal cancer is the second
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FDA Investigating Z-Pak Antibiotic Linked to Heart Risks
Pak, after a study linked the drug to an increased risk of death . The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine , found patients prescribed Z-Pak were more likely to die than those prescribed amoxicillin, another antibiotic
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Study: US Clears Drugs Faster Than Europe, Canada
Medicines Agency and Health Canada, its counterparts abroad, according to a study published Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine . The analysis by researchers at Yale and the Mayo Clinic is the first to compare the FDA's recent drug
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Antibiotic Linked With Rare but Deadly Heart Risk
heart disease "should probably be steered away" from Zithromax for now. The study appears in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine . The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute helped pay for the research. Zithromax, marketed by Pfizer
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Z-Pak Antibiotic Raises Death Risk for Some, Says Study
are more likely to die than those prescribed a different antibiotic, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. These results were especially pronounced for those who died from heart attacks, strokes
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Coffee Buzz: Study Finds Java Drinkers Live LongerThe study was done by the National Institutes of Health and AARP. The results are published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine . Careful, though — this doesn't prove that coffee makes people live longer, only that the two seem related
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Antibiotic Linked With Rare but Deadly Heart Risk
for now. The study appears in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine . The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute 8212;—— Online: New England Journal of Medicine : http://www.nejm.org —
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Pour It on: Study Ties Coffee to Longer Life
in the past suggested coffee might be harmful. Results of the latest study are published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine . WHY THE FUZZY RESEARCH? Older studies weren't wrong: Coffee can raise cholesterol and blood pressure
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Coffee Drinkers Have Lower Risk of Overall Death, Study Showshere's another reason to defend that java habit you just can't kick. A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found that coffee drinkers are less likely to die from several common health conditions, including heart
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FDA Still Cautious About Bone Drugsstudy highlights the need to reassess which patients need the drugs the most. In a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration raised concerns about the potential for some serious
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Fertility Methods Raise Risk of Birth Defectscertain birth defects than babies who are conceived naturally, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine . Australian researchers looked at medical records nearly 300,000 babies born in Australia -- more than
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200 Years of Surgery: Cutting to Cure Has Come a Long WayGawande, a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, wrote in a review published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine 's 200th anniversary issue. Even after the advent of anesthesia in 1846, surgeons continued to "choose
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'Z-Pack' Antibiotic Sudden Death Risk
dose of antibiotic does it for mice and more than 55 million prescriptions written last year but today The New England Journal of Medicine sounded an alarm. About the risk to some people of sudden death ABC's doctor Richard has those details
and more than 55 million prescriptions written last year but today The New England Journal of Medicine sounded an alarm. About the risk to some people of sudden death ABC's doctor Richard -- has those details. -
Watchdog Shines Light on Osteoporosis Drugsdrug that was supposed to prevent broken bones is the very drug that caused it. A government study in The New England Journal of Medicine . Said that for some people osteoporosis drugs like Fosamax after mail and last may do more harm than good
is the very drug that caused it. A government study in The New England Journal of Medicine . Said that for some people osteoporosis drugs like Fosamax after mail and -- last may do more harm than good if he -
Diabetes Cure?battling the disease but two studies in The New England Journal of Medicine . Show there is hope for a cure surgery that hours if not days of today's studies in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests the weight loss surgery which works
23 million Americans are battling the disease but two studies in The New England Journal of Medicine . Show there is hope for a cure surgery that can start to work 72 hours after the operation. ABC's medical editor doctorthat within hours if not days of -- today's studies in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests the weight loss surgery which works by reducing the size of the stomach and intestines. Is even more effective the medication -
Osteoporosis Tests Unnecessary?lose bone density as we age but it turns out it happens much more slowly than was thought. The report in The New England Journal of Medicine says and 67 year old woman whose bones strong. Doesn't need to be tested again for fifteen years to those
happens much more slowly than was thought. The -- report in The New England Journal of Medicine says and 67 year old woman whose bones -- strong. Doesn't need to be tested again for fifteen years to those women -
Dealing With Dry Eyescouldn't computer vision syndrome is is an entity that's that's woman at this point was defined in The New England Journal of Medicine and to Malays neck pain and then dry The problem we have these days as we again were in front of the computer
entity that's that's woman at this point -- was defined in The New England Journal of Medicine -- and to -- Malays neck pain and then dry -- -
Diet Discovery: Hormonesthat the problem may not be a lack of Will Power but a spike in hormones. Researchers that discovering The New England Journal of Medicine the question now we do anything about it. ABC's Andrea canning went for answers. Calling think fat diet
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Fighting Cystic FibrosisA new study in The New England Journal of Medicine uncovers a breakthrough new therapy in the fight against cystic fibrosis. Joining us now to explain his doctor Pamela Davis volcanologist
A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine uncovers a breakthrough new therapy in the fight against cystic fibrosis. Joining us now to explain his doctor Pamela Davis volcanologist and
