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— A newly discovered hormone produced in response to exercise may be turning people’s white fat brown, a groundbreaking new study suggests, and in the process lessening their susceptibility to obesity, diabetes and other health problems. The study, published on Wednesday in Nature and led by researchers…
— The nicotine gum and patches that millions of smokers use to help kick their habit have no lasting benefit and may backfire in some cases, according to the most rigorous long-term study to date of so-called nicotine replacement therapy.
— The Mayo Clinic released a study today that identifies hepatitis C as a cause of rising liver cancer rates. Researchers say with that information, more people can be screened for hepatitis C and prevent cancer.
— U.S. doctors will start working out what drug or therapy works best for a patient using their genetic code, it emerged today. The revolutionary step of personalising their care will be taken by mapping a patient's entire genetic code in advance to make prescriptions more effective. …
— It could have been a turning point for the dismal uptake of primary prevention medication among women at elevated risk of breast cancer. When the MAP.3 results came out at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in June with a 65% reduced annual incidence of…
— Running 26.2 miles may make you sweaty and sore, but it won’t give you a heart attack, found a new study. The finding offers a comforting counterpoint to the media frenzy that often follows when someone drops to the ground with cardiac arrest during a marathon.
— Cholesterol-lowering drugs may be linked to an increased risk of diabetes, according to a new study of middle-aged and older women. But researchers said that shouldn't dissuade people with heart disease — or at risk of it — from taking so-called statins. Instead, statin users should…
— SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Mayo Clinic, one of America's most respected health research and treatment organizations, said it has completed a new study offering strong additional evidence that secondhand smoke kills and that smoke-free workplace laws save lives.
Researchers said the incidence of heart…
— Some people might object to using the word "family" to describe any organization that has more than 56,000 employees, but we're going to do it anyway.
The Mayo Clinic family suffered a tragic blow on Monday when a helicopter carrying two members of a heart-transplant…
— You're in labor. Is there an app for that? There ought to be, based on the information gleaned through a new survey of more than 1,000 pregnant women conducted by American Baby magazine and Good Books, publisher of the "Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy."
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