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This study was made possible by the mayo Clinic Cohort Study of Oophorectomy and Aging, the main aim of which is to detect new cases of age-related diseases, especially Parkinson's disease and dementia. This report focused on the mortality outcomes.
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In the vast majority of hospitals magnesium sulfate has been the drug of choice to stop labor in patients presenting with preterm contractions.
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Clarkson and colleagues report the results of a lower-dose estrogen trial in a monkey model of coronary atherosclerosis. The animals were fed an atherogenic diet for 10 months, calculated to induce atherosclerosis comparable to that observed in early postmenopausal women.
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Bonny and colleagues report the effect of depot medroxyprogesterone on weight changes in obese and nonobese adolescent girls. This was a prospective study of 450 adolescents, aged 12 to 18 years.
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Antiaging Supplements Proven Ineffective; The Three Most Common Culprits of ADE; New Guidelines for Lyme Disease Prevention; FDA Actions
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Psoriasis sufferers may face an increased risk of having a heart attack, a new study suggests. The risk appears to be most pronounced among younger patients with more severe forms of the disease.
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Both overweight and normal-weight persons underestimated calorie content of large meals but not smaller meals. Since overweight persons ate larger size meals, they consumed more unnecessary calories.
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Overcoming the habit of nose picking may aid S. aureus decolonization strategies.
