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THU 25 Dec 2008

today's headlines

Diet appears to alter heart failure risk

Large waist size a good predictor of stroke risk

Missouri firm recalls possibly tainted sausages

Men who live alone fall short on prostate screening

Post-cancer reproduction still low for women, men

Drug adherence poor in women with urinary trouble

Surgery improves kidney cancer survival: study

Metabolic syndrome predicts kidney disease

Subtle brain deficits seen in lupus patients

Low death rate after obesity surgery in Sweden

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Diet appears to alter heart failure risk

December 25, 2008 04:31 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Each serving of whole-grains may lessen heart failure risk by 7 percent among middle-aged African-American and white men and women, according to findings from a long-term study.

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Large waist size a good predictor of stroke risk

December 25, 2008 05:04 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large waist circumference, which is known to raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, may also raise the risk of stroke or mini-stroke, researchers from Germany report.

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Missouri firm recalls possibly tainted sausages

December 25, 2008 04:33 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - T. Piekutowski European Style Sausage is recalling about 750 pounds of sausage products for possible contamination with Listeria, a bacterium that can cause a fatal infection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday.

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Men who live alone fall short on prostate screening

December 25, 2008 04:48 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men at higher-than-average risk of prostate cancer are more likely to seek regular screening if they are married or live with a significant other, a new study finds.

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Post-cancer reproduction still low for women, men

December 25, 2008 04:33 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Strategies introduced in the late 1980s for protecting fertility in patients undergoing cancer treatment may have indeed helped boost reproduction rates modestly among survivors of certain types of cancer, new research from Norway suggests.

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Drug adherence poor in women with urinary trouble

December 25, 2008 04:32 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The odds are high that a woman who is prescribed an "anticholinergic" drug to relieve urinary incontinence or other lower urinary tract symptom will discontinue the medication not long after starting it, a study suggests. This is true regardless of the class of medication used.

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Surgery improves kidney cancer survival: study

December 25, 2008 04:35 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Surgical removal of the kidney -- a procedure known as nephrectomy -- improves survival in patients with locally advanced renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer.

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Metabolic syndrome predicts kidney disease

December 25, 2008 04:35 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having the so-called metabolic syndrome may raise the risk of chronic kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes, researchers from China report.

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Subtle brain deficits seen in lupus patients

December 25, 2008 04:37 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Psychiatric and neurologic disorders are common in patients with lupus, and new research confirms that problems with attention, memory, and reasoning are present even in lupus patients without overt brain manifestations of the disease.