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Gene may help explain stress disorder
Mar 18 2008 10:06PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Groundbreaking research suggests genes help explain why some people can recover from a traumatic event while others suffer post-traumatic stress disorder. Though preliminary, the study provides insight into a condition expected to strike increasing numbers of military veterans returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, one health expert said.
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Ill. high court considers pharmacy rules
Mar 18 2008 5:15PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A group of pharmacists asked the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday to throw out a rule that forces them to dispense emergency contraception despite moral objections, claiming it amounts to illegal coercion.
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Growth hormones don't boost performance
Mar 18 2008 4:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Athletes who take human growth hormone may not be getting the boost they expected. While growth hormone adds some muscle, it doesn't appear to improve strength or exercise capacity, according to a review of studies that tested the hormone in mostly athletic young men.
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Genes point to varied diabetes subtypes
Mar 18 2008 4:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - You've heard of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, but what about a kind called MODY? Diabetes is undergoing a genetics revolution that suggests there actually are many subtypes of the disease.
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Cocaine may cause heart attack symptoms
Mar 18 2008 4:51PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Younger ER patients with heart attack symptoms should be asked if they've recently used cocaine, which can cause similar chest pain, the American Heart Association warns doctors. For these patients, honesty can be a matter of life or death: Some heart attack treatments can be deadly to someone using cocaine.
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Boehringer inhaler may raise stroke risk
Mar 18 2008 4:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim has told regulators that patients using its respiratory inhaler may face a greater risk of stroke.
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