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Quick Angioplasty Best After Heart Attacks

“This study strengthens the guideline recommendations,” said Dr. Warren J. Cantor, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Toronto and lead author of a report in the June 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. “The original recommendation was based on a limited number of trials. This [...]

Exercise therapy best way to treat groin pain

But it remains unclear how frequently these exercises should be performed or at what intensity, Dr. Zuzana Machotka of the University of South Australia in Adelaide and her colleagues conclude.
Groin pain is common in athletes, Machotka and her team note in their report, and can stem from several different points in the [...]

Study gathers best science on heart-healthy foods

That’s the conclusion of new research based on an analysis of nearly 200 studies involving millions of people.
Vegetables, nuts and the Mediterranean diet made the grocery list of “good” heart foods. On the “bad” list: starchy carbs like white bread and the trans fats in many cookies and french fries.
The “question mark” list [...]

Single embryo best for fertility treatment: study

The findings from the long-running study counter fears that relying on just one embryo could drive up treatment costs and reduce a woman’s chances of giving birth to a full-term baby, the researchers said in the journal Human Reproduction. “At a time when there is an intense debate in many countries about how [...]

Lowest Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Levels the Best

And so the current guidelines for risk factors such as blood pressure and LDL cholesterol might need to be tightened even further, said Dr. Stephen J. Nicholls, an assistant professor of molecular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, and author of the report, which appears in the March 31 issue of the [...]

Human Ancestors Put Best Foot Forward 1.5M Years Ago

The footprints date back at least 1.5 million years, according to a report in the Feb. 27 issue of Science. “Finding footprints in the early stage of human evolution is very rare. They’re very fragile and they don’t often preserve,” explained study co-author John W.K. Harris, a professor of [...]

Work May Not Be Best for Young Kids

Researchers found that fifth-graders who worked the most at jobs such as baby-sitting and newspaper routes were the most likely to smoke, drink and get into fights. The findings don’t prove that overwork directly leads to trouble, but they raise questions about the value of work, said study author Rajeev [...]