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Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Announces Recipients of 2009 Komen ...

By: patelashishme0932

Dallas – October 27, 2009 – Three researchers who have focused much of their careers on developing targeted therapies that both lower the risk of developing hormone-sensitive breast cancers and effectively treat the disease are this year’s winners of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Brinker Award for Scientific ...

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How fructose raises your blood pressure

By: AnneHart

If you eat too much fructose, you may get high blood pressure. But instead of lowering your consumption of fructose, there's a drug made to lower high blood pressure caused by eating too much fructose from beverages and foods sweetened with lots of fructose. See the article, "Medical News: Allopurinol Lowers Fructose-Triggered Hypertension." What ...

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Groups at risk from swine flu should avoid hajj: study

By: voiceofkashmir

PARIS : People at risk of suffering severe consequences from swine flu should postpone going to the hajj in 2009, according to a study released on Saturday.Some 2.5 million Muslims from more than 160 countries converge annually on the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina in western Saudi Arabia.The hajj pilgrimage -- to be completed at least ...

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Azad moots mandatory diabetes and hypertension check up for above 40 ...

By: chnarendra

The Union Minister of Health & Family welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that health infrastructure developed through National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) can be leveraged for combating diabetes in India which has the largest number of diabetics in the world. Speaking on the occasion of SAARC Diabetes Conference – 2009, ...

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