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Varenicline helps smokers with stably treated depression
Major finding: Smoking cessation rates among patients with stably treated major depressive disorder were higher at 9-12 weeks in those treated...
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Tour de France riders live longer
Major finding: French professional cyclists who participated in the Tour de France during 1947-2012 had a 41% lower mortality rate than did the...
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Erectile dysfunction, sexual disinterest result from drops in both testosterone and estrogen in men
Major finding: Declines in testosterone, estrogen, and both hormones in tandem – not simply a decline in testosterone alone – are responsible for...
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Novel DNA biomarkers predicted prostate cancer return
Major finding: Hypermethylation in six novel DNA markers was highly specific for prostate cancer, and hypermethylation in a combination of three...
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Undetected silent AF is present in 3% of 75-year-olds
Major finding: Five percent of 75- and 76-year-olds in Sweden have untreated atrial fibrillation.
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Metformin might block prostate cancer progression
Major finding: Prostate cancer mortality dropped 24% for each additional 6 months of metformin treatment following diagnosis.Data Source:...
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Fruits, not vegetables, seen to lower AAA risk
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Elevated free T4 predicts death in older men
Major finding: In older men without thyroid disease, free thyroxine levels of at least 17.32 pmol/L were linked to an increase in all-cause...
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Low blood pressure may harm rather than help patients with chronic kidney disease
Major finding: The results – which include the finding that a diastolic blood pressure value below 70 mm Hg was associated with higher mortality...
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Finasteride use in prevention not linked to higher mortality
Major finding: At 15-years, survival was 78% with finasteride and 78.2% with placebo, a nonsignificant difference, and the median age at prostate...
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Prostate cancer stage has declined more than Gleason score
Major finding: Over 22 years, the number of prostate cancers stage T3 or higher fell by 85%, while the number with a Gleason score of 8 or higher...