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Failure to take prescribed medications after a heart attack triples the likelihood of dying in the following year; and in diabetics, not taking medications significantly increases the rates of hospitalization and mortality... More

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Surgery vs. Watchful Waiting for Prostate Cancer
August 27, 2008
Take Your Pills with Water
August 26, 2008
No Benefit of Folate and Vitamin B in Heart Disease
August 25, 2008
Hospitalization May Be Bad for Your Bones Too
August 22, 2008
Your Reflux Medicine May Be Bad for Your Bones
August 21, 2008


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NEW Link between visual impairment and suicide uncovered
August 14, 2008


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