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Quitting Smoking When Newly Pregnant Same as Never Smoking
Medscape
A similar effect was noted with head circumference and gestational age, Dr. Macklon told Medscape Medical News. "Interestingly, the impact of smoking on head circumference was less than on birth weight, suggesting that a 'brain-sparing effect' may …

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Eating Disorders Often 'Overlooked' in Elite Athletes
Medscape
"If you become depressed, or if you get an eating disorder, you pretty much get abandoned," Dr. Currie, himself a former athlete, said in an interview with Medscape Medical News. "It doesn't get recognized, it doesn't get picked up, there isn't the …

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LDL Lowering Does Not Slow Renal Disease Progression
Medscape
In light of the vascular benefits demonstrated in SHARP, session moderator Johannes Mann, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Department of Nephrology at Munich General Hospitals in Germany, told Medscape Medical News that "the clinical …

A Mata of life or death
ESPN (blog)
08.39: More medical news as River Plater's Erik Lamela has arrived in Italy ahead of his Roma deal. 08.34: John O'Shea is having a medical at Sunderland right now. So expect his deal to be completed soon. 08.26: Arsenal legend Ian Wright feels it is a …

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Lancet Review Aims to Minimize Sudden Death in Epilepsy
Medscape
"To some extent SUDEP is avoidable and should be discussed with patients where appropriate," Dr. Shorvon told Medscape Medical News. He noted that potential strategies to reduce SUDEP include minimizing the number of tonic-clonic seizures, …

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Childhood Sexual Abuse Strong Predictor of Future Psychosis
Medscape
… to have considerable and lasting negative effects on individuals' views of themselves, particularly in relation to other people, and this in turn seems likely to parallel cognitions in schizophrenia," Dr. Bebbington told Medscape Medical News. …

Elderly Are Society's 'Invisible Addicts,' Report Says
Medscape
… coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, diabetes, dementia, and osteoporosis," forum codirector R. Curtis Ellison, PhD, professor of medicine and public health at Boston University School of Medicine in Massachusetts, told Medscape Medical News. …

Antibiotics, Anti-Inflammatories Boost Depression Treatment
Medscape
… is a key element in the pathogenesis of depression, and using anti-inflammatory drugs is a novel strategy that uses a completely new antidepressant approach, finally, after 20 years of me-too drugs," Dr. Pariante told Medscape Medical News. …

Meditation Improves Mental Well-Being, Reduces Stress
Medscape
Commenting on this study for Medscape Medical News, Kofi Kondwani, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, said he was not surprised by the findings but admitted that he was a little concerned about the questionnaire itself. …

Obese Non-smoking Women At An Increased Risk Of Premature Death
Medical News Today
In a clinical study published on bmj.com (British Medical Journal) today, research has shown that obesity leads women who have never smoked to die prematurely. This was found to be more frequent in obese women who belonged to lower socioeconomic groups …

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