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A new diet drug will hit store shelves in Colorado Friday. It’s the first-ever FDA approved diet drug to be sold over the counter, Suzanne McCarroll reports.

Postmenopausal women who are eating a healthy diet may enjoy even greater protection from the cardiovascular damage caused by high blood pressure and elevated “bad cholesterol” by adding soy to their diet, according to the results of a study published in the May 28 Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

(Insidermedicine) Forty minutes of aerobic exercise done three times a week produces a small but real increase in high density lipoprotein (HDL), otherwise known as “good cholesterol,” according to a study published in the May 28 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

(Insidermedicine) Both pesticide exposure and repeated blows to the head increase a person’s chance of getting Parkinson’s disease, according to a report published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

(Insidermedicine) People who take folic acid supplements can reduce their risk of stroke by at least 18%, say researchers in a report published in The Lancet.

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To report the long-term (11-year) outcomes (stability and complications) of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) next term in patients with high myopia. The study took place at university refractive surgery center and it involved Seven patients (4 with bilateral treatment and 3 with unilateral treatment) who had myopic previous LASIK and (more…)

A new study was performed at John A. Moran Eye Center (Salt Lake City, Utah) and this study looked at occurence, treatment, and visual outcomes associated with various etiologies of keratitis (inflammation of cornea) as a postoperative complication of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).  The charts of 5618 post-LASIK patients (10 477 eyes) were reviewed for the development of keratitis. Occurrence rates, management regimens, and final best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) were reported for (more…)

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