Heart Association shifts stance on estrogen for heart protection
The American Heart Association now advises against prescribing estrogen solely to prevent strokes or heart disease. While hormone therapy may help cholesterol and vessels, it can raise risks, leading for non-cardiac uses to continue, and doctors urged caution and individualized decisions.
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American Heart Association
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Lori Mosca
New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia
Cornell Universities
Mosca
Annals of Internal Medicine
JoAnn E. Manson
Harvard
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Manson
New England Journal of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Nicca Goldberg
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York City
Study links youth hearing loss to loud noise
Chicago based study estimates 5.2 million American children have some hearing loss from loud sources like rock concerts fireworks and lawn mowers. About 250 thousand show moderate to profound losses possibly indicating permanent damage. Researchers urge use of ear protection and note temporary muffled hearing can affect learning.
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Chicago
Amanda Niskar
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Pediatrics
Niskar
Aap
Girls as young as five fret over body image in growing trend
Chicago reports show 5 to 12 year olds worrying about weight and looks amid media influence. Experts cite rising eating disorder cases, with families noting frequent dieting talk in schools and clubs. Notable cases include 6 year old eating paper and 8 year old wanting a smaller size.
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Ira Sacker
New York
Sacker
Brookdale University Hospital
Brooklyn
Danielle Darling
Bakersfield
Calif
Kirstie Bilbrey
Schaumburg
Smiley
Kirstie
Ann Bilbrey
Australia
Hong Kong
U.S
New antibiotic defeated by staph supergerm
London reports a setback in the fight against drug resistant bacteria as the first entirely new antibiotic in 35 years, Zyvox, was beaten by a staph infection in an 85 year old dialysis patient. Harvard Medical School researchers note this is the first resistance to Zyvox, while experts caution the finding may be rare or localized and that broader use could risk further resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
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Destiny’s Child
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Lighland
Utah
Kirstie
London
Harvard Medical School
Lancet Medical Journal
Mary Jane Ferraro
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Zyvox
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