Tea may strengthen bones in long term drinkers
A Taiwan study finds that adults averaging nearly two cups of black green or oolong tea daily for at least six years show higher hip bone density than non drinkers. Researchers note fluoride and flavonoids may boost bone strength, with effects strongest after 10 years of tea use.
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Lindsey Tanner
Chicago
Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University Hospital
Tainan
Archives of Internal Medicine
U.S
World Health Organization
Asia
Chih-Hsing Wu
Chih-Jen Chang
Meir Stampfer
Harvard
School of Public Health
Stampfer
Cancer rate to double as population ages by 2050
A study projects cancer diagnoses will rise from 1.3 million to 2.6 million annually in 50 years as the U.S. population grows and ages. By 2050 about 1.1 million will be 75 or older diagnosed each year, stressing demand for cancer specialists and coordinated control efforts.
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Atlanta
Cancer
Richard Hodes
National Institute On Aging
National Cancer Institute
American Cancer Society
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
United States
Wrong diabetes drug could kill per patient safety concerns
A JAMA study finds many diabetes patients receive metformin despite contraindications such as kidney disease or heart failure. Lead researcher Cheryl Horlen notes underestimation of inappropriately prescribed Glucophage and the risk of lactic acidosis, a fatal side effect in many cases.
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Lindsey Tanner
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA
University of North Carolina Hospital
Chapel Hill
Cheryl Horlen
Campbell University
Buies Creek
N.C
University of Pittsburgh
Horlen
University of North Carolina
Bonnie Jacobs
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
United States
Catherine DeAngelis
Harvard Medical School
Pub
Lic Citizen Health Research Group
Food and Drug Administration
Malcolm Taylor
The
Association of Black Cardiologists
Diabetes group to meet at the hospital in Franklin County
The Franklin County Diabetes Support Group, a member of the American Diabetes Association, will host a talk on New Medications and Delivery Systems at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference Room A. Leslie Thomas of RMH will present. meetings occur on the third Monday monthly except July August and December.
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Franklin County Diabetes Support Group
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Leslie Thomas
RMH
Franklin County Group
American Diabetes Association
Gilbert Martin
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