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Double-Dose Plavix Benefits Certain Patients, Study Finds By Steven ReinbergHealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) — More isn’t necessarily better when prescribing the two drugs commonly used to treat patients who are in danger of having a heart attack, Plavix (clopidogrel) and aspirin, a new study suggests.Two reports on the data find that high doses of Plavix are good for some patients, [...]

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Vets With Stress Disorder More Likely to Develop Dementia THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, are more likely to develop dementia than those without the disorder, according to researchers at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Texas.The results were significant even after accounting for other risk factors for dementia such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart [...]

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Proximity Affects Influence of Online ‘Health Buddies’ THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to online social networking, people are more likely to change habits that might affect their health when encouraged to do so by cyber conversations with friends they already know well and with whom they are in close contact, new research suggests.The finding runs contrary to prior [...]

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Study Identifies Risks for Painkiller Addiction THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — The mystery of why some people are more likely to become addicted to opioid painkillers has been partially unraveled by the Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania. Its researchers found that the group most vulnerable to addiction has four main risk factors in common: age (being younger than 65); a [...]

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Prescription Drug Use Rising in U.S., CDC Reports THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — Over the last 10 years, the percentage of Americans who took at least one prescription drug in the past month increased from 44 percent to 48 percent, says a federal government study released Thursday.Use of two or more drugs increased from 25 percent to 31 percent, and the use [...]

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Most Study Volunteers Seem Willing to Share Genetic Data THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans are willing to have their genetic information shared in a national database, but they first want to be asked, researchers report.The new study included participants in the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study, a long-term project tracking age-related changes in thousands of patients that’s being conducted by [...]

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East Coast Residents Should Prepare for Hurricane Earl: FEMA THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — As Hurricane Earl, packing 145 mph winds, crept closer to the U.S. east coast Thursday, federal officials urged residents to take steps to protect themselves and their property.Forecasters were trying to pinpoint how close the strongest winds and heaviest storm surge would get to North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a [...]

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Health Care Reform Helps Small Businesses Offer Coverage: Report By Steven ReinbergHealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — As the provisions of the Affordable Care Act begin to be implemented, many small businesses in the United States will be able to take advantage of new tax credits, a new report shows.During the first phase of the act, some businesses employing some 16.6 million workers [...]

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