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A new study appearing in the July 26, 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that obesity is “socially contagious,” […]

Surgery by doctors with little experience has 70 percent worse rate of prostate cancer recurrence.
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - According to a new study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, prostate cancer patients treated by highly experienced surgeons are much more likely to be cancer-free five years after surgery than patients treated […]

American Academy of Neurology - People who spent more time in the sun as children may have a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than people who had less sun exposure during childhood, according to a study published in the July 24, 2007 issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of […]

Statin side effect study adds question of higher overall cancer risk to liver toxicity and muscle cell damage as known risks of statin use.
Newswise — Millions of Americans take statins to lower their LDL cholesterol, but how low should you go? Many scientific studies support the benefits of lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol for those […]

High mercury blood levels in 25 percent of NYC adults and nearly half of Asian New Yorkers, likely from eating too much fish high in mercury.
NYC.gov - A quarter of adult New Yorkers have elevated blood mercury levels, according to survey results released June 23, 2007 by the Health Department, and the elevations are closely […]

FDA-approved cervical disc is alternative to spinal fusion.
Loyola University Health System - The neck and arm pain caused by degenerative cervical (neck) disc disease may be eliminated by replacing the problem disc with a metal-on-metal artificial disc, said LUHS neurosurgeon Dr. Russ P. Nockels.
Loyola was the first and only medical center in the Chicago area […]