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		<title>ACE inhibitor treated hypertension linked to reduced all-cause mortality</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:39:22 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – All-cause mortality rates among hypertensive patients treated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor are 10% lower than in those whose treatment does not include an ACE inhibitor, according to the results of a meta-analysis reported in the European Heart Journal online April 17. “In view of the high prevalence of hypertension -]]></description>
		
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		<title>Comprehensive care program does not prevent COPD hospitalizations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:30:24 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A program of patient education and planning aimed at treating exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease early and reducing rates of hospitalization was not effective in a randomized controlled trial. In fact, the trial was stopped when it was seen that the intervention was associated with a threefold increase in -]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sumatriptan-naproxen combo effective for adolescent migraine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:16:39 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on the results of a randomized, double-blind trial, more adolescents with acute migraine become pain-free within 2 hours after taking a combination of sumatriptan and naproxen sodium compared to placebo, according to a report in the June issue of Pediatrics. “This study constitutes the first large-scale, placebo-controlled evidence for -]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aspirin use doesn&#8217;t curb peptic ulcer healing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:56:57 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; In patients with aspirin-related peptic ulcers, ulcer healing rates are comparable after esomeprazole therapy with or without aspirin continuation, Taiwanese researchers report in an April 17th on-line paper in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. In fact, the investigators suggest that &#8220;continuing low-dose aspirin plus a proton pump inhibitor is the -]]></description>
		
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		<title>ACE inhibitors tied to increased angioedema risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:53:02 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; Pooled data suggest that use of renin–angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors, particularly angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors may increase the risk of angioedema, researchers report in an April 20th on-line paper in the American Journal of Cardiology. Nevertheless, Dr. Franz H. Messerli told Reuters Health by email, &#8220;ACE inhibitors are among -]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mefloquine malaria prophylaxis appears safe during pregnancy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:09:43 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women may safely receive mefloquine for malaria prophylaxis, researchers from Switzerland report in the April 10th online Clinical Infectious Diseases. “Women who inadvertently become pregnant while taking mefloquine should be reassured that the risk of malformations is low (within background levels) and that use of mefloquine does not indicate -]]></description>
		
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		<title>Skin prick test tied to cow&#8217;s milk allergy persistence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:03:38 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; Skin prick testing results and early reactions are among indicators of the course of IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy (CMA) in infants, Israeli researchers report in an April 4th on-line paper in the Journal of Pediatrics. &#8220;The main finding of this study,&#8221; Dr. Arnon Elizur told Reuters Health by email, &#8220;is -]]></description>
		
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		<title>Postpartum implants curb adolescent pregnancies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:50:26 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; Giving adolescent mothers postpartum contraceptive implants is an effective curb on further pregnancies within a year, researchers report in an April 18th on-line paper in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.&#8221; &#8220;Initiation of the etonogestrel implant immediately after delivery,&#8221; Dr. Kristina M. Tocce, told Reuters Health by email &#8220;significantly -]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:02:38 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with schizophrenia, chronic use of benzodiazepines is associated with an increased risk of death, whereas treatment with an antidepressant or several concomitant antipsychotics is not, according to a Finnish study published this week. Long-term use of benzodiazepines among patients with schizophrenia is common in Finland, the United States -]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:43:01 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Confirming recommendations, titrating beta-blocker dosage in ambulatory patients with heart failure up to an equivalent of 50 mg/d carvedilol reduces all-cause deaths and hospitalizations, according to a report in the July 17 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. “There was no increase in bradycardia with higher -]]></description>
		
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