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Exercise treadmill test good ischemia check in low-risk women

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In low-risk women, exercise treadmill testing (ETT) gives similar results to exercise myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and is less expensive, researchers report in an August 15th on-line paper in Circulation. As Dr. Leslee J. Shaw told Reuters Health by email, “The...

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Age of child dictates choice of varicella vaccine

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The choice of vaccine for prevention of varicella may differ according to the age of the child, according to updated recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The potency of the varicella-zoster virus in the measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine is...

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Carotid artery stenting may boost neurocognition

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic internal carotid artery occlusion who successfully undergo carotid artery stenting show improvement in global cognitive function, Taiwanese researchers report in an August 11th on-line paper in Stroke. “Confirmation of the benefit on...