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Inactivated flu vaccine worked best in healthy adults in 2007-2008: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During the 2007-2008 flu season, the licensed inactivated flu vaccine was 50% more effective than the live attenuated vaccine in preventing laboratory-confirmed symptomatic influenza A (predominately H3N2) in healthy adults. The study included 1952 adults who received...

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High fructose intake raises blood pressure, allopurinol may help

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Excessive intake of fructose can increase blood pressure and induce other features of the metabolic syndrome, according to study findings presented Wednesday at the American Heart Association’s 63rd High Blood Pressure Research Conference. The results also indicate that...

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Tamoxifen cuts risk of contralateral breast cancer in premenopausal women

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In premenopausal women with breast cancer, adjuvant tamoxifen treatment significantly reduces the risk of contralateral breast cancer, according to results of a Swedish study. “This is to our knowledge the first data…from a controlled randomized trial” to show this...