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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • March 15, 2010

    Addition of fibrates to conventional treatments does not reduce heart attack risk in type II diabetics

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 15, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Treatment fails to prevent heart attacks in diabetics Reference: Effects of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Effects of Combination Lipid Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus NEJM Editorial: ACCORD and Risk-Factor Control in Type 2 Diabetes

    tagged:

    Diabetes, fibrates, heart disease, high blood pressure, hypertension, stroke
  • March 15, 2010

    Sunday House Call #295, March 14, 2010

    Sunday House Call #295, March 14, 2010 My comment on this story about alleged claims of adverse effects from Yaz/Yasmin birth control pills. Plus listener questions about adverse side effects of medications, diabetes, abdominal pain, chancre sores, nose bleeds, and pseudo human growth hormone. [display_podcast]

    tagged:

    abdominal pain, adverse drug effects, Diabetes
  • March 12, 2010

    BMJ reports birth control pill use not associated with increased long-term risk of death

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 12, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Birth-Control Pills Cut Cancer, Lengthen Women’s Lives in Study Reference: Mortality among contraceptive pill users: cohort evidence from Royal College of General Practitioners’ Oral Contraception Study

    tagged:

    birth-control pill, Cardiovascular Disease, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer
  • March 11, 2010

    Study demonstrates new diagnostic method to predict survival/relapse outcomes in classic Hodgkin's Lymphoma

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 11, 2010 Source: B.C. team makes a breakthrough in lymphoma treatment Reference: Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Survival in Classic Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

    tagged:

    cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  • March 10, 2010

    Early stage study shows virus can destroy prostate cancer cells

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 10, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Tumor-Melting Virus vs. Prostate Cancer Reference: Oncolytic Viral Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Efficacy of Reovirus as a Biological Therapeutic

    tagged:

    oncolytic viruses, prostate cancer
  • March 9, 2010

    Study shows that women who drank more alcohol gained relatively less weight… because they ate less!

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 9, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Cheers! A Drink a Day May Keep the Pounds Away Reference: Alcohol Consumption, Weight Gain, and Risk of Becoming Overweight in Middle-aged and Older Women

    tagged:

    alcohol, weight gain
  • March 8, 2010

    Sunday House Call #294, March 7, 2010

    Listener phone-in discussion.

    tagged:

    adverse drug reactions, autism, blood tests, leukemia, RSV
  • March 8, 2010

    Medication reduces effects of celiac disease

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 8, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Researchers take aim at digestive disorder

    tagged:

    celiac
  • March 5, 2010

    American Cancer Society states prostate cancer screening test is of questionable value

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for [display_podcast] Source: U.S. cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests Reference: Mortality Results from a Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial Screening and Prostate-Cancer Mortality in a Randomized European Study

    tagged:

    prostate cancer, PSA
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