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Though fewer American adults were hospitalized with heart failure during the last decade, hospitalization rates among heart failure patients under age 55 saw the least change, according to a new study. Based on billing data for almost 1.7 million U.S. heart failure patients, researchers found that the number of hospital stays for the condition fell overall by about 27 percent between 2001 and 2009. "There have been significant reductions in the absolute number of heart failure hospitalizations. It's just the speed is not the same among the younger patients," said Dr. Jersey Chen, the study's lead author from Kaiser...

Imagine your favorite dessert (cake, ice cream, pie, etc.) garnished with your favorite tasty topping and served to you just the way you like it! Sounds delicious right? But, what happens when this insatiable treat of paradise turns from an image of delight into a real life disaster? What steps could be taken to help prevent the unimaginable? For some people, a ménage a trios or threesome fantasy is a delightful and pleasurable treat. But, what happens when this delightful treat goes undelightfully wrong? If not initially entered into with extreme care, you could find yourself in a middle of a BIG mess! A threesome is a common fantasy among men and women alike. Many desire to explore this...

(Source: National University of Ireland) New findings about how the brain functions to suppress pain have been published in the leading journal in the field Pain, by NUI Galway researchers. For the first time, it has been shown that suppression of pain during times of fear involves complex interplay between marijuana-like chemicals and other neurotransmitters in a brain region called the amygdala. The work was carried out by Dr David Finn and his research team in Pharmacology and...

Smoking in Britain has more than halved and people are drinking on fewer nights of the week, according to a snapshot survey covering the past 40 years. The General Lifestyle Survey indicates 45% of adults smoked in 1974 compared with 20% in 2011. The proportion of men who...

(Source: Barchester Healthcare Limited) Alzheimer's protein 'regulates taste' A team of scientists have discovered a protein known to be integral in the development of Alzheimer's disease is also responsible for controlling taste. Working in...

(Source: UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) Message from UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé on International Women's Day GENEVA, 8 March 2013-On this day when we honour women, let me speak directly to the men. As husbands and partners, brothers and sons, we must be part...

(Source: LipoScience Inc) RALEIGH, N.C., March 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LipoScience, Inc. (Nasdaq:LPDX) today announced that Richard Brajer, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Lucy Martindale, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Barclays Global Healthcare Conference at 4:45 P.M. ET on Tuesday, March 12,...

(Source: Horizon Pharma Inc) DEERFIELD, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 03/07/13 -- Horizon Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: HZNP) today announced that the United Kingdom (UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorization for DUEXIS® (ibuprofen/famotidine) for the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis in patients who require regular treatment with high dose ibuprofen administered three times a day and who are at risk of developing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) associated gastric and/or duodenal ulcers. Horizon is seeking to license rights to DUEXIS in Europe to one or more commercial partners....