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Steroid Nasal Sprays Show Small Benefit for Sinusitis: Study
5/15/2012 - They eased symptoms only after three weeks, taken at high doses ...

Inhaled Steroids Lead to Big Drop in Asthma Deaths at Texas Hospital: Study
5/15/2012 - They reduce inflammation in the lungs, improving control of asthma symptoms ...

Are Post-Angioplasty Stress Tests Unnecessary?
5/15/2012 - Study finds no benefits in terms of outcomes from these expensive tests ...

Doctors Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic Patient
5/15/2012 - Location of spinal cord damage allowed surgeons to bypass damaged nerve in arm ...

Fitness Fights High Blood Pressure, Even With Family History
5/15/2012 - Staying in shape lowered odds of developing hypertension by up to 42 percent in study ...

Two-Drug Combo Helps Teens With Migraines
5/15/2012 - Many doctors already prescribe Treximet off-label to this age group, expert says ...

Plavixs New Generic Status Could Be Boon for Patients
5/15/2012 - Price of widely used blood thinner should drop once patent ends Thursday ...

U.S. Task Force Issues Blood Pressure Guidelines
5/15/2012 - Patients do better when they receive care from a team of health professionals ...

U.S. Assistance to Africa Cut AIDS-Related Deaths: Study
5/15/2012 - Evaluation attributes more than 740,000 lives saved to the program launched in 2003 ...

Beijings Olympic Smog Shows Pollutions Effect on Health
5/15/2012 - As air quality rose and fell, so did blood-clotting factors, study found ...

Asthma Cases Continue to Rise in U.S., Affecting Millions
5/15/2012 - Latest numbers from the CDC find 19 million adults and 7 million kids have the illness today ...

Trial Set to See if Drug Can Prevent Alzheimers
5/15/2012 - Many of the study participants are genetically prone to the disease ...

Blacks, Hispanics Have Higher Colon Polyp Risk Than Previously Thought
5/15/2012 - Their rate of the precancerous colon growths was higher than that of whites, study finds ...

Genes Might Be Key to Parkinsons Spread
5/15/2012 - Certain variants were related to faster progression of movement disorder ...

FDA Panel Backs At-Home HIV Test
5/15/2012 - Recommendation could usher in a new era of testing ...