How do you get warts and what can you do to get rid of them? Warts are caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and there are more than 200 known types. The most common way to contract warts is through touch or contact with a person or animal infected with the virus, although warts may also survive on inanimate objects for an unknown amount of t...

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Source: Time Just when you had figured out how to manage fat, cholesterol and trans fats in your diet, researchers are now warning against another common mealtime pitfall — salt. A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Stanford University and Columbia University shows that even a modest decrease in daily sa...

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Source: MedWire News Pulmonary function is associated with measures of arterial stiffness in asthmatics, indicating the presence of a common inflammatory pathway involving both the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, say researchers. “At the population level, asthma has been associated with chronic systemic inflammation as well as adverse c...

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HealthDay (1/19, Dotinga) reported, "The cholesterol drugs known as statins hold promise as a treatment for sickle cell disease, a common genetic disorder, new research has found." The study, published in the Jan. 19 edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, "found that among mice with a type of sickle cell disease, those that were tre...

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 HealthDay (1/18, Preidt) reported that, according to a study published in the Jan. issue of the Archives of Dermatology, "the cost of treating psoriasis is rising faster than inflation." Investigators found that "trends in the average wholesale price of brand-name psoriasis therapies from 2000 through 2008 demonstrate an average increase...

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Source: MedWire News About 5% of patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke experience early clinical worsening, emphasizing the need for prompt and appropriate treatment, say researchers. This was “despite rapid admission to specialized neurologic stroke units and early administration of standard medical care,” Wilfried Lang...

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Source: MedWire News Results from a simulation show that increasing adherence to statins by 25% would prevent substantially more cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related events and deaths than lowering current treatment thresholds. “In everyday practice, adherence to preventive medication for CVD is lower than in clinical trials and appears to decl...

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  How failed New Year's resolutions, debt and weather conditions lead to a peak in depression. Source: MSN Health Poets, publicists and psychiatrists all have their candidates for the bleakest time of the year. According to one equation devised by Dr. Cliff Arnall, a British researcher from Cardiff University, Jan. 18 is 2010’s most depre...

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