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• Drug-Coated Stents Still Spark Debate

  May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Stents have become a cornerstone of heart-disease treatment, tiny tools ...

• Young Adults Using Alcohol, Drugs for Better Sex

  May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Many teens and young adults in Europe are drinking alcohol ...

• Acrylamide Raises Kidney Cancer Risk

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• Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD

  May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer patients are more than twice as likely to ...

• Flavonoids May Help Treat Alzheimer's

  May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Flavonoids, compounds found in many fruits and vegetables, may be ...

• Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance

  May 9 (HealthDay News) British research into Steno, one the most recent "superbugs" to claim ...

• Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits

  May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine is a cost-effective way to replace more than a ...

• Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- A gene called erythropoietin (EPO) is linked to severe diabetic ...

• Study Offers Clues to Link Between Arrhythmia, Sudden Death

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- New information about the molecular mechanisms that cause cardiac arrhythmia ...

• Noise in Artery Could Warn of Heart Risk

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- That unusual, harsh sound a doctor can hear when passing ...

• Fetal Gene May Contribute to Diabetes Risk

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Reduced activity of an important gene during fetal development appears ...

• Stroke Survivors Walk Better with Human Help

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke survivors derive much more benefit from walking therapy when ...

• Fairness Is a Hard-Wired Emotion

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- The belief that things should be divided fairly among members ...

• Outside Workers Least Likely to Get Skin Exams

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Workers who face the greatest risk of developing skin cancer ...

• Arthritis Hits More Than Half of Diabetics

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Arthritis strikes more than half of the 20.6 million American ...

• TV Coverage of Tragedies Often Lacks Prevention Messages

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- When television news reports about traffic crashes, fires or other ...

• Secret to Treating Tinnitus in Vets May Be Unlocked in Zebrafish

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- For millions of Americans, including thousands of Iraq War veterans, ...