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Chemotherapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma Linked to Premature Menopause
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Female survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma treated with chemotherapy, especially alkylating agents, are at increased risk for premature menopause compared to those treated with radiotherapy only, according to findings published in the January issue of Blood. Reuters Health Information
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Impaired Fetal Growth Linked With Epilepsy Risk
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Infants born with low birth weights, intrauterine growth restriction, and at lower than normal gestational age appear to have an increased risk of epilepsy within the first year of life, according to the results of a study published in the February 1st issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
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ICD Therapy Equally Effective in Black and White Patients
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The survival benefits of implantable converter/defibrillator therapy (ICD) in preventing sudden cardiac death are as high in African Americans as they are in white Americans, investigators with the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) report in the March issue of the America Heart Journal. Reuters Health Information
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