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What Your Patients are Reading: Calcium Supplements May Increase MI Risk in Older Women
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Recent news stories have examined links between calcium supplements and risk for MI, between the combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin and the statin alone, and between gay men and multidrug-resistant CA-MRSA, as well as studying the safety of meat from cloned meats animals, and the creation in a laboratory of a beating rat heart. Medscape Medical News
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Imported Cases of Falciparum Malaria Increasing in the UK
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In the last 20 years, a steady rise in imported cases of falciparum malaria has been seen in the UK, despite the existence of highly effective prevention measures, according to a report in the July 4th Online First issue of The British Medical Journal. Reuters Health Information
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Strong Evidence Rules Out Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
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Researchers released the latest evidence Wednesday showing no association between vaccination with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism spectrum disorders with gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances. The pendulum has swung back and forth on the issue, but these findings, for this vaccine, do not support a link. Reuters Health Information
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