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Binge Drinking Linked to Stroke Risk
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A prospective cohort study shows that a pattern of binge drinking is an independent risk factor for all strokes and ischemic stroke. Medscape Medical News
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New York Times Looks Back at Minimal Impact of Massive ALLHAT Trial
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Six years after the 44 000-patient trial was reported, use of generic diuretics never reached the levels that investigators expected. Reasons include patents ending, new drugs emerging, the advent of combination pills, but also the millions of dollars spent by companies making brand-name antihypertensives. Medscape Medical News
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