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HARD TO SWALLOW British researchers have found that direct
electrical stimulation of the pharynx can help stroke victims
quickly regain the ability to swallow. The research could help
other brain-injured patients.
MISSING THE CUT Finnish doctors have enabled women suffering
excessive menstrual bleeding and pain to avoid hysterectomy with
an intrauterine hormone implant.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH Asthmatic children being offered montelukast,
one of the new leukotriene inhibitor drugs, in addition to their
standard medication, are finding that the drug significantly
improves their lung function and eases their breathing.
Nature Neuroscience; British Medical Journal; Journal
of the American Medical Association
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TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING British scientists believe that high
doses of vitamin C, in excess of 500 mg per day, can be harmful.
In very high doses the vitamin could cause, rather than prevent,
disease.
DON'T SAY A WORD Scientists have known for some time that
talking to your doctor can raise blood pressure. French
researchers now suggest that this may sometimes lead to people
being prescribed hypertension drugs unnecessarily.
DANGEROUS DRUGS Canadian doctors, analyzing statistics of
patients in U.S. hospitals, have found that more than 100,000
deaths a year are caused by adverse drug reactions .
Nature; American Journal of Hypertension; Journal of
the American Medical Association
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