"Combo drug therapies best for helping smokers quit"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 16 Dec 2009

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

Keywords: bupropion, Zyban, nicotine, lozenges, smoking, smoking, cessation

NEW YORK - Nearly one in five smokers offered help in kicking the habit while visiting their...
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"'Dirt-cheap' drug could prevent thousands of deaths: Researchers"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 30 Oct 2008

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

WINNIPEG - A $10 generic drug could potentially save thousands of critically ill Canadians from...
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"New Merck HIV drug works in untreated patients"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 26 Oct 2008

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new class of HIV drugs can help control the virus in untreated patients,...
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"Blood test could forecast heart attack"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 10 Jan 2007

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (3 stars)

Predicting whether someone will have a heart attack or stroke within the next four years could be...
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"Herb fails in treating menopause, study finds"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 19 Dec 2006

Category: Other

Rating: (2½ stars)

A popular herbal treatment called black cohosh is practically ineffective at relieving hot flashes...
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"Low-fat diets may curb breast cancer"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 17 Dec 2006

Category: Other

Rating: (3½ stars)

The first experiment ever to show low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now...
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"Healers take hands-on tactic"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 24 Nov 2005

Category: Other

Rating: (1½ stars)

For Diane Little, a self-professed health enthusiast, maintaining nutrition, strength and agility...
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"Is coffee the latest health drink?"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 17 Nov 2005

Category: Other

Rating: (2½ stars)

For years, coffee has gotten a bad rap, blamed for everything from high blood pressure to cancer...
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"Do age-old remedies stop the sneezing?"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 17 Nov 2005

Category: Other

Rating: (2 stars)

If you haven't caught a cold already, the chances are that before long you will be sniffling and...
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"Artificial testicle boosts self-esteem"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 09 Sep 2005

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (1½ stars)

On the verge of being the first to offer silicone gel breast implants for cosmetic surgery since...
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"Hormone replacement takes sting out of male menopause"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 11 Aug 2005

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1½ stars)

Whatever happened to the male menopause? With drugs such as Viagra and Cialis, and men getting...
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"Sugar monitoring cuts diabetics' heart risks"

Source: Calgary Herald

Published: 13 Jun 2005

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (1½ stars)

New research gives people with Type 1 diabetes another reason to keep their blood sugar levels...
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