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Higher glucose linked to increased dementia risk

Higher glucose levels were associated with an elevated risk of dementia in a community-based cohort study reported Aug. 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine. High glucose levels were linked to this adverse effect both in people who had diabetes and in people who did not. “These data suggest that higher levels of glucose […]

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Long-term CCB therapy linked to higher breast cancer risk

The long-term use of calcium-channel blockers is associated with a doubling of the risk of both invasive ductal carcinoma and invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast, according to a report published online Aug. 5 in JAMA Internal Medicine. This and other findings from a large population-based case-control study require confirmation in future research, because this […]

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