| Sex matters when it comes to treatments
When it comes to health risks, sex does matter. Women are twice as likely to get multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and migraines. Those gender differences extend to the medicine cabinet in ways many people are not aware. Robert Davis and Joanne Mergaux share a lot in life. They love the water, walking on the treadmill and reading books. They are father and daughter. "And now we share high blood pressure," said Mergaux, who says her blood pressure is normally 165 over 105. Davis' digits are 169/108. Despite their genetic connection, they cannot take the same medication. Davis takes Coreg. His daughter is on Verapamil. Why? Liver enzymes unique to a woman's body help Verapamil effectively reduce her high blood pressure.
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PLAYING HURT
Editor's note: This is part one of a three-part CNHI News Service Elite Project series on youth sports injuries.It was all about making the team for a dozen Danbury, Conn., boys who dressed in plastic garbage bags on Labor Day weekend last year for an intensive sweat-down, weight-loss session just days before their football team's first game. The Pop Warner football league restricted players on their team to 110 pounds. The boys were all over the mark. One had to lose nearly 9 pounds to be eligible. In a little more than 24 hours, all lost enough weight to play. Parents later complained to authorities that two of the team's volunteer coaches went too far with the pre-game weight loss regimen for the boys, ages 7 to 13, some of whom were driven around in cars with windows up and heaters on. They also were taken to a local sauna and given over-the-counter diuretic pills to speed the loss of fluid and reduce weight.
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Mount Sinai Recognized as Center of Excellence for Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Alzheimer's ...
Mount Sinai School of Medicine has just received a major grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and lead Federal agency for research on complementary and alternative medicine. .
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