GI coverup: preventive use of antacids may mask medication's risks
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Taking antacids with nonsteroidal antiinflamatory drugs (NSAIDS), as many physicians recommend, may do more harm than good. People who suffer from no NSAID-related side effects, but take antacids with NSAIDS anyway, have a greater risk of stomach-related hospitalizations than people who take NSAIDs alone.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1996
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Night shift: exercise helps vessels around the clock
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Research indicates that exercise helps regulate the body's clot-regulating system - the fibrinolytic system - even as one sleeps. People who walk, run or bike can dissolve blood clots faster, and better prevent their recurrence, than those who stretch but do not exercise.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1996
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Black-tea benefits: even the basic brew could counter cancer
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Research indicates that black tea as well as green tea may provide some protection against cancer. Postmenopausal women who drank 2 or more cups of tea each day were 60% less likely to develop kidney or bladder cancer than counterparts who rarely or never drank tea.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1996
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