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Statins for Primary Cardiovascular Prevention
Statin therapy in patients without cardiovascular disease reduces the risk of major coronary and cerebrovascular events, according to the authors of a recent meta-analysis (Arch Intern Med 2006;166:2307-2313). The analysis included seven randomised controlled trials of statin therapy with a total of 42,848 patients, 90% of whom had no history of cardiovascular disease.
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Midlife in men and Longevity

Diarrhoea in Children

	For men, avoiding certain risk factors in middle age can increase the likelihood of surviving to 85 years
results of a large US study More

	Compared with placebo, probiotics reduced the incidence of diarrhoea from 28.5% to 11.9%. As many as
40% of children develop diarrhoea More

Managing early miscarriage

The safety of NSAIDS for asthmatics

	The risk of infection and leading after first trimester miscarriage are low, regardless of whether medical
or expectant management is chosen, More

	Most people with asthma can take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) without exacerbating
their asthma symptoms. More

Fish intake: benefits v. risks

Lipid lowering in patients with diabetes

	A large systematic review documents far greater benefits than risks, with caveats for certain vulnerable groups.
Do the health benefits of eating More

	People with diabetes benefit even more than non-diabetic people from lipid lowering therapy for secondary
prevention of major coronary. More

Environment causes disease

Strategy to fight tuberculosis

According to a new report by the WHO, up to almost one quarter of disease globally is caused by avoidable environmental exposures. Moreover, more than one third of disease in children aged under 5 years is caused by environmental exposure - such as diarrhoeal disease. The report, Preventing Disease through Healthy Environments , is available on the WHO website ( www.who.int ).

The WHO has launched a new strategy to fight tuberculosis (TB) and reduce the 1.5 million deaths caused by this disease each year. The `Stop TB Strategy' aims to scale up TB control activities and address the spread of TB and HIV co-infection and multi-drug resistant TB. Further information can be found in the 18-24 March 2006 issue of The Lancet.

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Dramatic decline in measles deaths

In other news from the WHO, and from UNICEF, global deaths due to measles feel by 48%, from 871,000 in 1999 to an estimated 450,000 in 2004. Major national immunization activities around the world and better access to routine childhood immunization were responsible for this reduction.

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