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BOSTON -- A diet heavy on red meat may increase the risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in premenopausal women, researchers here said.

CHICAGO -- In a head-to-head trial with the sulfonylurea Amaryl (glimepiride), Actos (pioglitazone), a thiazolidinedione, appeared to slow the progression of a marker for atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes, researchers reported here.

WASHINGTON -- Humira (adalimumab) has a "quite profound" benefit for children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and is well-tolerated, a researcher reported here.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Older men with limited life expectancies are getting screened much too often for prostate cancer, given the potential harm that may follow a positive test versus the likelihood of benefit, researchers here reported.

CHICAGO -- Supplementation with folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12 does not appear to help the heart, investigators reported here.

WASHINGTON -- Early aggressive treatment with a combination of drugs can drive rheumatoid arthritis into drug-free remission in some patients, Dutch researchers said here.

CHICAGO -- Six simple strategies can cut precious minutes from the critical time needed to get a patient with an ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction from the hospital door to the cath lab for primary reperfusion.

CHICAGO -- Smokers-current and past-are twice as likely to suffer cognitive impairment following coronary artery bypass graft surgery as never-smokers, researchers here reported today.

WASHINGTON -- Botox, best known for ironing out aging wrinkles, may also relieve the pain of osteoarthritis of the knee, a researcher reported here.

WASHINGTON -- The novel agent Actemra (tocilizumab), an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody, is safe and effective in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, a Japanese researcher said here.

WASHINGTON -- Pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus face sharply increased risks of a range of both disease -related and pregnancy complications, researcher said here.

PHILADELPHIA -- Infants who are put on food-elimination diets to avoid allergens could be inadvertently robbed of the proteins and nutrients they need to grow, researchers warned here.

PHILADELPHIA -- In patients with refractory allergic eye diseases, the cause of the irritation could be peanut sensitivity, researchers reported here

CINCINNATI -- Firefighters acquire on-the-job elevated risks for multiple myeloma and a variety of other malignancies, according to researchers here.

BOSTON -- Premenopausal women appear to be developing invasive breast cancer at a greater rate than their grandmothers did, researchers said here.

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The time-honored "hunt-and-peck" approach to typing at a computer keyboard, using just the index fingers, may trigger a cascade of events that climaxes with carpal tunnel syndrome.

LOS ANGELES -- Physicians need to be more sensitive to whether patients can afford to pay for new prescriptions or, indeed, whether patients even know how to go about filling or refilling them, said researchers here.

BRISBANE, Australia -- Google can pluck diagnoses for tough cases out of the range of stumped into the realm of inspired in minutes, with a decent grade for accuracy, found researchers here.