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• Fat Intake Linked to Higher Pancreatic Cancer Risk Date: Jul 3, 2009

  Consumption of saturated fats, especially from animal foods, may be associated with a higher risk of pancreatic cancer, according to research published online June 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

• Walking Aids Linked to Fall Injuries in Elderly Date: Jul 3, 2009

  Each year, more than 47,000 elderly patients go to the emergency department after being injured in falls associated with walkers and canes, according to a study published online June 23 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

• Mood Appears to Affect Brain's Processing of Pain Date: Jul 3, 2009

  Patients' emotional state may affect the way they process painful stimuli, even when it appears to have no impact on subjective responses to pain, according to a study published in the July issue of Gastroenterology.

• Soldiers in Iraq Have Fewer Urinary Stones Than Expected Date: Jul 3, 2009

  Despite the hot climate and risk of dehydration, servicemen and women deployed to Southwest Asia had a lower incidence of urolithiasis than the general U.S. population, according to a survey reported in the July issue of Urology.

• Single Status at Middle-Age May Affect Alzheimer's Risk Date: Jul 3, 2009

  Middle-aged people who are widowed or divorced are more likely than their cohabiting counterparts to have cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease in later life, according to a study published online on July 2 in BMJ.

• Pralidoxime Shows Little Survival Benefit for Poisoning Date: Jul 2, 2009

  The use of pralidoxime chloride in treating patients who have deliberately consumed organophosphorus insecticide does not appear to improve survival, according to research published in the June issue of PLoS Medicine.

• Metabolic Syndrome May Raise Breast Cancer Risk Date: Jul 2, 2009

  There is no strong association between metabolic syndrome and increased risk of breast cancer, but there is an association between some of the components of the syndrome and increased risk of the disease, according to a study published online June 30 in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.

• Lack of Inpatient Beds Cause of Emergency Room Waits Date: Jul 2, 2009

  Failure to process patients from the emergency department to inpatient beds is at the root of the gridlock, rather than patients with non-urgent conditions, according to a 2009 report by Press Ganey Associates Inc.

• New Pediatric CT Protocols Can Reduce Radiation Dose Date: Jul 2, 2009

  In pediatric patients, new computed tomography protocols based on clinical indications, patient weight, and number of prior studies may result in significant dose reduction and high compliance, according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology.