﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>ReachMD Daily Medical News</title><link>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnews.aspx</link><description>Recent news from HealthDay</description><copyright>Copyright 2012 ReachMD. 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Status, Exercise Combo Impact Amyloid Deposition</title><description><![CDATA[For cognitively normal carriers of <i>APOE</i> &#949;4, a sedentary lifestyle is associated with an increased risk of amyloid deposition, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in the <i>Archives of Neurology</i>.]]></description><link>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14238</link><guid>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14238</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three Embryos Should Never Be Implanted in IVF</title><description><![CDATA[The decision to implant one or two embryos in women during in vitro fertilization should account for maternal factors, including age, but three or more embryos should never be implanted, regardless of age, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in <i>The Lancet</i>.]]></description><link>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14239</link><guid>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14239</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Change in Bone Scan Index Predicts Prostate CA Survival</title><description><![CDATA[On-treatment related change in the bone scan index is strongly associated with survival in patients receiving chemotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in the <i>Journal of Clinical Oncology</i>.]]></description><link>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14240</link><guid>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14240</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Physical Activity in Work or Leisure Tied to Lower MI Risk</title><description><![CDATA[Physical activity during work or leisure time is associated with a significantly lower risk of myocardial infarction, according to a multinational study published online Jan. 11 in the <i>European Heart Journal</i>.]]></description><link>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14241</link><guid>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14241</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Low Risk of Cardiac Arrest in Marathon Runners</title><description><![CDATA[While the overall risk of cardiac arrest during a marathon or half-marathon is low, the risk is higher for those participating in marathons than half-marathons and for men than women, particularly for men with underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or atherosclerotic coronary disease, according to a study published in the Jan. 12 issue of the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>.]]></description><link>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14242</link><guid>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14242</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gene Variant Identified in Families With Cold Urticaria</title><description><![CDATA[The <i>PLCG2</i> gene, which encodes phospholipase C&#947;<sub>2</sub>, has been found to be associated with a dominantly inherited medical condition causing cold urticaria, immunodeficiency, and autoimmunity, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>.]]></description><link>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14243</link><guid>http://www.reachmd.com/medicalnewsDetail.aspx?id=14243</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
