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A Primer on Hepatitis C and Singer Natalie Cole's Treatment

Why It Matters: The Grammy Award-winning performer is being treated for hepatitis C. Here's what you should know about the disease and what Cole has
recently revealed about her treatment.
Also See:
• WebMD's Hepatitis Health Center
• Hepatitis C Awareness

Arthritic Knees Get No Extra Benefit From Surgery

Why It Matters: Trying to decide on a treatment for your arthritic knees? Before you decide on arthroscopic surgery, you may want to talk with your doctor about this study from The New England Journal of Medicine.
Also See:
• WebMD's Osteoarthritis Health Center
• Arthritis: Physical and Occupational Therapy

Another Common Cause of Knee Pain

Why It Matters: Your risk of this particular knee injury rises as you get older. Are men or women at greater risk? See what researchers have found in this study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Also See:
• Knee Pain Health Center

Can Intelligent People Delay Gratification? (We'll Tell You Tomorrow)

Why It Matters: Of course, we're just kidding - look right now at the connection researchers have made between intelligence and an ability to wait for a reward. The study,published in Psychological Science, offers new insight into a region of the brain called the anterior prefrontal cortex.
Also See:
•  Joy: How to Make It Last
•  Does Breastfeeding Boost IQ?
•  Can You Raise Your Baby's IQ?

Who Uses Retail Clinics?

Why It Matters: Who's going to the health care providers inside the big retail stores? Researchers give you a profile of the typical patient in this study published in the journal Health Affairs.
Also See:
•  Parents Like Retail Clinics for Kids
•  1 in 7 Americans Lack Health Insurance
•  McCain and Obama's Health Plans

Aggressive Type 2 Diabetes Drug Therapy Lowers Death Risk

Why It Matters: Keeping tight control over diabetes and blood pressure has its benefits, but patients have to be willing to work hard for it, say researchers in a study in The New England Journal of Medicine. Get the details of the medication routines study participants had to follow.
Also See:
• WebMD's Diabetes Health Center
• WebMD's Hypertension/High Blood Pressure Health Center

Be sure to check WebMD's News Center for other important news stories and information.

WebMD Soon Will Be Covering...

•  Congress Opens Bottled Water Discussions
•  Mediterranean Diet & Death Risk
•  Pistachios Protect the Heart

Drug & Product Watch

•  FDA Puts 20 Drugs on a Watch List
•  Hershey's Recalls Chocolate Shell Topping
•  Deaths Heighten Arthritis Drugs Warning

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Hepatitis C and Singer Natalie Cole's Treatment