Posts from — March 2008
China's ash trees may hold salvation for US cousins - Chicago Tribune
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China's ash trees may hold salvation for US cousins
Chicago Tribune - Mar 31, 2008 Glenn Weiler sounded like he was delivering a eulogy, speaking in the past tense used by arborists who now deem the ash tree's demise inevitable, its enemy unstoppable. Tree Killer Beetles Moving Toward New York 13WHAM-TV New product could give ash trees ABC12.com WLNS - Noblesville Daily Times - Traverse City Record Eagle - WANE all 12 news articles |
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At Risk: Pot Belly in Midlife Is Linked to Dementia - New York Times
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At Risk: Pot Belly in Midlife Is Linked to Dementia
New York Times - 2 hours ago By NICHOLAS BAKALAR People with a large pot belly in midlife are at increased risk for dementia in their later years, according to a new study, and the bigger the belly the higher the risk. Healthy body, mind Worcester Telegram Big belly means big problems as you get older Daily Democrat Quad City Times - Press-Enterprise all 7 news articles |
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Tai Chi 'helps improve diabetes' - BBC News
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Tai Chi 'helps improve diabetes'
BBC News - 15 hours ago Two separate studies found a 12-week programme of exercise was enough to boost the immune system, and to cut blood sugar levels. The traditional Chinese martial art combines deep breathing and gentle movement to boost relaxation levels. Tai Chi May Help Improve Markers of Pre-Diabetes MedPage Today Asian Exercise for Diabetes Ivanhoe Medical News Today - OnMedica - Scotsman - AFP all 39 news articles |
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Patient surveys rate 2700 US hospitals - Fall River Herald News
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Patient surveys rate 2700 US hospitals
Fall River Herald News - 2 hours ago St. Anne's Hospital is one of several area hospitals evaluated by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems Hospital Survey. Study Finds Many Patients Dissatisfied With Hospitals New York Times Web Site Lets Patients Rate Local Hospital Care FOXNews Government Health IT - Salina Journal - Salt Lake Tribune - eFluxMedia all 85 news articles |
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Could A Diabetes Drug Slow Heart Disease? - CBS News
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Could A Diabetes Drug Slow Heart Disease?
CBS News - 6 hours ago Learn more about different types of heart disease and find out if your state has a higher incidence of mortality from the disease. Diabetes Drug Slows Clogging of Arteries U.S. News & World Report Actos arrests heart disease in diabetics-study Reuters WebMD - Economic Times - TheHeart.Org - Endocrine Today all 53 news articles |
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Docs Favor National Health Insurance - BusinessWeek
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Docs Favor National Health Insurance
BusinessWeek - 6 hours ago Doctors at Children's Hospital Los Angeles perform heart surgery, Mar. 24, 2008 Bob Riha, Jr./Childrens Hospital Los Angeles via Getty Images by Catherine Arnst Most US doctors now support the idea of national health insurance, a shift from a … Health-care insurance gaps affect all of us Louisville Courier-Journal America, Insure Thyself Washington Post Huffington Post - Sauk Valley Newspapers - BlueRidgeNow.com - The News Journal all 14 news articles |
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New Uptown and Downtown Diet Plans Make Great His and Hers Treats - New York Magazine
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New Uptown and Downtown Diet Plans Make Great His and Hers Treats
New York Magazine, USA - 7 hours ago Then again, Tinsley wrote a chapter in a hot new diet book coming out in April called The Park Avenue Diet. But wait! The Wall Street Diet comes out in … |
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Lilly's Alzheimer Drug Enters Phase III Trials - eFluxMedia
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Lilly's Alzheimer Drug Enters Phase III Trials
eFluxMedia - 28 minutes ago By Alice Turner Eli Lilly announced that it prepares a phase III trial for its experimental drug for Alzheimer's, LY450139. The IDENTITY Trial - Interrupting Alzheimer's Dementia by EvaluatiNg Treatment of AmyloId PaThologY, is a randomized, … Lilly Launches Phase III Trial For Treatment Of Alzheimer's CNNMoney.com Lilly Readies IDENTITY Trial To Treat Alzheimer’s dBTechno Indianapolis Star - FierceBiotech - FOXBusiness - Indianapolis Business Journal all 36 news articles |
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Skinny on diet gadgets - NBC5i.com
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Skinny on diet gadgets
NBC5i.com, TX - 4 hours ago Skinny on diet gadgets March 31: From portable scales to a fast food calorie count, nutritionist Joy Bauer reveals the latest tools that can help you battle … |
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Skinny on diet gadgets - NBC5i.com
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Skinny on diet gadgets
NBC5i.com, TX - 21 minutes ago Skinny on diet gadgets March 31: From portable scales to a fast food calorie count, nutritionist Joy Bauer reveals the latest tools that can help you battle … |
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Childhood leukemia survivors struggle with long-term comorbidities - PhysOrg.com
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Childhood leukemia survivors struggle with long-term comorbidities
PhysOrg.com - 37 minutes ago Survival rates of childhood cancers, especially leukemia, have improved greatly in the past three decades, but survivors of this disease still seem to face many health and lifestyle challenges as young adults. May Be the Key to Cancer Prevention Washington Post New colon-cancer-screening guidelines Seattle Times National Post all 21 news articles |
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Autism and Schizophrenia Linked - U.S. News & World Report
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Autism and Schizophrenia Linked
U.S. News & World Report - 38 minutes ago Could autism and schizophrenia be cousins? New research shows that people with schizophrenia have rare variations in genes that control brain development and that each person has a unique pattern of mutations. Rare Mutations May Increase Risk of Schizophrenia Sci-Tech Today Could Schizophrenia Be Entirely Genetic? MedHeadlines Kansas City Star - Scientific American - Food Consumer - eFluxMedia all 27 news articles |
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Do You Still Need To Diet After Plastic Surgery? - Best Syndication
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Do You Still Need To Diet After Plastic Surgery?
Best Syndication, CA - 48 minutes ago Do you still need to diet? The answer is yes. Dr. David R. Broadway, Denver, Colorado plastic surgeon, knows a continued routine of healthy eating and … |
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MCare deadline approaching Philadelphia Business Journal - Bizjournals.com
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MCare deadline approaching Philadelphia Business Journal
Bizjournals.com - 2 hours ago Pennsylvania physicians have until the end of the day Monday to pay their Mcare assessments. Since 2003, in response to escalating malpractice premiums, the state has used part of the proceeds from state cigarette taxes for an abatement program that … Health Care Reform News Around the Nation for the Week of March 31 California Healthline Health care-malpractice legislative dispute goes on Pittsburgh Post Gazette Scranton Times-Tribune - Charlotte Business Journal - Medical News Today (press release) all 10 news articles |
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Chest Right - Newsweek
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Chest Right
Newsweek - 47 minutes ago What you need to know about getting breast implants: the pros, the cons and the long-term consequences. Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link. More teens seeking bigger breasts New York Daily News Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Procedures for Ethnic Patients Rise UrbanMecca.com Canada.com - Palm Beach Post all 5 news articles |
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Vytorin May Not Be Effective Against Heart Disease - Associated Content
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Vytorin May Not Be Effective Against Heart Disease
Associated Content - 6 hours ago By Kari Livingston, published Mar 31, 2008 For many Americans with high cholesterol and a family or personal history of heart disease, Vytorin has been the first line of defense against heart disease. The best medicine: New Boulder center devoted solely to preventing … Daily Camera all 2 news articles |
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Vytorin May Not Be Effective Against Heart Disease - Associated Content
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Vytorin May Not Be Effective Against Heart Disease
Associated Content - 2 hours ago By Kari Livingston, published Mar 31, 2008 For many Americans with high cholesterol and a family or personal history of heart disease, Vytorin has been the first line of defense against heart disease. The best medicine: New Boulder center devoted solely to preventing … Daily Camera all 2 news articles |
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Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery - Washington Post
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Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery
Washington Post - 1 hour ago By Amanda Gardner MONDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — For patients with blockages in the left main coronary artery, percutaneous coronary intervention — PCI, often referred to as angioplasty — may be a viable alternative to bypass surgery. Stents, coronary bypass show equal benefit: study Reuters Stents equivalent to surgery in left main disease TheHeart.Org EurekAlert (press release) - New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) all 18 news articles |
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KY Restaurant Re-Opens after Easter Food Poisoning Incident - WBKO
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KY Restaurant Re-Opens after Easter Food Poisoning Incident
WBKO - 1 hour ago A popular Kentucky restaurant is back to selling food again after health officials say a staph bacteria may have caused more than 100 diners to get sick. Bacteria suspected in Easter illnesses Louisville Courier-Journal Source of illness at Shelbyville restaurant identified WAVE Lex 18 - NewsChannel5.com - United Press International - WHAS 11.com (subscription) all 10 news articles |
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Could a raw-food diet have an impact on cancer survival? - Dallas Morning News
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Could a raw-food diet have an impact on cancer survival?
Dallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour ago By KIM PIERCE / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News A raw-food diet – basically raw fruits, vegetables and whole grains – has plenty of advocates … |
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BioMarker Launches Gene Essence(TM) DNA Test - FOXBusiness
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BioMarker Launches Gene Essence(TM) DNA Test
FOXBusiness - 2 hours ago SAN JOSE, Calif., March 31, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — BioMarker Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held company, announced today that it has officially launched and has begun offering its Gene Essence(TM) test directly to consumers in the United … DNA Scans Shed Light on Several Diseases RedOrbit Medical Journal Nashua Telegraph Knoxville News Sentinel - Biloxi Sun Herald all 224 news articles |
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Health Highlights: March 31, 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
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Health Highlights: March 31, 2008
U.S. News & World Report - 1 hour ago Japanese scientists successfully cured liver cirrhosis in rats and say this treatment may be available for use in humans within five years, Agence France-Presse reported. Racial clues in bowel cancer find BBC News Researchers find six more diabetes genes: study Reuters Xinhua - Guardian - Hindu - Scotsman all 94 news articles |
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Merck drug results in weight loss, side effects - Reuters
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Merck drug results in weight loss, side effects
Reuters - 12 hours ago By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Obese patients treated with a low dose of Merck & Co Inc's (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) experimental drug taranabant lost a significant amount of weight, but there were side effects, according to interim … Proposed Merck Weight-Loss Drug Linked To Psychiatric Events CNNMoney.com Diet Drug Taranabant Appears Effective at Much Lower Dose Than … Diet Drug Report Bloomberg - FOXBusiness - dBTechno - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases all 33 news articles |
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Get a slice of diet history - The Sun
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Get a slice of diet history
The Sun, UK - 1 hour ago By EMILY PAYNE IF your current diet doesn't cut the mustard, why not try a fast from the past? Women have been battling the bulge for decades, … |
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Angelina’s bizarre diet worries Brad - Times of India
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Angelina’s bizarre diet worries Brad
Times of India, India - 1 hour ago Angelina, who is believed to be expecting twins with Brad, has reportedly sparked health concerns after embarking on a low-fat organic diet and refusing to … |
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