Posts from — June 2008
Agency to Unveil TB Test - Wall Street Journal
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Agency to Unveil TB Test
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago By MARILYN CHASE The World Health Organization and its funding partners said they plan to roll out a $26 million program to distribute a new gene-based test that detects multidrug-resistant tuberculosis after just two days rather than the weeks or … Officials Praise New Test for Drug-Resistant TB New York Times New drug-resistance test gives hope to TB fight Reuters The Associated Press - Voice of America - Independent Online - AHN all 183 news articles |
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Ten percent may have had silent stroke - United Press International
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Ten percent may have had silent stroke
United Press International - 2 hours ago BOSTON, June 30 (UPI) — Ten percent of seemingly healthy middle-aged people have experienced "silent stroke" injury, US researchers said. 'Silent Strokes' Strike One in 10 Healthy People U.S. News & World Report "Silent" strokes may occur in early middle age Reuters MedHeadlines - WebMD - eMaxHealth.com - ChattahBox all 70 news articles |
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2 animals are state’s first West Nile cases this year - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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2 animals are state’s first West Nile cases this year
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 4 hours ago By ELIE DOLGIN A blue jay in Eau Claire County and a horse in Chippewa County have tested positive for West Nile virus, officials announced Monday. West Nile Virus blues Colorado Daily Mosquito spraying throughout Boulder County this week Daily Camera Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Daily News Tribune - Newnan Times-Herald - WEAU-TV 13 all 151 news articles |
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Delay in Medicare Cuts for Doctors - New York Times
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Delay in Medicare Cuts for Doctors
New York Times - 2 hours ago By BLOOMBERG NEWS Medicare will delay processing doctors’ claims to give Congress time to pass legislation that would block a scheduled 10 percent cut in payments. Bush administration delaying Medicare fee cut The Associated Press UPDATE:US HHS Won't Process Medicare Claims to Avoid Rate Cuts CNNMoney.com RedOrbit - Times Record News - Chicago Tribune all 1,197 news articles |
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Casting Diet-Weary Women for Documentary - Realitywanted
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Casting Diet-Weary Women for Documentary
Realitywanted, AZ - 2 hours ago As a participant in this pilot, you would be trying out new diet fads and reflecting on the experience. We will hold a casting in our Soho office this … |
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Providence Health to buy Tarzana Regional Medical Center from Tenet - Los Angeles Times
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Providence Health to buy Tarzana Regional Medical Center from Tenet
Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago By Daniel Costello, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Providence Health & Services has agreed to buy Tarzana Regional Medical Center from Tenet Healthcare Corp. Hospital's Tarzana portion bought Los Angeles Daily News Providence Acquires Tarzana Medical Campus KHTS Radio San Fernando Valley Business Journal Online (subscription) all 4 news articles |
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Mom's Unhealthy Diet May Have Long-Term Impact on Baby - Washington Post
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Mom's Unhealthy Diet May Have Long-Term Impact on Baby
Washington Post, United States - 11 minutes ago MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — Eating an unhealthy diet during pregnancy may raise your child's lifetime risk of obesity and elevated cholesterol and … |
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Biologist Teaches the Nation’s Judges About Genetics - New York Times
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Biologist Teaches the Nation’s Judges About Genetics
New York Times - 14 hours ago By CLAUDIA DREIFUS James P. Evans, a physician and molecular biologist, teaches genetics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Citizens Can’t Test Their DNA Without a Doctor’s Note, California Says Discover Magazine Do you want to know? Indianapolis Star Huffington Post - Santa Rosa Press Democrat all 6 news articles |
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Diabetes: Underrated, Insidious and Deadly - New York Times
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Diabetes: Underrated, Insidious and Deadly
New York Times - 1 hour ago By TARA PARKER-POPE In a set of recent focus groups, participants were asked to rank the severity of various health problems, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Fatty Liver Disease Ups Kids' Heart Risk WebMD Fatty Liver Disease Ups Heart Risks for Obese Kids U.S. News & World Report Reuters UK all 13 news articles |
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Diet & health: Women warned over junk food in pregnancy - guardian.co.uk
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Diet & health: Women warned over junk food in pregnancy
guardian.co.uk, UK - 45 minutes ago Mothers who eat a junk-food diet in pregnancy may seriously damage the long-term health of their child, according to research published today. … |
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Poor diet during pregnancy does 'irreversible damage' - Telegraph.co.uk
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Poor diet during pregnancy does 'irreversible damage'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 47 minutes ago By John Bingham Women who eat a diet of junk food while pregnant could condemn their unborn children to obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes in adult life … |
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OPPD Estimates $10M In Damages - KETV.com
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OPPD Estimates $10M In Damages
KETV.com - 8 hours ago OMAHA, Neb. — The Omaha Public Power District said it may tally $10 million in damages from Friday's wind storm. Round-the-clock work has left just 21250 Omaha Public Power District customers without power at 2 pm Monday. OPPD Working to Restore Power KPTM-TV Omaha storm caused $10 million in utility damage NTV Omaha World-Herald (subscription) - Columbus Telegram - Ashland Gazette - WOWT all 58 news articles |
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Dr. Carol Rossetti: Feed your children a balenced diet: whatever … - Noblesville Daily Times
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Dr. Carol Rossetti: Feed your children a balenced diet: whatever …
Noblesville Daily Times, IN - 1 hour ago You should feed your children a balanced diet. To be healthy, you need to eat a balance diet. How many people know what that means? A few years ago, … |
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"Second-wave" HIV hits young black gays - PlanetOut
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"Second-wave" HIV hits young black gays
PlanetOut - 4 hours ago The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study Thursday that could indicate a "second-wave" AIDS epidemic, The Washington Post reported. Let My People Go, AIDS Profiteers Washington Post HIV Diagnosis Rates Continue to Rise Among Young Men, African … New York Times AllAfrica.com - U.S. News & World Report - HealthNews - Reuters all 108 news articles |
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Lighter seven-layer dip - Dallas Morning News
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Lighter seven-layer dip
Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours ago By NATALIE HAUGHTON Los Angeles Daily News Author Devin Alexander doesn't diet; she eats well. Here she enjoys Mediterranean Seven Layer Dip. … |
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Poor diet may increase risk of dementia - Telegraph.co.uk
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Poor diet may increase risk of dementia
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago A poor diet may increase the risk of memory loss and dementia as it lowers levels of good cholesterol in the blood, scientists have warned. … |
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New Cancer Therapy that Worked on Mice Will Be Tested on Humans - Enews 2.0
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New Cancer Therapy that Worked on Mice Will Be Tested on Humans
Enews 2.0 - 1 hour ago By Joseph Collins A cancer therapy that proved effective in treating several mice with cancer disease will be tested on humans. Clinical tests begin this week at Wake Forest University . Could a blood transfusion be a cure for cancer? Greensboro News Record Method may kill cancers Winston-Salem Journal Food Consumer - Newswise (press release) all 66 news articles |
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Body boost Alkalinize your diet for enhanced health - Common Ground.ca
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Body boost Alkalinize your diet for enhanced health
Common Ground.ca, Canada - 1 hour ago Unfortunately, most people are overly acidic due to poor diet. When the body is overly acidic, it becomes an opportune environment for disease and chronic … Healthier overall diet may reduce heart disease deaths in women Heart and Stroke Foundation (press release) all 2 news articles |
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Healing Headaches - E/The Environmental Magazine
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Healing Headaches
E/The Environmental Magazine - 1 hour ago By Jessica Rae Patton According to the American Headache Society, 90 percent of people have at least one headache per year. With $1 billion dollars spent annually on over-the-counter headache medications, it’s clearly a big, throbbing problem. Magnetic stimulation blocks migraine pain Reuters Magnetic Field Device May Zap Away Migraines ABC News ChattahBox - TechNewsWorld - HealthNewsDigest.com - dBTechno all 245 news articles |
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Diet Building to remain unlit during G-8 meeting - The Daily Yomiuri
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Diet Building to remain unlit during G-8 meeting
The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 1 hour ago The Diet Building will not be illuminated at night from July 7 to 9 during the Group of Eight summit meeting in Toyakocho, Hokkaido, according to government … |
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Dr. Manny’s Notes: The Hot Latin Diet - FOXNews
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Dr. Manny’s Notes: The Hot Latin Diet
FOXNews - 33 minutes ago by Dr. Manny One of the reasons I came up with the Hot Latin Diet has a lot to do with being an ob-gyn for over thirty years. Throughout my career, I’ve had … |
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Diet busy writing songs for new album - Inquirer.net
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Diet busy writing songs for new album
Inquirer.net, Philippines - 50 minutes ago We hope to release it by Christmas,” says Diet. “The album reflects the things we’ve realized in our three-year hiatus.” It will be a blow-by-blow account … |
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Pfizer gains FDA approval for pet antibiotic - CNNMoney.com
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Pfizer gains FDA approval for pet antibiotic
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Pfizer Inc. said Monday the Food and Drug Administration approved a new antibiotic for cats and dogs, Convenia, a one-time injection which provides up to 14 days of antibiotic treatment for common skin infections. US FDA approves Pfizer injectable pet antibiotic Reuters FDA approves Pfizer's animal antibiotic Hays Pharma Teleborsa News - RedOrbit all 20 news articles |
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The Anthrax Fiasco - Wall Street Journal
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The Anthrax Fiasco
Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago Steven Hatfill finally has his life back. Thanks to FBI incompetence, he also has $5.8 million. In a late Friday news dump, the Justice Department announced it had settled a lawsuit with Mr. Anthrax settlement doesn't address reporters' issue USA Today Scientist Is Paid Millions by US in Anthrax Suit New York Times Mother Jones - International Herald Tribune - Reuters - United Press International all 520 news articles |
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Scientists ID New Genes Tied to Crohn's Disease - Washington Post
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Scientists ID New Genes Tied to Crohn's Disease
Washington Post - 5 hours ago MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have identified 21 new genetic regions implicated in Crohn's disease, bringing to 32 the total number of genes and loci — regions of the genome typically including one or more genes that are known to … Big haul of Crohn's genes shows disease complexity Reuters New Crohn's genetic risk factors ID'd United Press International RedOrbit - The Press Association - EurekAlert (press release) - Science Daily (press release) all 47 news articles |
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