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Medtronic wavers on report of Infuse complications - Forbes


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Medtronic wavers on report of Infuse complications
Forbes - 3 hours ago
AP 09.04.08, 10:11 AM ET Shares of Medtronic Inc. slipped Thursday as investors digested mixed news about its implantable heart devices and the company's Infuse bone graft.
Medtronic Product Linked to Surgery Problems Wall Street Journal
Shares slide after Medtronic product linked to surgery complications Twin Cities Business Journal
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Atlantic City beaches open, medical waste probe continues - Philadelphia Inquirer

Atlantic City beaches open, medical waste probe continues
Philadelphia Inquirer - 1 hour ago
By Jacqueline L. Urgo and Sam Wood Beaches in Atlantic City and Brigantine were open this morning after municipal authorities yesterday declared the shoreline free from medical waste.
NJ Beach Medical Waste Probe Brings Detectives To Pa. MyFox Philadelphia
Syringes found on Brigantine, Atlantic City beaches Press of Atlantic City
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Molecular breast imaging found more tumors in women with dense breasts - HemOncToday


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Molecular breast imaging found more tumors in women with dense breasts
HemOncToday - 1 hour ago
The results of a study conducted at the Mayo Clinic showed molecular breast imaging to be a more effective cancer screen for women with dense breasts.
New Screening Tool To Detect Breast Cancer eFluxMedia
New Screening Catches More Breast Cancers Washington Post
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Diet, exercise changes cut diabetes risk factors - Calgary Herald


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Diet, exercise changes cut diabetes risk factors
Calgary Herald,  Canada - 1 hour ago
By contrast, metabolic syndrome decreased by just 4 percent and abdominal obesity did not decrease among people receiving usual diet and exercise advice,

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Antioch women test positive for West Nile virus - San Jose Mercury News


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Antioch women test positive for West Nile virus
San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours ago
AP WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—Contra Costa County officials are reporting the first human case of West Nile virus of the year in the county.
Suburban NY county to begin spraying for West Nile Newsday
Update: Antioch Woman Infected With The West Nile Virus eFluxMedia
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Antioch women test positive for West Nile virus - San Jose Mercury News


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Antioch women test positive for West Nile virus
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago
AP WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—Contra Costa County officials are reporting the first human case of West Nile virus of the year in the county.
Update: Antioch Woman Infected With The West Nile Virus eFluxMedia
Suburban NY county to begin spraying for West Nile Newsday
Akron Leader Publications - WLBT-TV - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - ChattahBox
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Study Dispels Link Between Autism and Measles Vaccine - U.S. News & World Report

Study Dispels Link Between Autism and Measles Vaccine
U.S. News & World Report - 1 hour ago
By Serena Gordon THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Hoping to dispel long-running concerns that autism is linked to the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR), researchers now say a new study shows the childhood vaccine does not raise that risk.
Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism CNN
Study Finds No Autism Link in Vaccine Washington Post
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Doctor Fired After Trying to Give Pregnant Woman Epidural While … - FOXNews

Doctor Fired After Trying to Give Pregnant Woman Epidural While
FOXNews - 30 minutes ago
BOSTON - A Massachusetts doctor has been fired and lost the right to renew his medical license for allegedly trying to give a pregnant woman an epidural while drunk.
Doctor who allegedly drank while on job is suspended Boston Globe
Doctor Accused Of Performing Procedure Drunk WBZ
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The National Cancer Institute Joins the Global Community of … - FOXBusiness

The National Cancer Institute Joins the Global Community of
FOXBusiness - 33 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, Sept 04, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ —-Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has joined the
UM's Greenebaum center qualifies for $3 million in NIH funds Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Gets National Cancer Institute ABC2 News
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Message to Utah Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign … - Earthtimes (press release)

Message to Utah Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 2 hours ago
The Campaign will make its stop in Salt Lake City on September 6, 2008 , to urge local residents to change their "diet" mindset and elect a new attitude.

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Gene Variant Holds the Key to a Long and Happy Marriage - eFluxMedia


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Gene Variant Holds the Key to a Long and Happy Marriage
eFluxMedia - 1 hour ago
By Alice Carver According to a recent research, the gene that controls the hormone vasopressin and is responsible for monogamy in prairie voles - which are studied for their human-like social qualities - also plays a role in human relationships.
Is monogamy genetic? Chicago Sun-Times
google news commentComment by Dr George Fieldman Buckinghamshire New University
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Suburban NY county to begin spraying for West Nile - Newsday


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Suburban NY county to begin spraying for West Nile
Newsday - 1 hour ago
MELVILLE, NY - Nassau County on Long Island will begin aerial spraying against the West Nile virus for the first time since 1999. Officials say the spraying will take place across a large section of the county beginning Thursday night.
Antioch woman tests positive for West Nile San Jose Mercury News
Health district calls virus 'very active' in C. Washington Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - phillyBurbs.com - eFluxMedia - News Sentinel
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Too rich a diet will choke the life out of football - BirminghamMail.net

Too rich a diet will choke the life out of football
BirminghamMail.net, UK - 30 minutes ago
IF THINGS have run true to form then Robinho will have been telling the world how he has been a Chelsea fan since he was a lad in the run-down part of São

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Kim Gennaula to Join Kapiolani Health Foundation - KGMB9

Kim Gennaula to Join Kapiolani Health Foundation
KGMB9 - 4 hours ago
(Honolulu, HI - September 3, 2008)– Kim Gennaula, anchor of KGMB9 News at 5, KGMB9 News at 6 and KGMB9 News at 10 announced today that she is stepping down from her anchoring position after fifteen years to pursue a new career in community service.
Kim Gennaula to leave KGMB9, join Kapiolani Health Bizjournals.com
KGMB's Gennaula to join Kapi'olani Health Foundation Honolulu Advertiser
Hawaii Reporter - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Portland bans smoking on bar patios before 10 pm - Boston Globe

Portland bans smoking on bar patios before 10 pm
Boston Globe - 6 hours ago
PORTLAND, Maine—It'll soon get harder to light up in public in Maine's largest city. The council voted 7-2 in favor of the ban, which goes into effect Oct. 3. The new rule is the biggest change for smokers at Portland bars and restaurants since a state
Portland eateries face another smoking ban Mainebiz Daily
Portland Bans Smoking On Patios, Decks WMTW
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Portland bans smoking on bar patios before 10 pm - Boston Globe

Portland bans smoking on bar patios before 10 pm
Boston Globe - 2 hours ago
PORTLAND, Maine—It'll soon get harder to light up in public in Maine's largest city. The council voted 7-2 in favor of the ban, which goes into effect Oct. 3. The new rule is the biggest change for smokers at Portland bars and restaurants since a state
Portland Bans Smoking On Patios, Decks WMTW
Our Opinion: Eateries unhurt by smoking ban Tucson Citizen
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DIET ROOM ENHANCED - Montsame (subscription)


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DIET ROOM ENHANCED
Montsame (subscription), Mongolia - 1 hour ago
Judging from it, people should change their lifestyles right starting today. They need to learn how to keep diet if want to be healthy.

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Diet-drug lawyers face additional charges - Louisville Courier-Journal

Diet-drug lawyers face additional charges
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 2 hours ago
federal grand jury in Covington returned a new indictment yesterday against two lawyers charged with bilking their clients in Kentucky's diet-drug case.
Top horse's owners indicted on new federal charges The Associated Press
Fen-phen lawyers' charges increased The Olympian
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The Cambridge Diet - goodtoknow


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The Cambridge Diet
goodtoknow, UK - 2 hours ago
The Cambridge Diet was devised by Dr Alan Howard at Cambridge University in 1970. It's a diet that uses meal-replacement food packs that have all the

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Ky. to push child insurance - Louisville Courier-Journal

Ky. to push child insurance
Louisville Courier-Journal - 2 hours ago
By Deborah Yetter • dyetter@courier-journal.com • September 4, 2008 Calling it a "moral obligation," Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said yesterday that the state will work harder to sign up thousands of children who are eligible for a state health
Good medicine for kids, state Kentucky.com
Save the Children Supports Plan to Improve Health Care for MarketWatch
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Is monogamy genetic? - Chicago Sun-Times


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Is monogamy genetic?
Chicago Sun-Times - 2 hours ago
Scientists have long known that the gene that controls the hormone vasopressin is responsible for monogamy in prairie voles — small rodents, common in the grasslands of North America, that remain faithful to their mates.
Some men carry 'commitment-phobia' gene Los Angeles Times
google news commentComment by Dr George Fieldman Buckinghamshire New University
WebMD - Washington Post - USA Today - NBC5i.com
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Childhood Measles Vaccine Doesn't Lead to Autism, Study Finds - Bloomberg


Washington Post
Childhood Measles Vaccine Doesn't Lead to Autism, Study Finds
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Elizabeth Lopatto Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) — The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine doesn't raise a child's risk for autism, according to a new study designed to replicate a 1998 report that first suggested a link between the shot and the disorder.
Study Finds No Autism Link in Vaccine Washington Post
New study finds no measles vaccine/autism link Newsday
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E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200 - Pioneer Times-Journal


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E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200
Pioneer Times-Journal - 1 hour ago
By SEAN MURPHY, AP Writer Tue Sep 2, 6:09 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY - An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday.
How E. coli incident almost sidelined Locust Grove's team NewsOK.com
E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200 The Associated Press
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Gustav evacuees kept at bay as impatience, safety collide - Detroit Free Press


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Gustav evacuees kept at bay as impatience, safety collide
Detroit Free Press - 12 hours ago
BY ROBERT TANNER and VICKI SMITH • AP • September 3, 2008 NEW ORLEANS — The road home for the estimated 2 million Hurricane Gustav evacuees was slow going Tuesday, as those trying to filter into the coast were greeted by police checkpoints and
Baton Rouge General transfers some patients 2TheAdvocate
Hundreds of hospital patients could be evacuated The Associated Press
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Judge trims time in Medi-Cal 10% fee ruling - San Francisco Chronicle

Judge trims time in Medi-Cal 10% fee ruling
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago
A federal judge has scaled back her order overturning a 10 percent cut in Medi-Cal fees to thousands of doctors and other health professionals.
Health agencies fall ill to budget impasse Sonoma Index-Tribune
Medi-Cal squeeze San Diego Union Tribune
California Healthline - San Jose Business Journal (subscription)
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