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Blood pressure: alcohol, smoking and caffeine
Posted: February 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Is having a bad habit ever a good thing? It kind of can be if your aim is to lower your blood pressure, since one way to do that is to reduce your alcohol consumption significantly. It's a winning strategy -- but only, of course, if you were drinking a lot in the first place. -
Blood pressure: stress reduction
Posted: February 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Everyone agrees that stressful situations make your blood pressure take off. It's the fight-or-flight, prepare-to-do-something-dramatic response your ancient ancestors had when being charged by a woolly mammoth. Your body releases stress hormones that make your heart beat faster and your blood vessels constrict, and blood pressure rockets. When the stressful situation is resolved, blood pressure comes back down.
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Blood pressure: weight loss
Posted: February 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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As people gain weight, their blood pressure tends to go up. Fortunately, as they lose weight, their blood pressure tends to go down -- but only so far, says Dr. Karol Watson, co-director of preventive cardiology and director of the hypertension clinic at UCLA. "If your body weight is normal, getting below doesn't help," she says.
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Scientists try to measure love
Posted: February 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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They try to get to the bottom of long-term romance and how it affects our emotional and physical well-being.
Leave it to science to take all the fun out of something as cosmically pure as love.
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Heavy Web users likely to be depressed, study says
Posted: February 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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People who are addictive Internet searchers should probably browse for a phone number to the nearest therapist. Though almost everyone uses the Internet to conduct business, connect with people, pay bills or find information, the people who spend hours each day aimlessly surfing the Net appear more likely to be depressed.
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Ab crunches get on a roll
Posted: February 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Here's a new way to spice up your basic abdominal crunches using a 36-inch round roller. This is a challenging exercise, so be patient if you find it difficult at first. And remember: It's important to keep your shoulders and hips level throughout the entire move.
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Eye problems linked to beclomethasone
Posted: February 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Q: I have been using inhaled beclomethasone and Beconase spray for asthma and allergies for three years. An optometrist warned me that he sees cases of cataracts quite often in people using steroids like these. My pulmonologist says he is not aware of any increased incidence of cataracts among patients on these drugs.
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Walks she feels in her heart and bones
Posted: February 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Home from work for his lunch break, my husband hastily clears our sandwich plates and heads toward the door. I slip on my sneakers and grab my cellphone. Just like that, we're off -- out the garage door, walking side by side down the cul-de-sac.
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Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water (AP)
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 3:24pm EST
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AP - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
NYT > Health
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In Texas, a Trial and Possible Prison Time for Reporting a Doctor
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 1:29am EST by By KEVIN SACK
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A nurse is facing third-degree felony charges for informing state regulators that a doctor at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine.
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The Riddle of Consciousness
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 11:20pm EST by By BENEDICT CAREY
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Patients in a “vegetative” state showed some bright blips on brain scans, but there’s still no real answer to what’s behind blank eyes.
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Most Americans Think Swine Flu Pandemic Is Over, a Harvard Poll Finds
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 8:58pm EST by By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
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Most Americans do not intend to get the swine flu vaccine and think the flu threat was overblown, according to a poll by the Harvard School of Public Health.
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One Bowl = 2 Servings. F.D.A. May Fix That.
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 3:05pm EST by By WILLIAM NEUMAN
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The F.D.A. may update serving sizes for foods like chips, cookies and ice cream to reflect how Americans really eat.
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Ratiopharm fields decisive takeover bids-sources (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 11:32am EST
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Reuters - Generic-drug makers Teva and Actavis, backed by Swedish buyout firm EQT, have placed make-or-break bids for German peer Ratiopharm but drug major Pfizer is expected to also be a contender, sources said.
NYT > Health
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O.K., Russia, Time to Work It
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 4:40am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Western-style fitness is beginning to catch on among Russia’s wealthy.
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News Analysis: Democrats Ask, Can Health Care Bill Be Saved?
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 4:06am EST by By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
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President Obama is pushing for a final bill, but he didn’t say how he would resolve the questions of policy, procedure and politics facing Congress.
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Patient Money: Fighting Denied Claims Requires Perseverance
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 4:01am EST by By WALECIA KONRAD
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Following a few steps can make the process of appealing insurance denials easier and increase the likelihood of success.
L.A. Times - Health
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Swine flu still spreading, though at a reduced rate
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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U.S. health officials say the number of H1N1 cases has not swelled dramatically, but the virus hasn't gone away, either, as would be expected in a normal influenza outbreak.
The odds of a third wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza hitting this spring seem to be declining, but authorities are concerned that the virus is still spreading, though at a reduced rate from its peak, and is not disappearing as would be expected in a normal influenza outbreak, federal officials said Friday.
NYT > Health
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Brooklyn Journal: Learning What Food Looks Like Before It Goes Into the Package
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 2:35am EST by By HANNAH WALLACE
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In a neighborhood of fast food and low incomes, a high school tries to show students that there are fresh and healthy ways to eat.
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Artificial Pancreas Helps Type 1 Diabetics During Sleep (HealthDay)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that young children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes could benefit by using an artificial pancreas device to lower the risk of dangerously low blood sugar levels during sleep and help them control their disease. -
Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Not Cost-Effective: Study (HealthDay)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- It's not cost-effective to screen couples genetically to determine if they're at risk of having children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), says a U.S. study. -
Genome Mapped for Type 2 Diabetes (HealthDay)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have completed a map of areas of the human genome that control which genes are switched on or off in type 2 diabetes, a finding that may advance understanding of the genetic basis of this and other common diseases.
L.A. Times - Health
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More on Blood Pressure
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 7:50pm EST
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Is the US swine flu epidemic over? (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 5:55pm EST
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AP - If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October.
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Tiny Bubbles Destroy Cancer Cells (LiveScience.com)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 3:02pm EST
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LiveScience.com - Tiny bubbles can pack quite a punch - creating nanoscale explosions that destroy cancer cells. -
Men have key role in ending female circumcision: experts (AFP)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 2:17pm EST
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AFP - Experts and workers on the ground said Friday that men had a key role to play in the fight against female circumcision in Africa, a day before the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation.
NYT > Health
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Eternal Life
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:19pm EST by By LISA MARGONELLI
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Rebecca Skloot untangles the ethical issues in the case of a woman whose cancer cells have been the basis for a vast amount of research.
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Stalled Health Care Bill Leaves Drug Makers in Regulatory Limbo
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:07pm EST by By DUFF WILSON
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Without the regulatory certainty stemming from the health care bill, drug companies face unpleasant surprises like a heavier tax on foreign income.
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Medical Group Urges New Rules on Radiation
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 3:07am EST by By WALT BOGDANICH
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The American Society for Radiation Oncology issued a six-point plan that it said would improve safety and quality and reduce the chances of errors in medical radiation.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Protein Supplement Myth Revealed by Body of Work (LiveScience.com)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 2:50am EST
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LiveScience.com - Most health stores are tainted with the irony that so few of their products are actually healthy, from herbal potions of unknown purity and utility to dietary supplements capitalizing on recent trends in weight loss or hair gain.
NYT > Health
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Insulin Study Could Lead to New Dosage Devices
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 1:20am EST by By NATASHA SINGER
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A new study points toward a different way of regulating children’s glucose levels by using a continuous glucose monitor instead of the standard diabetes management system.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Firm to pay $200K after importing lead-laden toys (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:26am EST
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AP - A Massachusetts company has agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty to settle allegations it violated U.S. law when it imported Thomas and Friends, Curious George and Winnie the Pooh toys with high levels of lead. -
Test of "artificial pancreas" offers diabetes hope (Reuters)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:10pm EST
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Reuters - Scientists have used an "artificial pancreas" system of pumps and monitors to improve blood sugar control in diabetes patients in the first study to show the new device works better than conventional treatment. -
Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 4, 2010 (HealthDay)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:04pm EST
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: -
Too Few Adults Get Recommended Vaccinations (HealthDay)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:04pm EST
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Most parents make sure their children get all their vaccinations, but when it comes to adults these protective shots often fall by the wayside, a new report shows. -
Review Spotlights Clues to Serious Childhood Infection (HealthDay)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:04pm EST
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Rapid breathing, poor blood circulation and, possibly, parental concern and a doctor's instinct are potential warning signs of serious infection among children in developed countries, according to a review of published research. -
Seniors aren't getting vital vaccinations, study finds (McClatchy Newspapers)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 6:39pm EST
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — States require that children have all their immunizations before they can enroll in school. Veterinarians send reminder cards to pet owners when Fido or Tabby is due for a shot. No such safety net exists for adults, however, and especially for the elderly, who are particularly susceptible to many diseases that vaccines can prevent, according to a new report about the low rate of adult immunization. -
FDA concerned dissolvable tobacco appeals to kids (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 5:30pm EST
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AP - The Food and Drug Administration is saying in letters to two tobacco companies that flavored, dissolvable tobacco products — that the agency compares with candy and says contain a lot of nicotine — could be particularly appealing to kids and young adults.
NYT > Health
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Trace of Thought Is Found in ‘Vegetative’ Patient
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:58pm EST by By BENEDICT CAREY
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Experts said a finding could raise ethical questions about consulting severely disabled patients on care.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Hormone replacement tied to lower colon cancer risk (Reuters)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 1:19pm EST
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Reuters - Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can carry serious health risks, but a new study adds to evidence that menopausal women who use the hormones may have lower odds of developing colon cancer.
NYT > Health
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Updated: Meeting for Obama and Democrats
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 12:19pm EST by By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
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President Obama will meet at the White House this afternoon with Democratic Congressional leaders to discuss the 2010 agenda, including health care.
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Doctor and Patient: When the Patient Can’t Afford the Care
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 12:17pm EST by By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.
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Medical schools are strong in teaching biology and pharmacology, while areas like the costs of health care are often neglected.
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Health Official Can’t Guarantee Openness in Talks
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 12:15pm EST by By ROBERT PEAR
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Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, said administration officials provided “technical support” to Congress, but did not control the negotiations on the health bill.
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Gov't moving into central role in health care (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 11:29am EST
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AP - Government is poised to become king of the hill in America's vast health care system, with or without President Barack Obama's planned redo, according an economic report released Thursday. -
US puts locals in charge of AIDS spending (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 11:10am EST
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AP - U.S. and South African AIDS workers say putting more of the decision-making in local hands can help stretch donor money, amid concerns international giving will be limited because of the global recession. -
Healthy baby campaign uses texts to reach mothers (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 10:09am EST
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AP - Expectant mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
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Obese People Lose Weight at High Altitudes (LiveScience.com)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 9:46am EST
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LiveScience.com - Here's a possible future diet tip: Move to a mountaintop. -
Tainted milk shows China's food safety challenges (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 4:49am EST
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AP - The resurfacing of tainted milk products in China highlights the challenges of policing the food supply in a country where close ties between local authorities and companies hamper regulation while producers are undertrained, experts said Thursday.
L.A. Times - Health
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Brains of vegetative patients show life
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Five of 54 unresponsive subjects in a new study demonstrate brain activity indicating awareness, with one able to respond to simple questions.
In a study certain to rekindle debate over life-sustaining care for those with grievous brain injuries, researchers report that five patients thought to be in a persistent vegetative state showed brain activity indicating awareness, intent and, in at least one case, a wish to communicate.
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Study opens new path to fighting leukemia relapse (Reuters)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 12:07am EST
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Reuters - Researchers in Japan have identified 25 different spots on leukemia cells, each of which could be used to design a new drug to fight the disease. -
Prostate cancer diagnosis raises suicide risk (HealthDay)
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 11:50pm EST
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A diagnosis of prostate cancer can be unnerving enough to up a man's odds for either suicide or fatal heart attack, new research indicates. -
Very Obese People May Be Missing Genes (HealthDay)
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Adding more evidence to theories linking DNA to weight, European scientists report that a genetic variation seems to virtually guarantee that a person will become obese. -
Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 7:07pm EST
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AP - Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.
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US lawmakers condemn Uganda anti-gay bill (AFP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 4:06pm EST
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AFP - US lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday sharply condemning an anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda's parliament, calling it an attack on human rights and an obstacle to battling HIV/AIDS.
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Report: 40 percent of cancers are preventable (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 11:21am EST
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AP - About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say.
L.A. Times - Health
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Some renters want Santa Monica to further restrict smoking
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Activists want to target secondhand smoke from private patios and balconies in multifamily complexes. That could put them at odds with a renters rights group.
For years, Mike Horelick and Nicolina Karlsson endured the cigarette smoke wafting into their tiny Santa Monica courtyard apartment from a neighbor's patio, even though it aggravated Karlsson's asthma.
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California Medical Board admits allowing troubled doctor to monitor another
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 3:00am EST
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The panel says it was wrong to allow Dr. Christopher Dotson Jr., who had been on administrative probation, to supervise the probation of Dr. Andrew Rutland, who allegedly mishandled an abortion.
The California Medical Board put a doctor with a flawed disciplinary history in charge of monitoring another troubled doctor who, while under supervision, allegedly mishandled an abortion leading to a patient's death.
NYT > Health
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Journal Retracts 1998 Paper Linking Autism to Vaccines
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 12:25am EST by By GARDINER HARRIS
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The paper in The Lancet, which was retracted after years of reassessment, caused a sharp decline in vaccinations in Britain after its publication.
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For Some Survivors, Polio Won’t Fade Into the Past
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 11:54pm EST by By KIRK JOHNSON
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Post-polio syndrome later in life has refocused survivors’ minds on how the virus shaped their lives.
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Children Likelier to See Dentist if Parents Go Too (HealthDay)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who make regular visits to the dentist are more likely to take their children to the dentist, a new study shows. -
Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 2, 2010 (HealthDay)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: -
Later Puberty Seen for Obese Boys (HealthDay)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity causes later onset of puberty in boys, new research indicates. -
Fat-Burning Chemical Points to New Weight-Loss Drug (HealthDay)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- American scientists say they may have found a new way to trick the body into burning more fat. -
Spanish-Speaking Mothers Less Likely to Turn on TV (HealthDay)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Young children of Hispanic mothers whose main language is Spanish watch less TV than children of Hispanic moms who speak mostly English, a U.S. study has found. -
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Raises Suicide Risk (HealthDay)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A diagnosis of prostate cancer can be unnerving enough to up a man's odds for either suicide or fatal heart attack, new research indicates. -
NYC karaoke bar worker admits killing clubgoer (AP)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 8:04pm EST
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AP - A Times Square karaoke club worker has pleaded guilty to beating a patron to death with a steel pipe and slashing her throat on the roof while the club threw a party honoring Lil' Kim's birthday.
NYT > Health
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Personal Best: Slimmer Doesn’t Always Mean Fitter
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 6:31pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Exercise physiologists encourage athletes to be aware of the point at which weight loss hinders performance.
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The Decline of St. Vincent’s Hospital
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 5:26pm EST by By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
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A 161-year-old Greenwich Village hospital faces an offer from a chain that would make it an outpatient center.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Abstinence-only program helps kids postpone sex (Reuters)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 5:18pm EST
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Reuters - Abstinence-only sex education can work -- if it's based on established strategies for helping young people change their attitudes about other types of risky behavior like smoking and drinking, new research shows.
NYT > Health
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Second Opinion: A Lasting Gift to Medicine That Wasn’t Really a Gift
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 5:17pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Henrietta and David Lacks around 1945. Doctors gave a sample of the cancer that killed her to a researcher without telling the family.Without her family’s knowledge, doctors used cancer cells from Henrietta Lacks to develop vaccines and life-saving drugs, a case examined in a book that looks at the issue of “tissue rights.”
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Prostate cancer diagnosis raises risk of suicide (Reuters)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 5:15pm EST
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Reuters - Being diagnosed with prostate cancer roughly doubles the risk of suicide or death from a heart attack, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, adding to the harm linked with diagnosis of this often slow-growing cancer.
NYT > Health
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Vaccine-Autism Study Is Retracted
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 5:10pm EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The Lancet, a major British medical journal, on Tuesday retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease.
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Doctor casts new light on cat that can predict death (Reuters)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 4:14pm EST
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Reuters - When doctors and staff realized that a cat living in a U.S. nursing home could sense when someone was going to die, the feline, Oscar, was portrayed as a furry grim reaper or four-legged angel of death.
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Personal Health: Rules Worth Following, for Everyone’s Sake
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 2:53pm EST by By JANE E. BRODY
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Michael Pollan’s new book, “Food Rules,” is an easy-to-digest guide to health and eating that could do almost anybody good.
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Q & A: Meeting The Heat
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 2:47pm EST by By C. CLAIBORNE RAY
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What causes hot flashes in menopausal women?
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Vital Signs: Children: Quality of Life With Cochlear Implants
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 2:43pm EST by By RONI CARYN RABIN
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A study found that children with implanted hearing aids rated aspects of their lives as highly as children with normal hearing.
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Extra Money for Science in Obama’s Budget
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 2:28pm EST by By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
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The president’s proposed spending plan would increase money for the Health and Human Services Department and the National Institutes of Health.
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Really?: The Claim: Heart Attack Rates Rise During the Super Bowl
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:53pm EST by By ANAHAD O’CONNOR
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Is the Super Bowl a health hazard for diehard football fans?
L.A. Times - Health
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Report linking autism to vaccines is retracted by medical journal
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:34pm EST
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The Lancet issues a retraction on the 12-year-old paper by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, which suggested a possible connection between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism. The report led to a sharp drop in vaccination rates.
Twelve years after Dr. Andrew Wakefield published his research in the international medical journal the Lancet purporting that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine may be linked to autism, the journal on Tuesday formally retracted the paper.
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Experts say 40 percent of cancers could be prevented (Reuters)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 11:05am EST
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Reuters - Forty percent of the 12 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide each year could avert the killer disease by protecting themselves against infections and changing their lifestyles, experts said Tuesday. -
UK medical journal retracts flawed vaccine study (AP)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 10:56am EST
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AP - A major British medical journal on Tuesday retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease.
NYT > Health
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The Miracle of Vitamin D: Sound Science, or Hype?
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 6:29am EST by By TARA PARKER-POPE
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Imagine a treatment that could build bones, strengthen the immune system and lower the risks of illnesses like diabetes, heart and kidney disease, high blood pressure, and cancer.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Experiment takes aim at genetic learning disorder (AP)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 3:45am EST
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AP - A pill to ease a type of mental retardation? An experiment is under way to develop one, aimed at a genetic disorder that might unravel some of the mysteries of autism along the way.
NYT > Health
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Frequent Flier: Living Well With Diabetes, and Showing Others How
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 3:36am EST by By ROBERT KOLENKOW, As told to JOAN RAYMOND
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A retiree takes on a volunteer mission to teach other diabetics how to control the disease and live full lives.
L.A. Times - Health
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Antidepressants may help stroke victims
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 3:00am EST
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A study shows that memory skills and cognitive functioning may improve in stroke patients who don't suffer from depression after treatment with the medication.
Widely used antidepressants may help patients recover cognitive functions, such as memory skills, that are damaged following a stroke, according to research released Monday.
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Infection, early birth linked to asthma
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Chorioamnionitis combined with premature birth increases the risk that a child will develop asthma, a report shows. The factors nearly double the risk for an African American child.
An infection of the uterine cavity during pregnancy combined with premature birth doubles the risk that an African American child will develop asthma, researchers have found. The combination also increases risk for some other ethnicities, though less severely.
NYT > Health
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Progress Is Slow on Moving Surplus Swine Flu Vaccine to Countries That Need It
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 2:37am EST by By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
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As wealthy nations try to get rid of surpluses, most poorer countries still lack access to the H1N1 vaccine.
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First Mention: Paul Ehrlich, 1908
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:39am EST by By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
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The German scientist who discovered a cure for syphilis became known before that as a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
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Cases: Homeless, Shoeless, Even Nameless
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:36am EST by By EVELYN SHARENOV
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A young woman who received treatment at a psychiatric ward in Portland, Ore., lamented the loss of the voices in her head.
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Vital Signs: Aging: Higher Co-Payments Tied to Costlier Care
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:34am EST by By RONI CARYN RABIN
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A study found that doubling Medicare co-payments led patients to cut back on doctors’ visits but increased their chances of needing more expensive treatment at hospitals.
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Vital Signs: Prevention: An Alternative for Treating Arrhythmia
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:34am EST by By RONI CARYN RABIN
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A study suggested trying a procedure that cauterizes the muscle around a vein if abnormal heart rhythms did not respond to medication.
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Global Update: Seattle Group Paying F.D.A. for Work on a Pneumococcal Disease Vaccine
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:33am EST by By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
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The agency said the group, PATH, would pay it $480,000 to begin building a better vaccine for the disease.
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Infection Persists, Despite Vaccine
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:28am EST by By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
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The PCV7 vaccine has all but eliminated strains of pneumococcal disease, but a serious and sometimes fatal complication has become more common.
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Letters: Care at Life’s End (1 Letter)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:22am EST
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To the Editor:.
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Letters: Let Them Eat and Drink (1 Letter)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:22am EST
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To the Editor:.
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Letters: New Thoughts on Recess (1 Letter)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:21am EST
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To the Editor:.
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Letters: Dismissing Abuse (1 Letter)
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:20am EST
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To the Editor:.
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Basics: Abstract Thoughts? The Body Takes Them Literally
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 12:11am EST by By NATALIE ANGIER
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Researchers have found that the body embodies abstractions the best way it knows how: physically.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Diabetes Drug Helps Dieting Teens Lose Weight (HealthDay)
Posted: February 1st, 2010, 11:48pm EST
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A medication used to treat type 2 diabetes appears to help overweight teenagers lose weight when combined with a program designed to help them change their lifestyle habits, researchers report.
NYT > Health
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Preschools Add Brush-and-Spit to Day
Posted: February 1st, 2010, 10:51pm EST by By KATIE ZEZIMA
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Massachusetts is the first state to require that toothbrush time be part of the preschool routine, sparking a debate.