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AmnestyInternational: In the U.S., Too Many Women Dying While Having Babies (Time.com)
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 2:30am EST
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Time.com - In a new report on pregnancy andchildbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal health care crisisin this country as part of a systemic violation of women's rights
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Democrats Struggle to Finish Health Bill
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 12:44am EST by By ROBERT PEAR
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Rank-and-file House Democrats were frustrated, saying they had received few details about what would be in the legislation.
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Dysport Takes On Botox With Aggressive Rebates
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 12:39am EST by By NATASHA SINGER
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Medicis has started a new marketing campaign that pits its wrinkle-smoother, Dysport, directly against Botox. It makes bioethicists squirm.
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New Knee May Improve Balance (HealthDay)
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- A knee replacement can help improve an elderly person's balance, according to a new study. -
Young Kids to Benefit From Broader Pneumococcal Vaccine (HealthDay)
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The recent approval of a new, more broadly effective pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) for young children could greatly reduce the prevalence of pneumococcal disease in that age group, a new government report suggests. -
Body's Response to Foods' Smell, Taste Could Be Diabetes Risk Factor (HealthDay)
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- A mutation that affects how the body responds when a person smells or tastes food may play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes in some people, U.S. researchers report. -
Obesity, Drinking a Double Threat to the Liver (HealthDay)
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 11:49pm EST
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity plus daily drinking boosts the risk of liver disease in men and women, researchers report in two new studies.
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Doctor and Patient: Learning to Keep Patients Safe in a Culture of Fear
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 9:40pm EST by By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.
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The threat of blame, even malpractice, looms over doctors working to prevent medical errors.
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World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Giving Is Its Own Reward
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 9:30pm EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Israel is starting an experiment in organ donation: sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed.
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Long-used, little-studied laxative safe, effective (Reuters)
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 1:24pm EST
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Reuters - Until now, a scant number of top notch clinical trials have evaluated whether sodium picosulfate -- the active ingredient in numerous over-the-counter laxatives -- is safe and effective.
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Concocting a Cure for Kids With Issues
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 12:17pm EST by By JUDITH WARNER
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Through a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.
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S.Africa announces plans to ramp up HIV testing (AFP)
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 7:56am EST
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AFP - The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world's worst affected country by next June.
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Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 6:14am EST by By NICHOLAS WADE
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It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.
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Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 3:20am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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The medical experts told a National Institutes of Health conference that the trend of “once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean” may be safely reversed.
L.A. Times - Health
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Pill found to outdo lotion in tough head-lice cases
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Despite results of a study, the chief author says ivermectin is not advised for first-line use, and it's not approved in the U.S. for use against lice.
Head lice are itchy, nasty nuisances that can be hard to get rid of. Can a pill provide relief? A new study has found that in tough cases, an oral medication kills the parasites more effectively than a prescription lotion applied to the scalp.
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Panel urges more choice in birth after C-section
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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A National Institutes of Health panel says vaginal birth after caesarean is reasonably safe and should be more widely available. Many hospitals ban the practice as a matter of policy or liability.
Vaginal birth after caesarean, or VBAC, is reasonably safe and should be more widely available, a National Institutes of Health advisory panel concluded Wednesday.
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National Briefing | South: Virginia: Opting to Refuse Health Overhaul
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 2:07am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The state legislature approved a measure that bucks any effort by President Obama and Congress to carry out a national health care overhaul in individual states.
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Economic Scene: Wishing for a Health Care Plan That Cuts Costs
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 1:37am EST by By DAVID LEONHARDT
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President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag for those who care about keeping down medical costs.
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Obama Gets Tough on Health Care Fraud
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 12:12am EST by By HELENE COOPER and ROBERT PEAR
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The president said he would unleash auditors in a crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud, a move to please both liberals and conservatives.
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Recipes for Health: Warm Chickpeas and Greens With Vinaigrette
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:58pm EST by By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
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In parts of France, farmers make a traditional meal of boiled chickpeas and spinach or chard.
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As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex (HealthDay)
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:48pm EST
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research finds. -
Health Tip: What's Behind Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:48pm EST
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major problem in the United States, and children are no exception. Today's kids are spending more hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and less time being active.
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Mets’ Blackley Battles A.D.D., and Fights for Baseball Future
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:46pm EST by By DAVID WALDSTEIN
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Travis Blackley, a relief pitcher from Australia who is trying to earn a spot on the Mets’ roster, has attention deficit disorder.
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CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella (AP)
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:03pm EST
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AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
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Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given (AP)
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:03pm EST
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AP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
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Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section (AP)
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 5:14pm EST
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AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section." -
Prostate test 'public health disaster': discoverer (Reuters)
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 5:11pm EST
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Reuters - The most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer, routine PSA screening, has become "a hugely expensive public health disaster," its discoverer said on Wednesday.
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Fitness : Hula-Hooping Fans Hope It Is the Next Big Trend in Fitness
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:50pm EST by By SEAN D. HAMILL
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Susan Guralnik, in white skirt, teaches a morning hooping class on the beach in Santa Monica, Calif.Hula-hooping converts are hoping it is the next big trend in fitness, but some exercise professionals are doubtful.
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Safe in Bed?
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:58pm EST by By PAULA SPAN
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Government agencies have long warned of the hazards of bed rails, but they are still used in many nursing homes.
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Maker Drops Hip Device, Then Warns of Failures
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:08am EST by By BARRY MEIER
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DePuy Orthopaedics alerted doctors to a high early failure rate of its artificial hip after announcing it would phase out the device citing slow sales.
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Flu Shots in Children Can Help Community
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 2:40am EST by By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
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A study of farming colonies in Canada found that giving flu vaccine to schoolchildren protected the community.
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Doctor's Specialty Often Steers Prostate Cancer Care (HealthDay)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 11:48pm EST
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- The kind of treatment received by a prostate cancer patient often depends on the type of specialist providing the patient's care, new research shows. -
Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years (AP)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 7:34pm EST
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AP - Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.
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Recipes for Health: Pappardelle With Greens and Ricotta
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 5:06pm EST by By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
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This pasta is ideal for a dinner party when there is little time to prepare. Just be sure to use fresh ricotta.
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Recipes for Health: Clam or Mussel Stew With Greens and Beans
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:33pm EST by By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
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This wonderful winter seafood stew is easy to make and to serve.
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Recipes for Health: Greens and Mushroom Panini
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:09pm EST by By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
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When you blanch the greens, these panini make for a quick and wonderful meal.
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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:04am EST
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AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
L.A. Times - Health
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Study: Women who drink moderately tend to gain less weight in midlife
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Women who abstained put on more pounds than those who had a drink or two per day. But researchers warn against an alcohol diet.
Women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol don't gain as much weight in midlife as those who abstain, a study has found. However, drinking should not be heralded as a new diet, said the authors and alcohol abuse experts.
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Dr. Barton Childs, Who Studied Inherited Diseases, Is Dead at 93
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:00am EST by By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
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Dr. Childs helped shape the understanding of inherited diseases as scientists learned more about so-called inborn errors of metabolism, biochemistry and molecular biology.
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State Insurance Experts See Flaw in Obama’s Plan to Curb Health Premiums
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:58am EST by By ROBERT PEAR
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Experts said state officials might be left to worry about the solvency of insurers, the ultimate consumer protection.
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Speed Reading of DNA May Help Cancer Treatment
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:50am EST by By NICHOLAS WADE
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If altered bits of genetic material could be picked up in a patient’s bloodstream, they would serve as a direct and sensitive marker of cancer.
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A Conversation With Dr. Peter J. Pronovost: Doctor Leads Quest for Safer Ways to Care for Patients
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:35am EST by By CLAUDIA DREIFUS
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Dr. Peter J. Pronovost of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.Dr. Peter J. Pronovost, medical director of the Quality and Safety Research Group at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, travels the country advising hospitals on innovative safety measures.
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Letters: An Advocate for Exercise (1 Letter)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:26am EST
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A letter to the editor.
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Senate Panel to Investigate Deaths at Long-Term Care Facilities
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:20pm EST by By ALEX BERENSON
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The investigation will focus on Select Medical, which runs more long-term care facilities than any other company.
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Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:05pm EST
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary
soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases
of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in
the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.
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HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells (HealthDay)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:05pm EST
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HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and often roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the killing powers of medicine. -
Proteins May Predict Spread of Colon Cancer (HealthDay)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:05pm EST
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HealthDay - MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- Two proteins that might serve as biomarkers for predicting the spread of colon cancer have been identified by Chinese scientists. -
Study Looks At Cost-Effectiveness of ECG in Hyperactive Kids (HealthDay)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:05pm EST
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HealthDay - MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- Electrocardiogram screening to check for heart problems in hyperactive children before prescribing stimulant medications may help identify those at risk, but is only borderline cost-effective compared to the current practice of taking a patient history and doing a physical examination, a new study shows.
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Letters: Joy, Pain and Aging (1 Letter)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:44pm EST
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A letter to the editor.
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Letters: Covering Little Ears (1 Letter)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:32pm EST
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A letter to the editor.
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Letters: The Riddle of Weight Loss (1 Letter)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:29pm EST
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A letter to the editor.
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Vital Signs: Sleep: Study Finds Many Are Too Tired for Sex
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:38pm EST by By RONI CARYN RABIN
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A National Sleep Foundation report on ethnic groups’ habits found responses on tiredness and sex were similar for most groups.
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Global Update: Counting on Clicks to Finance the Battle Against AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:38pm EST by By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
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Using their computers, travelers will be able to donate $2 when making reservations on some Internet travel sites.
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After Cancer, Women Remove Healthy Breast
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:32pm EST by By TARA PARKER-POPE
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A procedure gains popularity but doesn't improve survival odds.
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School drink deal cuts sugar (Reuters)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:30pm EST
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Reuters - A deal to sell healthier drinks in U.S. schools has slashed the amount of fattening beverages offered to students, former President Bill Clinton said on Monday as New York leaders pushed for a soda tax to tackle obesity and budget shortfalls.
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Q & A: Almonds for Calcium?
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:18pm EST by By C. CLAIBORNE RAY
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Are almonds a good source of calcium or do they block calcium absorption?
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Cases: Fake Nostalgia for a Pre-Therapy Past
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:11pm EST by By ERIK KOLBELL
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Navigating difficult years with the help of someone who gets it.
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18 and Under: When a Scratch or a Nosebleed Turns Into a Flood
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:06pm EST by By PERRI KLASS, M.D.
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Some of the ailments, like idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, are usually resolved on their own, but others require treatment.
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Old Enemy Might Help to Prevent Alzheimer’s
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:01pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Bacteria being attacked by beta amyloid, in this image enlarged 18,500 times.Beta amyloid, which was once thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer’s, may be part of the brain’s normal defenses, researchers at Harvard suggested.
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Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, researchers say (Reuters)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:00pm EST
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Reuters - U.S. researchers estimate that an 18 percent tax on pizza and soda can push down U.S. adults' calorie intake enough to lower their average weight by 5 pounds (2 kg) per year.
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Obama Warns Democrats of Urgency of Health Bill
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:58pm EST by By HELENE COOPER
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In an appearance that harked back to his 2008 campaign, President Obama made an emotional pitch for public support.
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First Mention: Defibrillators, 1948
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:55pm EST by By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
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In 1899, two Swiss researchers discovered that an irregular heartbeat could be stopped by shocking the heart.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Melanoma risk higher in Parkinson's patients (Reuters)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:44pm EST
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Reuters - People with Parkinson's disease face an increased risk of the most deadly type of skin cancer, new research confirms. -
Specialty may bias doctors' prostate cancer advice (Reuters)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:42pm EST
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Reuters - New research suggests that the type of specialist a prostate cancer patient sees -- rather than the patient's own preference -- may determine the treatment he receives.
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Personal Health: To Keep Moving, Look Beyond the Physical
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:21pm EST by By Jane E. Brody
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For many people, regular physical activity is as much about social interaction as it is about being healthy.
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Vital Signs: Childhood: 1 in 4 Parents Link Autism to Vaccines
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:18pm EST by By Roni Caryn Rabin
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Most reported vaccinating their children, but more than half said they were concerned about adverse effects.
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Vital Signs: Aging: Cognitive Decline and Hospitalization
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:14pm EST by By RONI CARYN RABIN
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A new study found that older people hospitalized for a critical condition had a statistically significant drop in scores on cognitive tests when compared with people who had not been hospitalized.
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Really?: The Claim: A Glass of Wine With Dinner Aids Digestion.
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:10pm EST by By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
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Can wine help you digest your meal?
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A Little Black Box to Jog Failing Memory
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:02pm EST by By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE
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The Sensecam measures movement and takes digital pictures.Researchers have tested the Sensecam, which contains a digital camera and an accelerometer, as an aid to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders.
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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:53pm EST
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AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
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A tipple a day keeps obesity at bay: study (AFP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:10am EST
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AFP - Women who drink a couple of glasses of red wine, beer or spirits a day are better at keeping the pounds off than women who do not drink at all, according to a study published Monday.
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Recipes for Health: Winter’s Greens
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:06am EST by By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
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Looking for new ways to get greens in your diet? An innovative panino and luxurious gratin are among this week’s recipes.
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Malaria, AIDS, TB in retreat: Global Fund (Reuters)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 10:55am EST
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Reuters - Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and prevention of killer diseases said on Monday.
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Obesity risks start before birth
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Prenatal, infancy, early childhood — factors in all may affect a person’s future weight and health.
Pam Levin's daughter weighed less than 5 pounds at birth. But by the time the child turned 3, Levin and her husband had begun to bristle at some of the comments about her. "People would say, ‘She's chunky' or ‘She's a big girl,'" Levin says.
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Fat American children: many causes, a lifetime of effects
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Eating habits, physical activity, access to parks, ethnicity, poverty and TV watching all play a role in the epidemic, as do many other factors.
The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese has been growing for decades, and now nearly one in three has a body mass index that's greater than normal. Although evidence suggests that obesity rates are leveling off overall, for some groups of kids — especially poor or minority kids — the problem continues to grow, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs.
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Goodbye chains, hello belt-drive bicycles
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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The 24 Hours of Adrenalin Solo World Championship is often a grueling showcase for the world's toughest bikes and riders, but the July event in Canmore, Canada, was something special.
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Health insurance rate hikes are par for the course
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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There are ways to keep your premiums down, even when some insurers are raising rates several times a year. Shopping around is a must.
Los Angeles resident Steven Dornbusch wasn't surprised when he learned that Anthem Blue Cross was raising premiums by a whopping 39% for many of its California policyholders.
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‘Crazy Heart’s’ addictive hero
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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What are the odds of Bad Blake, Jeff Bridges’ alcoholic, chain-smoking country singer, overcoming and/or surviving his demons?
"Crazy Heart"
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Studies show danger of even small amounts of lead in children’s blood
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Levels well below the CDC ‘threshold’ are linked to kidney damage and other harmful effects.
High doses of lead have for some time been linked to chronic kidney damage. But a recent study out of Johns Hopkins Children's Center found that even small levels of lead exposure may be damaging to children's kidneys.
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Centering body and mind
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Have you noticed that, when you're stressed and your mind is scattered, it's hard to find your balance? Practice the tree pose to help you feel centered and to focus your mental state. You'll also strengthen your legs and release tension in your thighs and hips.
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Painkillers may increase risk of hearing loss
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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In a study, men who regularly use analgesics reported hearing loss.
Perhaps it wasn't those years of listening to rock 'n' roll that damaged my hearing after all; regular use of aspirin, acetaminophen and other analgesics appears to substantially increase the risk of hearing loss, especially in men younger than 50.
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Side effects reported from generic antiseizure drug lamotrigine
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Q: I am a clinical nurse specialist who has submitted 37 adverse-event reports to the Food and Drug Administration regarding generic lamotrigine. Most involved a loss of response, but many involved side effects that did not occur with brand-name Lamictal.
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Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay)
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 7:02pm EST
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds. -
HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells (HealthDay)
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 7:02pm EST
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HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and often roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the killing powers of medicine.
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Nestlé Bringing American-Style Diet Plans to Europe
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 3:13pm EST by By MATTHEW SALTMARSH
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With obesity on the rise in Europe, Nestlé is betting that Europeans are ready to embrace a concept that has proved successful in North America.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP)
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 2:15pm EST
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AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease. -
Protect Your Baby's Smile (HealthDay)
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 11:48pm EST
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HealthDay - SATURDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- The best way to give your children's teeth a healthy start is to begin dental care early in life, and the American Dental Association has tips for keeping kids' teeth in tip-top shape: Visit the dentist for regular checkups. Set up an appointment within six months of the eruption of a child's first tooth, but no later than the first birthday. Routine exams, cleanings and fluoride treatments can catch problems early before they get worse and require significant care. ...
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Lessons at Indian Hospital About Births
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 11:10pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A small, underfunded hospital in Arizona, with about 500 births a year, is outperforming richer institutions when it comes to keeping Caesarean rates down.
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Obama Wields Analysis of Insurers in Health Battle
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 10:30pm EST by By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
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Seeking support for an overhaul, the administration is pointing to a Goldman Sachs study suggesting investors buy insurance shares because rates are up and competition is down.
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Miami Board Looks to Close Two Hospitals
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 12:12am EST by By CATHARINE SKIPP
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At risk of running out of money in May, Miami’s public health care system is also considering laying off 4,487 employees, a third of its work force.
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Senecas See Comeback Over Sale of Cigarettes
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 12:03am EST by By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
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The tribe, which controls a mail-order cigarette empire, prevailed in its campaign to fight off a ban on sales.
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Clinical Trials Update: March 5, 2010 (HealthDay)
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:48pm EST
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Prion Disease in Mice May Help Advance Alzheimer's Research (HealthDay)
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:48pm EST
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have discovered a new form of prion disease that doesn't act like related illnesses, such as mad cow disease, but instead causes brain damage similar to that produced by Alzheimer's disease. -
Freezing Technique May Stop Breast Cancer (HealthDay)
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:48pm EST
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Freezing breast tumors helped stop the spread of the cancer in mice, a new study has found. -
More Info Needed on Problems With Insulin Pumps (HealthDay)
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:48pm EST
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- The makers of insulin pumps used to treat diabetes should try to supply more information to U.S. officials when filing reports about potential problems with the devices, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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Patient Money: A Child’s Allergies Are Serious but Can Be Treated Effectively
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 10:06pm EST by By WALECIA KONRAD
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Many dubious remedies exist, but immunotherapy and careful cleaning to remove allergens and immunotherapy may be the best options.
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Bugs in the gut can cause obesity: study (AFP)
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 7:21pm EST
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AFP - The bugs that help digest food may also cause the body to pack on the pounds if they are not properly regulated, a new study has found.
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Smoking tied to lung cancer in women with HIV (Reuters)
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 4:15pm EST
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Reuters - Women infected with HIV or at risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, appear more likely to develop lung cancer than women in the general population, possibly because they are much more likely to smoke cigarettes, study findings hint.
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Obama Takes Health Care Deadline to Democrats
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 2:58pm EST by By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ROBERT PEAR
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President Obama met with insurance executives and selected House Democrats, as party leaders struggled to figure out whether they can meet his timetable.
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Kids born via IVF mostly faring well into adulthood (Reuters)
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 1:55pm EST
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Reuters - Young adults who were conceived through in-vitro fertilization are doing as well as the average young American as far as physical health, though their rates of certain psychological problems appear elevated, a new study finds.