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Friday, March 12, 2010

Health

‘Pill’ Won’t Shorten Your Life: Study

4 minutes ago - Health
Good news for women who have used birth control pills: A long

High-Impact Sports Might Not Harm Knee Replacements

20 minutes ago - Health
Patients who get a total knee replacement are usually advised to avoid high

Literature helping docs connect with patients

33 minutes ago - MSNBC Health
Doctors, nurses and other health care workers are increasingly tapping their literary sides to better understand their patients

Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care

33 minutes ago - MSNBC Health
President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Asia next week to focus on his big push on health care

Variable Blood Pressure a New Stroke Risk Factor?

36 minutes ago - Health
Challenging established medical wisdom about blood pressure and stroke, new British research suggests that extremely variable blood pressure, and not...

Obesity, Drinking a Double Threat to the Liver

52 minutes ago - Health
Obesity plus daily drinking boosts the risk of liver disease in men and women, researchers report in two new studies

Is the new Atkins diet a protein overload?

1 hour 5 minutes ago - MSNBC Health
Who wouldn’t want to lose up to 15 pounds in two weeks? The new Atkins diet book promises that kind of quick — although arguably harmful — resul...

Is goo for you? We try popular energy gels

1 hour 5 minutes ago - MSNBC Health

Sick Ground Zero workers could get $657 mln payout (AFP)

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AFP

Ground Zero workers get $657 mln compensation deal (AFP)

3 hours 16 minutes ago - Yahoo Health
AFP

Guidelines: Do medical tests later, less often (AP)

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AP

Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating (AP)

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AP

Young Kids to Benefit From Broader Pneumococcal Vaccine (HealthDay)

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HealthDay

Dutch nurses’ union: Care does not include sex

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part o...

Children’s jewelry recall expanded

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
U.S. regulators expanded their efforts Thursday to go after children's jewelry that contains high levels of the toxic metal cadmium by telling parents...

Glenn Close latest to have genes mapped

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter

Scientists Find Stem Cells in Hair That Can Become Skin

Yesterday - Health
Scientists have found a type of stem cell tucked away in hair follicles that is capable of morphing into all three types of skin cells

Health Highlights: March 11, 2010 (HealthDay)

Yesterday - Yahoo Health
HealthDay

Mind Reading Moves Closer to Reality (HealthDay)

Yesterday - Yahoo Health
HealthDay

Retail Spices Recalled in Salmonella Scare

Yesterday - WebMD
Some Whole Foods and Frontier brand spices have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination of pepper included in the products

Occasional High Blood Pressure Risky, Too?

Yesterday - WebMD
Occasional high blood pressure readings are often ignored as nothing to worry about, but a new study suggests this episodic high blood pressure is a s...

Body’s Response to Foods’ Smell, Taste Could Be Diabetes Risk Factor

Yesterday - Health
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...

Medicine’s Future Could Lie in Each Patient’s Genome

Yesterday - Health
Two separate scientific teams announced this week that they had successfully sequenced individual genomes to pinpoint precise genetic causes of illnes...

Big first trimester weight gain ups diabetes risk

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of pregnancy are more prone to develop pregnancy

Calcium may help you live longer

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests

Brain scans help researchers read minds

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
By scanning your brain, scientists can tell what memory you are recalling

Rome school’s condom machines create uproar

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will en...

FDA rules out Fosamax, thigh fracture link

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
U.S. regulators said they have found no link between oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis medications such as Merck & Co Inc.'s Fosamax and certain thigh...

Online Dating as Honest as Real Life (HealthDay)

Yesterday - Yahoo Health
HealthDay

New Knee May Improve Balance (HealthDay)

Yesterday - Yahoo Health
HealthDay

Seaweed May Help Treat Lymphoma (HealthDay)

Yesterday - Yahoo Health
HealthDay

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Melanoma (HealthDay)

Yesterday - Yahoo Health
HealthDay

Onion Cream Treats New Stretch Marks

Yesterday - WebMD
A moisturizing cream whose active ingredient is extract of onion can help to take the redness out of new stretch marks

New Knee May Improve Balance

Yesterday - Health
A knee replacement can help improve an elderly person’s balance, according to a new study

Doctors Turning to Cardiac Catheterization Too Quickly

2 days ago - Health
If you walk into an emergency room complaining of chest pains, the odds are high that you will end up having cardiac catheterization, where a thin wir...

Online Dating as Honest as Real Life

2 days ago - Health
For the millions looking for love on the Internet, the nagging question remains: Is my virtual paramour the person they say they are?

Panel Finds Many Women Can Avoid Repeat C-Sections

Yesterday - Health
Most women who have had a Cesarean delivery can safely have a vaginal delivery later, an expert panel concluded Wednesday

For Tough Head Lice, Pill Tops Lotion

Yesterday - Health
In children with hard

Doctors fail to cut cholesterol enough

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or...

Alternative to Statins Shows Promise

Yesterday - Health
A thyroid

Women guilty of feeling too guilty, study shows

Yesterday - MSNBC Health
Men are guilt

Cancer Deaths Down Since 'War on Cancer'

Yesterday - WebMD
The U.S. is making gains on at least one war front, the "War on Cancer," according to a new analysis of cancer death statistics

 

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