 As TV Drug Ads Increase, So Do Concerns (HealthDay)
 04.10.2009 12:03  30 views  0 comments
 HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- You can't channel surf at all
these days without stumbling across drug advertisements featuring happy
people, sunny days, vague descriptions and a quickly mumbled list of side
effects. Read more »
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Hairstylists Often Privy to Older Clients' Health Issues (HealthDay)
04.10.2009 12:03 34 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Hairstylists can do more than
make their clients look good, they may also be helpful in getting some
elderly people the health-care services they need, an Ohio State
University study suggests. Read more »
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1 Million 'Preemie' Babies Die Each Year: Report (HealthDay)
04.10.2009 12:03 32 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 13 million
infants worldwide are born premature each year and more than one million
of them die within the first month of life, according to a report released
Sunday. Read more »
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Report: 13 million babies worldwide born premature (AP)
04.10.2009 12:00 38 views 0 comments
 AP - They call it kangaroo care: A premature baby nestles skin-to-skin against mom's bare, warm chest. In Malawi, mothers' bodies take the place of too-pricey incubators to keep these fragile newborns alive. Read more »
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Stem cell pioneers among Nobel Prize candidates (AP)
04.10.2009 10:35 29 views 0 comments
 AP - Two Canadian scientists whose discovery of stem cells has paved the way for controversial research could be candidates for the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine, the winners of which will be announced Monday. Read more »
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'Explosive' swine flu threat for poor nations: UN (AFP)
04.10.2009 10:19 35 views 0 comments
 AFP - Poor countries face "explosive outbreaks" of the global swine flu pandemic and need speedy financial assistance to access vaccines, UN officials warned on Sunday. Read more »
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In Health Care Today, It's Electronic All the Way (HealthDay)
03.10.2009 23:48 30 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - SATURDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Imagine that you see a new
mole and don't like the looks of it so you take a picture of it using your
cell phone and e-mail it to your family doctor for an opinion. Read more »
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US rolls out massive swine flu vaccination campaign (AFP)
03.10.2009 22:09 29 views 0 comments
 AFP - US health authorities are hoping to contain what they say is an intensifying swine flu pandemic with a massive A(H1N1) vaccination campaign starting this week. Read more »
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In Health Care Today, It's Electronic All the Way (HealthDay)
03.10.2009 17:03 32 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - SATURDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Imagine that you see a new
mole and don't like the looks of it so you take a picture of it using your
cell phone and e-mail it to your family doctor for an opinion. Read more »
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In Health Care Today, It's Electronic All the Way (HealthDay)
03.10.2009 12:03 27 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - SATURDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Imagine that you see a new
mole and don't like the looks of it so you take a picture of it using your
cell phone and e-mail it to your family doctor for an opinion. Read more »
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Ethiopia gears up for malaria outbreak (AFP)
03.10.2009 8:00 31 views 0 comments
 AFP - Ethiopia is stockpiling medicine to counter an expected surge in malaria cases due to hotter weather, its health ministry said on Saturday. Read more »
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Health care reform key for small businesses: Obama (AFP)
03.10.2009 6:08 30 views 0 comments
 AFP - US President Barack Obama said Saturday his health care reform was key to ensuring growth of small businesses in the United States and their ability to create new jobs. Read more »
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Health care overhaul could raise Medicare Rx costs (AP)
03.10.2009 1:59 37 views 0 comments
 AP - Medicare recipients could see higher premiums for prescription drug coverage as a result of changes to complex provisions in a Senate health care bill, a senior Republican said Friday. Read more »
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Health overhaul closer than ever - and yet far off (AP)
03.10.2009 1:53 32 views 0 comments
 AP - Eight months in office, Barack Obama has now pushed closer than any other president in generations to creating a basic health care safety net for working Americans. Yet the fate of legislation delivering on his goal is far from certain: Republicans are nearly unified in opposition, Democrats hardly united in support. Read more »
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Swine Flu Tests Could Swamp Diagnostic Labs (HealthDay)
02.10.2009 23:49 27 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Concerns about a swine flu outbreak
this fall are spreading to the nation's diagnostic laboratories, which
could see a big surge in their testing workload this fall. Read more »
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Health Tip: Getting Cancer Support (HealthDay)
02.10.2009 23:49 30 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- People struggling with a cancer diagnosis
and treatment may need a lot of extra help and support. Read more »
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Health Tip: Help Prevent Childhood Migraines (HealthDay)
02.10.2009 23:49 27 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Adults aren't the only ones affected by the
often disabling pain of a migraine. Many children and teens also are prone
to the intense pounding, occasional nausea and "aura" that warns some
migraine sufferers. Read more »
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Study Counters Warnings on Quit-Smoking Drug (HealthDay)
02.10.2009 23:49 27 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The smoking cessation drug
varenicline (Chantix) does not increase the risk for self-harm or
depression, according to a new British study. Read more »
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Half of U.S. Babies Living Today May Reach 100 (HealthDay)
02.10.2009 23:49 32 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- If current life expectancy
trends continue, more than half of babies born in rich nations since 2000
will live to 100 years of age, and they'll have less disability than
elderly people in previous generations. Read more »
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Health Highlights: Oct. 2, 2009 (HealthDay)
02.10.2009 23:49 30 views 0 comments
 HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay: Read more »
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