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July 2008 - Posts
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Life-saving surgery may not induce some patients with alcoholic liver disease to stop drinking, researchers report. Read More...
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A woman's risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of risks for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, appears to rise with the transition to menopause, Read More...
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Using a new technique to reprogram cells, scientists are growing neurons from people with Lou Gehrig's disease, a possible first step in understanding Read More...
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Here's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat? Read More...
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Will you spend the rest of your life paying for therapy if your kid walks in on you having sex? Is the pill to blame for one wife’s low libido? And when Read More...
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Australian medical authorities are warning employees against using an online company that is planning to sell fake doctors' sick notes that would allow Read More...
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A White House proposal aimed at protecting health-care workers who object to abortion and some birth-control methods has escalated a debate over the balance Read More...
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Talk about New Jersey’s fat cats. A 44-pound feline was found waddling around Saturday without a collar in Voorhees, and officials at the Camden County Read More...
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A group of emergency room doctors is warning of rising injuries and even deaths involving text-messaging motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, even Rollerbladers Read More...
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A drug for Alzheimer's disease made by Medivation Inc called Dimebon kept symptoms at bay for 18 months, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Read More...
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Federal health officials say the salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in irrigation water and a serrano pepper at a Mexican Read More...
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Two huge international studies show that people who lack certain chunks of DNA run a dramatically higher risk of getting schizophrenia. Read More...
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Those consumers already worried about genetically engineered or cloned food reaching their tables may soon find something else in their grocery carts to Read More...
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Doctors love to talk shop. Now they're turning to an online community to share advice, vent and empathize. Read More...
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Children aren't at risk for lead exposure from synthetic athletic fields, according to a report Wednesday from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Read More...
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When you're 37 and stressed about making babies some day, egg freezing offers the promise of preserving fertility. Read More...
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NBC's George Lewis shares his personal experience with prostate cancer. Read More...
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Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new government research Read More...
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Looking to entice those hungry for a healthier option, Dunkin’ Donuts will begin offering a new slate of better-for-you offerings in August. Read More...
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Twinkle, twinkle, little Internet router. And cell phone. And digital video recorder. And cable modem. And game console. And power strip. And TV — even Read More...
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The nation's largest pediatricians' group says most children getting attention-deficit drugs don't need heart screening, challenging advice from a leading Read More...
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For the first time, an experimental drug shows promise for halting the progression of Alzheimer's disease by breaking up the protein tangles that clog Read More...
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The U.S. has targeted policies and funding to fight against AIDS globally, but officials have neglected the epidemic among black Americans, the Black AIDS Read More...
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The numbers of people dying of AIDS and becoming infected with the virus that causes it have dropped modestly in recent years amid intensified global efforts Read More...
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Don't trust your doctor? You're not alone. The New York Times' Tara Parker-Pope explores the demise of the doctor-patient relationship, once the cornerstone Read More...
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The year your neighborhood was built might be a factor in how much you weigh, a new study says. Those built before 1950 were designed to encourage more Read More...
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In the impoverished neighborhood of South Los Angeles, fast food is the easiest cuisine to find — and that's a problem for elected officials who see it Read More...
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Congressional negotiators agreed Monday to a ban on a family of toxins found in children's products, handing a major victory to parents and health experts Read More...
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New research shows that a milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer’s disease is much more common than thought. Read More...
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One of three U.S. adults already suffers from some degree of hearing loss and the use of personal stereos and an aging population may create a hearing Read More...
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A study published today in the journal Neurology followed 1,674 elderly Mexican Americans and found that, after adjusting for factors like education, smoking Read More...
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At-home deaths caused by a lethal mix of prescription medications, alcohol and street drugs rose by more than 3,000 percent during the past two decades, Read More...
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Rural highways are some of the deadliest in the country, studies have shown, so some researchers have created a new interactive map that drivers can use Read More...
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Could food producers literally squeeze the salmonella out of a jalapeno? Or zap the E. coli from lettuce without it going limp? Read More...
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The Japanese are true hands-on parents, helping their children with everything from university entrance exams to finding a job. Now they're playing matchmakers Read More...
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Up to 69 percent of men who receive hormone deprivation therapy for prostate cancer will experience some degree of cognitive impairment, such as in the Read More...
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It might not be up there with burglary or other types of property theft, but dognapping is on the rise, says the American Kennel Club. Some say the economy Read More...
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Researchers are aiming lasers and a common enzyme found in tears at disease-causing bacteria, strategies that may help stem the growing tide of multidrug-resistant Read More...
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More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says Read More...
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Researchers working on an artificial pancreas believe they are just a few years away from a nearly carefree way for people with diabetes to monitor blood Read More...
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It's a classic parenting dilemma of the wireless age: Should kids have cell phones? Last week's warning by the head of a cancer research institute is adding Read More...
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The FDA is ill-equipped to catch even blatant marketing abuses by drug companies promoting medications for conditions they haven't been approved for, a Read More...
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Here's how to safeguard yourself from environmental toxins. Read More...
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Research shows that beef from grass-fed cattle is leaner, healthier, and less costly to the planet — and may even be safer to eat than the heifers you're Read More...
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Legislation on $40 billion AIDS funding due to be signed by President Bush extends an implicit pledge: to continue purchasing lifesaving drugs for millions Read More...
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Both bullies and their victims are at risk for problems that threaten their health, safety and education — but the bullies themselves may be more affected, Read More...
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Customers are asking questions and rejecting old favorites at Mexican restaurants after the FDA said jalapeños may be to blame for the salmonella outbreak. Read More...
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California is joining the health crusade against artery-clogging trans fats. Read More...
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The government is narrowing its warning to hot pepper lovers, saying only Mexican-grown jalapenos now are linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak Read More...
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When there's an urgent need to trace produce in a crisis, a lot of the pieces for a rapid-response system are in place. But the U.S. hasn't quite figured Read More...
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Barack Obama spoke in front of 200,000 Germans in Berlin at the start of a European tour, while John McCain talked to small business leaders at a fourth-generation Read More...
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The plant has been described by local residents as magical, its qualities almost mythical. Read More...
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Randy Pausch, a former Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an international sensation, Read More...
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One of the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S. is teaching the food industry the truth of the adage, "Be careful what you wish for because Read More...
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Cocktails of HIV drugs help patients live an average of 13 years longer — if they are lucky enough to get them, researchers reported on Thursday. Read More...
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Early fears about IVF turned out to be misplaced, but 30 years after the birth of the first 'test-tube' baby, new worries about the evolving uses of reproductive Read More...
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Old School P.E. is a two-hour exercise program strictly for adults, built around grown-up versions of gym class staples. Participants say getting in shape Read More...
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AIDS patients should have a genetic test before treatment with GlaxoSmithKline Plc's drug Ziagen to see whether they face a higher risk of a potentially Read More...
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Two forms of oxygen therapy may help manage two types of debilitating headache pain, a new research review suggests. Read More...
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More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally Read More...
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Scientists will have to take “enormous intellectual leaps” to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure Read More...
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Old people are known to be lousy sleepers, but a new study suggests it might all be in their heads, at least for many of them. Read More...
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The European Union’s top food safety agency said on Thursday cloned animal products may not be safe and further study was needed, prompting another battle Read More...
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Eating a half serving a day of soy-based foods could be enough to significantly lower a man’s sperm count, U.S. researchers said. Read More...
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