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Facebook to Adopt New, Better Terms of Use
The new Facebook terms of use changed by the social networking site were put forward by the company...
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Intel and GE Sign $250 Million Deal in Health Care Field
Two Giant US companies announced Thursday that they will team up to produce a line of...
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Healthy Men Should Take Finasteride to Prevent Prostate Cancer
Healthy men who want to prevent prostate cancer should begin taking finasteride, a drug used to...
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Octuplets’ Mom Explains Herself to Her Own Mother
On Monday, a videotaped fight between the octuplets’ mom and her own mother was...
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FTC Requires Better Internet Privacy Policies
Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission reprimanded Internet companies for the fact that they had...
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Birth Of Octuplets Questioned By Medical Experts
What should have been a happy event for a California woman who last week gave birth to octuplets...
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Edgar Allan Poe at the 200th Commemoration
On January 19, 1809, poet Edgar Allan Poe was born, a man who would leave an undeniable...
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Hormone Replacing Therapy Might Affect Women’s Brain Size
A recent research pointed out that women that follow HRT, or hormone-replacing therapy, might...
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Tom Cruise: It’s “Horrific” that Travoltas Lost Jett
As the private memorial service has been held in Florida for John Travolta’s 16-year-old son...
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Coca-Cola Asked To Remove ‘Plus’ Claim From Diet Coke Plus Label
The FDA is warning the Coca-Cola Company that one of its products contains inappropriate...
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Internet Explorer Still Facing Security Flaw
Six days
ago, Microsoft posted on their blog an update concerning a security flaw found in all...
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FDA Encourages Fish Consumption in Pregnant Women, Kids
Federal regulators seek to change guidelines on fish consumption for pregnant women and young...
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Medical Residents Should Sleep More to Prevent Deadly Errors
A series of reports done on the medical field have revealed
serious medical errors....
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Report: Some Foods Contain Too Much Salt
A new study to be published in the January issue of Consumer
Reports reveals that many foods...
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Today Is Word AIDS Day: Do You Know Your HIV/AIDS Status? Get Tested!
The 1st of December is World AIDS Day. To honour the 20th
anniversary of the first World Aids Day...
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Many People Don’t Get Tested For HIV
A large number of people close their eyes when it comes to getting tested for HIV, even though two...
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Chip Giant Intel Corp. Releases New Home Medical Monitor
Intel Corp., the biggest computer chip
maker, took a big step forward into health care Monday when...
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well
Statins of cholesterol-lowering drugs have been known to
reduce heart risk in people with...
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Angioplasty Overused in Heart Patients
Percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI is the clinical
name for angioplasty and cardiac...
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Government: Get Fit To Avoid Health Risks!
Whether you’re young or old, you need to keep moving! No
matter you’re doing brisk walks, running...
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New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Released, Get Moving!
Trying to prevent obesity and thus health problems related
to obesity, the Department of Health...
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Guidelines Set For Healthy Activity
In fact, forget this article and just turn off the computer and stop working on it, stop playing...
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Eat Smart at Breakfast! Popular Cereals Might Not Be the Best Choice
Everyone knows that breakfast is the most
important meal of the day. A new study shows that...
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AHA Recommends Screening For Depression In All Heart Patients
People suffering from some form of heart disease appear to
be at a higher risk of depression as...
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Medical Costs Increase Strain, Studies And Policy Analysts Say
More and more United States citizens confront with a financial problem, which is the rising burden...
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FDA Lacks Staffers, Report Shows
While repeated outbreaks of food poisoning persist in the United States, the Food and Drug...
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New Marijuana Guidelines Protect Medical Marijuana Users
The guidelines on legal pot use issued this
week by California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown offer...
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FDA’s New Guidelines Limit Conflict of Interest among Advisers
FDA on Monday issued final guidelines that
seek to limit conflicts of interest among advisory...
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Prostate Screening’s Efficiency In The Elderly Questioned
Prostate-cancer screening or the PSA test for men aged 75 or
older should be stopped because there...
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Booze Cop Considered a Hero, Restored Back to Full Duty
The 15-year veteran detective that was shot and wounded gunman Stephon Allston outside of a...
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Technology
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Firewalls keep internet attackers at bay
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Computer users and homeowners have plenty in common as they themselves...
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The FTC Asks For Better Privacy Protection Online
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just issued revised guidelines for behavioral advertising,...
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Guidelines For Your New Computer’s Workout
We all know that everybody is very excited when they buy a new computer. Without being...
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Google Denies Accusations Of Preferential Treatment
Some reports from last week indicate that Google has
been seeking preferential treatment from...
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U.S. Commission Releases Guidelines For War Against Cyberattacks
The Obama administration has a lot of issues to address,
from the economy, to the health care...
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YouTube Becomes Restrictive On Sexually Explicit Videos
Video sharing site YouTube has gained the hearts of millions
of users, but at the same time, has...
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No More Abusive Prostitution Ads On Craigslist
Craigslist has discreetly rolled out new restrictions for those posting ads to its erotic services...
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Lead Companies Take A Stand Against Censorship & Privacy Violation
Lead tech and communications companies, human rights
organizations, investors and academics united...
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How to buy a USB flash drive
Washington - USB flash drives are hot - and the demand continues to grow. Consumers are snapping up...
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Apple Adds Non-Disclosure Warnings To Developer Rejection Letters
Apple took yet another decision to reject one of its developers this week, and this should come as...
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Apple Rejects Podcaster App Cause Of Jealou…Duplication Problems
We all know that if you don’t have a nice app for the iPhone
or iPod, one that doesn’t rival with...
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YouTube Makes Sen. Lieberman Happy With New Anti-Terrorism Guidelines
In May this year, Sen. Joseph Lieberman demanded YouTube to
block videos depicting assassinations,...
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DECE Guidelines To Put Apple Under Pressure
Media industry giants, including tech leaders Toshiba,
Microsoft, Philips, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco...
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Apple, AT&T Tethering Plan In The Making?
Apple may be considering offering tethering capabilities to
its iPhone, in collaboration with...
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Internet Giants Oppose Censorship, Agree To Code Of Conduct
Internet giants Microsoft, Yahoo and Google announced they
have reached an agreement on a...
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Apple Pulls The Plug On iPhone-Modem App Without Explanation
At the end of last week, Apple turned from an iPhone app
supporter into an iPhone app killer, as...
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Google's Knol Promises to Be more Professional than Wikipedia
Wikipedia finally has a potential rival. Google launched its previously announced Google Knol...
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Facebook Announces Ranking System For 3rd Party Applications
Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive officer, announced at the company's annual...
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“Spam King” Behind Bars: Robert Soloway Gets 4 Years In Prison
Robert Soloway, also known as the “Spam King,” has been sentenced
to almost four years in...
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Do Feds Track Cell Phones without Oversight?
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have...
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eBay Unveils Plans For Project Echo
This week’s eBay Developers Conference in Chicago will
present a brand new program that will allow...
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Verizon Is Looking Out For Its Clients’ Best Interests
Verizon Wireless announced three days ago its intentions to
reach an agreement with consumer...
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YouTube Responds To Senator Lieberman
In a post on its official blog, YouTube has responded to
Senator Liberman’s request to remove...
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GTA IV Still the Hottest Subject on the Internet
First it was the bugs which plagued its launch, the budget and the soundtrack. Then the...
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CTA’s Decision to Pull GTA IV Ads Challenged in Court
After the Chicago Transit
Authority (CTA) decided to pull all ads promoting Grand Theft auto...
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Dell And HP Work The System
Dell announced yesterday that they will continue to offer Windows XP to customers even after the...
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Microsoft Presents Thoughts On Online Privacy
A few days ago, The
Federal Trade Commission presented their proposition on the guidelines for...
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On Tape Teen Beating - Parents Call For Violent Content Blocking
Following the brutal attack of a
16-year-old girl who was ruthlessly beat and videotaped while she...
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Windows XP Gets 2-Year Extension For The Sake Of Low-Cost PCs
Microsoft XP still has a future
with the ultra-low-cost PCs, Microsoft announced on Thursday,...
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PC Developers Regroup Against Consoles And Form Gaming Alliance
In the world of Xbox,
PlayStation and Wii, the PC gaming industry has had a lot to put up with...
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Health
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Americans Exposed To Heart Disease, Strokes Because Of Too Much Salt In Diet
A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers reveals that most Americans...
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HIV Treatment Should Be Started Earlier than Currently Recommended
HIV patients should begin antiretroviral treatments earlier than what current guidelines recommend...
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Intel, GE Reportedly Plan to Announce Health Care Partnership
Chip giant Intel Corp. and US conglomerate General Electric Co plan to announce a partnership in...
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Teens Should Be Screened for Depression, Experts Recommend
A government-appointed medical panel said doctors should screen all teenagers for depression, a...
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69 Percent of Americans Urged to Limit Their Salt Intake
Most Americans over the age of twenty should limit the amount of salt they consume daily to 1,500...
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Lowering Blood Glucose Levels in Critically Ill Patients Might Kill Them
A new study reported online March 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that lowering...
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Obama to End Restrictions on Stem Cell Research
Science matters to the Obama administration.
President Barack Obama will most likely sign...
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Older Men Should Consider Drugs That Prevent Prostate Cancer
Recently, medical groups have issued guidelines recommending healthy older men to consider...
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Baldness Drug May Help Healthy Men Prevent Prostate Cancer
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Urological Association on Tuesday...
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Economic Stimulus Bill Raises Concern over Rationed Health Care
Opponents to the new economic stimulus bill are concerned that the plan could result in the...
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Diabetes Test A1C May Be Soon Used As Diagnostic Tool
A1C test, also called the HbA1c or glycated hemoglobin test, may be soon used as a tool for...
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Multiple Births – A Reason Of Concern Rather Than Joy
Thanks to fertility treatments, multiple births have become more common in the last few decades,...
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If You Suffer From Diabetes You Don’t Have to Exercise Your Hear Out After All
Rather than slaving away for hours in the gym, people should focus their attention on quick...
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FDA Releases Guidelines for Genetically Engineered Animals
The Food and Drug Administration issued on Thursday “The Regulation of Genetically...
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Coca-Cola Faces Suit over VitaminWater
Nutrition advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest sued Coca-Cola on Thursday for...
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FDA Allows Drugmakers to Advise Doctors on Off-label Uses
Just days before the Bush administration turns over power to President-elect Barack Obama’s...
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Early C-Sections Pose Risks For Babies, Study Reveals
Babies born by Caesarean section earlier than medical guidelines recommend are twice as...
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An Early C-Section Is Definitely Not The Best Choice
According to a new study, early elective cesarean sections pose serious risks to newborns. The...
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Go to the Gym to Look Good for 2009! Fitness Centers Offer Discounts to Attract Members
Fitness centers are working to attract new members for 2009. According to statistics released by...
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FDA Issues Warning Letter over Labeling of Diet Coke Plus
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to Coca-Cola Co. earlier this month...
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FDA: Diet Coke Plus’s Label Contains False Vitamin Claims
In a letter addressed to Coca-Cola, the Food and Drug Administration said the beverage company...
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FDA Wants More Study for Diabetes Drugs to Better Asses for Heart Risks
More than a year after GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Avandia was linked to higher risk of heart...
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Half-Dose Flu Shots Work Just As Well In Young Adults
As the National Influenza Vaccination Week is ongoing, all Americans at high risk of getting the...
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Women More Likely Than Men To Die From Severe Heart Attack
A new study suggests that women are less
likely than men to get proper care after being...
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Americans Don’t Exercise Enough
One of the biggest health risks that the United States face at the moment is obesity. In a recent...
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One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Physical Activity
A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention found that approximately...
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Stem Cells Anyone? Think Twice
A recent study was presented on Wednesday by scientists at the University of Alberta in Canada....
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Rogue Clinics Deceive Patients With Unsafe Stem Cell Therapies
Stem cell therapy has become one of the main points of
interest in medicine today, thanks to its...
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Medical Residents To Get More Sleeping Hours
A national report has shown that the lack of sleep between shifts can disturb a doctor's work and,...
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Panel: Medical Residents Should Sleep More to Prevent Deadly Errors
A series of reports done on the medical field have revealed
serious medical errors....
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