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Doctors Should Be Alert During Hib Vaccine Shortage, CDC Says
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on
Thursday urged doctors and health agencies to...
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Early HIV Treatment Cuts Babies’ Death Risk
A study in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine reveals that, for infants with...
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Pioneering Stem-Cell Surgery Performed
Through a cooperation of 4 European universities, physicians
have performed the world’s first...
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Large Waist Doubles Premature Death Risk
A European study suggests that people with a large waist are almost twice
more prone to premature...
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Nationwide Premature Birth Report Gives States Grades For Premature Births
Each year, more than 530,000 babies are
born before 37 full weeks of gestation, statistics show....
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New Test to ID Heart Failure Patients in ER Proves Better in Trial
Researchers at the American Heart Association’s Scientific
Sessions 2008 presented on Tuesday a...
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Avapro Blood Pressure Drug Ineffective To Heart-Failure Patients
In a clinical trial, the blood pressure medicine Avapro didn’t perform better than other medicines...
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Sleep Deprived People With Hypertension Stand Higher Heart Risk
Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s
just a movie on our laptop or catching up...
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Study: Tarceva Delays Progress Of Lung Cancer
Tarceva’s manufacturers, Genetech Inc and OSI Pharmaceuticals, said the drug proved its...
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Salmonella in Dry Pet Food Sickened 79 People
At least 79 cases of infection with salmonella traced to dry dog food have been identified, U.S....
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New Treatment For Pneumonia Presented In Sweden
A new medical study managed to find a connection between a probiotic bacterium called Lactobacillus...
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Obesity, Sedentary Life Blamed For Soaring Rates Of Diabetes In The South
The rate of new cases of diabetes almost doubled in the US in
the past ten years, fueled by...
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Watch Out For Your Blood Sugar!
According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 23 million Americans have...
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Early Insulin Treatment Does Not Help Preemies
Early insulin treatments intended to
improve health of premature babies failed to boost the...
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Statins May Cut Pneumonia Death Risk, New Study Shows
According to the results of a new study
featured in the October 27 issue of Archives
of Internal...
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Preterm Delivery May Be Linked To Depression
A survey says that about 10 to 20% of pregnant women show some symptoms of depression and that a...
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Depression during Pregnancy Doubles the Risk of Preterm Delivery
Pregnant women with significant depressive
symptoms during pregnancy have the highest chance of...
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EPA Sets New Standard On Lead Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced yesterday the decision to change the federal...
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“Car Surfing” Turned Deadly for 58 People in the US
Car surfing has become a dangerous “sport” in the United
States leading to 58 fatalities during an...
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Infant Mortality Rate Still Too High, U.S. Rank 29th
Fewer infants are dying in the United States, 2 percent fewer, but the rate is still high according...
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Infant Mortality Rate in the U.S. Still High
A report from the federal Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention shows that the infant...
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HealthGrades Annual Hospital Quality Study Released
Analyzing 17 procedures undergone at 5,000 US hospitals from
2005 to 2007, HealthGrades, a leader...
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US Infant Mortality Rate – Definitely Not Improving, CDC Says
Infant mortality rate is continuously decreasing in the
United States, dropping to 29th in the...
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Smoking Results in Lower Quality of Life As Well
Smoking not only shortens life but it also lowers quality of
life, according to a Finnish study...
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Colon Cancer Screening Recommended Between Age 50 And 75
According to the US Preventive Services Task Force’ recommendations, people after age 75 who have...
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HIV-Living Population Rising 11 Percent in the US
The number of people living with HIV is growing as more
patients survive thanks to antiretroviral...
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Who Would Have Thought That Cancer Drugs May Be Impeded By Vitamin C?
It appears that vitamin C supplements don’t have beneficial effects on patients struggling with...
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Most Africans Still Have No Access to Malaria Testing, Drugs: MSF
Johannesburg - International medical non-governmental organization, Doctors
without Borders...
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Empathy Is Not Something Some Doctors Can Easily Offer
Empathy – the identification with and understanding of
another person’s situation and feelings –...
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HPV Test For Women In Developing Countries
According to Reuters, doctors claimed that a new rapid cervical cancer test, known as care HPV,...
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Patient Receives New Windpipe Made From Owen Stem Cells
Some European doctors have performed the first trachea transplant using a woman’s own stem cells...
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Most States Get Ds for Preterm Birth Rate
The United
States’ high rate of premature births has earned the
state a D, according to the...
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8 More Salmonella Cases Tied To Dry Pet Food
Eight more cases of people becoming infected with salmonella Schwarzengrund have been identified,...
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Depression Might Double Risk Of Preterm Delivery
Depression during pregnancy was found to double the chance of a woman to deliver her baby before...
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Pregnancy Depression And Preterm Delivery Go Hand-In-Hand
Mothers-to-be who are depressed during pregnancy
have a higher risk of premature delivery, a new...
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Depressed Pregnant Women Are Twice As Likely To Deliver Before Term
Depression during pregnancy raises considerably a woman’s
chance to deliver her baby before term,...
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U.S.A Ranking Low In Infant Mortality Rate
Recent data from the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention shows that infant deaths declined...
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25% Of U.S. Teen Girls Received Protection Against Cervical Cancer
An estimated 25 percent of American teenage girls received
at least one dose of the Gardasil...
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The Nobel Prize Rekindles 25 Years Old Controversy
On Monday, the
Nobel committee awarded the famous prize to Dr. Luc Montagnier, a...
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German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries
Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
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Number Of Americans Living With HIV Tops 1.1 Million, CDC Says
An estimated 1.1 million Americans have contracted the AIDS virus, the Centers for Disease Control...
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Eprex Under Close Scrutiny After German Trial Study
A Johnson & Johnson anemia drug tested in Germany on a panel of stroke patients is...
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Homosexuals, Blacks Bear the Heaviest Burden of HIV Infections
A new report on HIV infections released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Fish-Oil Can Reduce Heart-Failure Mortality Rate
A study conducted by a team of 357 Italian cardiology
centers has found that omega-3...
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Fish Oil Supplements Can Reduce Mortality Risk in Heart Failure Patients
The fact that fish oil and its significant component, omega-3 fatty acids can improve brain power,...
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New Gorilla Population Found In Congo
Today researchers
happily announced they found 25,000 western lowland gorillas in the
Republic of...
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The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine
Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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2008 Kids Count Data Book
The situation of children in the United States shows slight signs of
improvement from 2000 to...
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Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US
Being educated could boost your chances to live longer new
research suggests.
American...
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Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution
Short-term exposure to current levels of ozone pollution is
directly linked to poor health in...
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Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US
Americans’ life expectancy is stagnating or falling as
obesity, high blood pressure, different...
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Rock Stars Rock, But They Die Younger: Study
You would not believe it by looking at the Rolling Stones however, a new study says rock stars are...
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