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Breastfeeding Found to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
Women who breastfeed their babies appear to have a reduced risk of developing heart disease when...
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Psoriasis May Lead to Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
A new study published in the April edition of the journal Archives of Dermatology concludes that...
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Second US Face Transplant Completed at Boston Hospital
A team of surgeons at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Thursday successfully replaced nearly...
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Belly Fat Tied to Increased Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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Former First Lady Barbara Bush in Good Health after Heart Surgery
Former first lady Barbara Bush is expected to be moved out of intensive care on Saturday after...
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MRSA Infections Declining in Hospital Intensive-Care Units
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections among some of the most...
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Women Who Enjoy Coffee Have Lower Stroke Risk
Women who enjoy coffee on daily basis have a lower risk of stroke, according to a study to be...
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Octuplets in California are “very well”
On Tuesday, a doctor at the hospital were the octuplets were born stated that the eight...
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Recent Studies Should Discourage Smokers
Recent studies show quite some interesting things about smokers and smoking. A West Virginia...
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Researchers Find Simple Steps To Be Really Useful For Surgical Teams
Researchers have just announced on Tuesday that a few simple steps may help doctors and nurses from...
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Surgeon’s Checklist May Reduce Surgical Errors
A new study shows that surgeons who used a verbal checklist before, during and after the...
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Economy Affects Hospitals In U.S.
Healthcare companies and organizations are about to confront with a “watershed” 2009, a...
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“Right of conscience,” The Most Disarming and Bitter moral Lesson
A new law known as the “right of conscience” ruled passed by the Bush administration...
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U.S. receive “C” For State Of Emergency Medicine
In a report card released by the American College of Emergency Physicians, Colorado earned a “C+”...
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Zimbabwe Declares Cholera Outbreak a National Emergency, Calls for Help
Zimbabwe
has declared a cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 560 lives to be a
national...
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Three Hospital Employees Fired After Patient’s Death
Three employees at Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro were fired and others were disciplined in the death...
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Investigation Shows Disastrous Situation in Washington Hospitals
A news investigation conducted by The Times takes a hard look at Washington hospitals’ failure to...
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Colour blindness incurable, but manageable
Heidelberg, Germany - Four-year-old Leo can clearly distinguish black, white, blue and yellow but...
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Intel Releases Its First Home Medical Device
Intel has initiated pilot programs to examine a home health laptop, application, and database...
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Due to The Amputee’s Case The Reach of Drug Warning Labels Is Finally Being Reconsidered
As they hear arguments in the case of Diana Levine against the drug company Wyeth, the U.S. Supreme...
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Many U.S. Patient Aren’t Satisfied With Their Care
A good number of patients are contended with the care they receive when hospitalized but many are...
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Update: Survey Shows Many US Hospitals Get Low Scores On Pain Management
In an attempt to provide a portrait of
patients’ experiences in US hospitals, a team of...
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Signs of Dementia Go beyond Forgetfulness
Berlin - Dementia has many facets. Memory loss and personality changes are among the most...
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More Exercise and Less Alcohol
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a lot of reports and studies linked to breast...
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First Double Arm Transplant, a Real Success
The first double arm transplant in the world took place in
Munich, at the University Clinic. The...
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German Farmer Recovering Well after Double Arm Transplant
A 54-year old German farmer received the
world’s first complete double arm transplant at the...
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Update: New Arms For 54-Year-Old German Amputee
The medical world is making astonishing progress in its mission to cure and heal the ill. One of...
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4 Doctors Receive Genius Grants
Among the 25 recipients of $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius grants”, there were four...
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New York City Plans To Expand Primary Care Centers
According to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, New York City is determined to found more...
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Man Who Illegally Sold Body Parts for Implant Surgeries Pleads Guilty
Michael Mastromarino, 44, of Fort Lee, N.J, the ringleader of a national body parts scheme, pleaded...
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Jay Leno Hospitalized, Misses Taping of Tonight Show
Comedian and talk show host Jay Leno was taken to a hospital in Los Angeles on Thursday due to an...
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Restless Legs Syndrome Associated with Obesity
Having too much belly fat appears to be an increasing risk even for developing restless legs...
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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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Chimp Attack Victim Is Still Struggling For Her Life
The Connecticut woman who was mauled last month by a chimpanzee remains in critical condition at...
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Coffee “Addicts” May Have Lower Risk of Stroke
Drinking two or more cups of coffee per day appears to reduce the risk for stroke among women,...
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Octuplets’ Mother Has Six Other Children
The woman giving birth to octuplets this week at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in the Los...
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Surgeon’s Checklist Could Reduce Surgical Errors
A new study shows that surgeons who used a verbal checklist before, during and after the...
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Faith Williams Still in Serious Condition after Separation Surgery
Faith Williams, the baby girl that survived an emergency
surgery of separation from her baby...
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Baby Girl Born During One Of Finnair's Flights
Helsinki - A baby girl was born yesterday onboard of a flight operated by Finnish carrier...
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Maternity Tourist Boom Brings Midwife Crisis to Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Like most things from the cradle to the grave in Hong Kong, it used to be simply a...
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Identical Triplets Released from NY Hospital
The Lyons
probably knew they would be blessed with triplets. What they had no idea of was
that...
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World’s First Double Arm Transplant Proves Successful
After an accident that left him without both arms, Karl Merk
feels like “a whole man again,”...
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First Recipient Of Double Arm Transplant Can Use His Hands Again
Karl Merk, who this summer became the world’s first double arm transplant recipient, can now use...
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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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New Rule Would Give Doctors the Chance to Say NO to Abortions
Federal health officials announced on Thursday plans to implement
a regulation, which would give...
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Bush Plan Would Protect Doctors Who Oppose Abortion
Federal health officials have proposed a new regulation that would offer protection to doctors,...
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Report: Lapdancing therapy for four British men with brain disease
London - Four British men, all suffering from a rare brain disease, were allowed to swap pills for...
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Boy, 3, Rescued from the Bottom of Michigan Lake Makes a Complete Recovery
A 3-year-old boy who was submerged in Lake Michigan after a gust of wind blew him into the
water,...
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Video: Dying Woman Totally Ignored by Brooklyn Hospital Staff
Kings
County Hospital
Center knocked everybody
down when a surveillance tape, showing a dying...
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Minnesota: TV Ad Backs Medical Marijuana Use
A new TV ad, featuring a woman suffering from extreme back
pain, is the first in a new series...
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Cedars-Sinai Fined Over Dennis Quaid Twins Blunder
The state of California fined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles $25,000 for nearly killing...
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Japan triples medical staff at airports to check for flu
Tokyo - Japanese airports increased the number of quarantine officials Tuesday as...
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Brown Says He Is Up to the Job as Unions Square Up for Fight
London - Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Monday that he was the right man to...
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Man Who Illegally Sold Body Parts For Implant Surgeries Pleads Guilty
Michael Mastromarino, 44, of Fort Lee, N.J, the ringleader of a national body parts scheme, pleaded...
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Obama: Rescue US from "failed" Bush presidency
Denver, Colorado - Barack Obama laid out a plan to rescue the United States from "failed...
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“Babyland” Presents Infant Mortality Rates In Tennessee
Despite the welfare of the U.S., the federal republic has the highest rate of infant mortality,...
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North Carolina Patient Dies After Being Left In A Chair For 22 Hours
According to federal
officials, a North Carolina
mental patient passed away after the nurses at...
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Brooklyn Hospital Condemned Over Ignorance in Woman’s Death
The video with the dying patient totally ignored by the
medical staff at Kings County...
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DCF Makes Up To A 9 Year Old Abused Girl With Millions
Despite the social workers abuse reports
regarding Marissa Amora when she was still a baby,...
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Car Crashes into Restaurant, Five Injured
Four teenagers eating at an outside table at Culver’s
restaurant in Plymouth were injured Sunday...
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American Airlines Says Crew Helped Brooklyn Woman
American Airlines issued a statement on Monday in which they emphasized the fact that the woman who...
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Woman with Heart Disease Dies on Plane, 2 Oxygen Tanks Empty
A deadly incident took place aboard an American Airlines plane as one of the passengers died...
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Head of Kidney Transplant Ring Extradited to India
The supposed ringleader of a syndicate that allegedly illegally removed hundreds of kidneys from...
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Kidney Ring Mastermind Caught In Nepal
The suspect mastermind that was behind the illegal organ transplant
operation in India...
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UK Police Officers Protest Over Pay Rise
Almost 22,500 police officers from UK gathered today in London to protest about the rate of pay....
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Giuliani Hospitalized in St. Louis Due to Flu-Like Symptoms
Rudi Giuliani, the Republican candidate for presidency, was checked in a St. Louis hospital during...
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Gadhafi Says that Libya is not Linked in Terrorist Acts
In his day two of his trip to France Libyan leader Moammar
Gadhafi said that his government has...
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Cecilia Sarkozy Gives An Tell-All Interview
In an interview for the Friday edition of the French
newspaper L'Est Republicain Cecilia Sarkozy...
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Sarkozy And Wife Have Separated
The French President’s office confirmed today that Nicolas
Sarkozy and his wife, Cecilia, are...
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French Media Says Divorce Imminent For Nicolas and Cecilia Sarkozy
The rumors about the divorce of the French Presidents Nicolas
Sarkozy intensified after the...
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Bulgarian Authorities Investigate Possible Torture of Its Medics in Libya
Bulgarian authorities launched an investigation after the five nurses and Palestinian doctor...
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Libya to Buy French Missiles, Military Equipment
Libyan officials confirmed that a 300-million-euros deal between Tripoli and a French company...
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South Korean Hostage Killed By Taliban
The body of one of the 23 Sout Korean hostages has been found
killed in the central district of...
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Sarkozy To Visit Libyan Leader Moammar Gaddafi
One day after the release of the six Bulgarian medics
sentenced to death for allegedly infecting...
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Taliban Threaten Will Kill "Some Of" South Korean Hostages
Rebels holding 23 South Koreans hostages threaten to kill "a
few" of them after...
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Bulgarian Medics Returns Home And Receives President Pardon
The six Bulgarian medics, five nurses and a doctor, arrived
in Bulgaria
and received a pardon...
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Sentences for Bulgarian Nurses and Palestinian Doctor Commuted
Libya changed the death sentences against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor into life...
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Libya's Supreme Court Confirms Death Sentence for Medics
Libya’s supreme court confirmed Wednesday death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a...
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