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New way to spot bowel cancer could save lives: study (AFP)
Wed Aug 20th at 6:30 am ET

AFP - Researchers in Britain have developed a more accurate technique for spotting the most aggressive forms of bowel cancer, according to a new st...

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Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes (AP)
Wed Aug 20th at 1:23 am ET

AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researc...

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ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (HealthDay)
Tue Aug 19th at 11:47 pm ET

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A daily dose of the erectile dysfunction drug tadalafil (Cialis) helped relieve lower urinary trac...

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 19, 2008 (HealthDay)
Tue Aug 19th at 11:47 pm ET

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

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Medicare Web Site Confounds Many Seniors (HealthDay)
Tue Aug 19th at 11:47 pm ET

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A majority of seniors who visit the Medicare Web site find getting the information they need a fru...

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Obesity Rates Up in 37 States: Report (HealthDay)
Tue Aug 19th at 11:47 pm ET

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity epidemic in America has gotten worse -- not better -- in the last year, despite public...

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Can We Prevent Another Blackout?
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

One lesson from the blackout of 2003 is that the U.S. power grid is long overdue for a major overhaul. But five years later, the system hasn't gott...

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Dirty Restaurants: Sounding an Alarm
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

A new report calls for a nationwide standard on restaurant cleanliness, and for access to each establishment's grade

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Will Women Ever Outrun Men?
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

Some researchers have speculated that women are physically better suited to run longer distances faster than men. A sports scientist discusses the ...

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Runners' High: Joggers Live Longer
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

A new study suggests that avid runners enjoy better health than non-exercisers -- and that the benefits endure for years

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Nagging Questions in Anthrax Case
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

If Bruce Ivins carried out the anthrax attacks in 2001, the scientific and forensic evidence should prove it. Scientists are asking why the FBI has...

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Statistical Studies vs. Good Medicine
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

Insurance companies and hospital administrators like evidence-based research. For doctors and patients, sometimes it's more complicated

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Coastal Dead Zones Are Growing
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

Scientists say the number of coastal dead zones has doubled since 2006, to the detriment of already troubled fisheries

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Beijing Smog Cleanup: Has It Worked?
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

Chinese officials implemented $17 billion in antipollution programs before the start of the Games. The skies are clearer, but simple meteorology ma...

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Should Clinical Trials Be Outsourced?
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

Western drug makers are increasingly outsourcing human clinical drug trials -- and India is getting the lion's share of the market. Is it putting m...

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Dear Parents: Your Child Is Fat
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

A new plan by English schools to keep parents informed about their children's weight draws fire for being too soft

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Drilling for Oil Way, Way Offshore
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

Rising oil prices may lead to more drilling offshore in the U.S., but the real environmental harm will likely be borne far overseas, by poor countr...

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Helping the Hidden Community of HIV
Tue Aug 19th at 8:15 pm ET

To help stem the spread of the HIV epidemic, public health officials are making a renewed effort to reach out to closeted gay men in oppressive soc...

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Stem cell advance may help transfusion supplies (AP)
Tue Aug 19th at 3:13 pm ET

AP - Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusi...

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New study backs angioplasty through the wrist (AP)
Tue Aug 19th at 7:47 am ET

AP - The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States ea...

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Reaching the Heart Through the Wrist
Tue Aug 19th at 3:00 am ET

Title: Reaching the Heart Through the WristCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/19/2008

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Low Vitamin D Raises Women's Hip Fracture Risk
Tue Aug 19th at 3:00 am ET

Title: Low Vitamin D Raises Women's Hip Fracture RiskCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/19/2008

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Immune Response May Hinder Stem Cell Treatments
Tue Aug 19th at 3:00 am ET

Title: Immune Response May Hinder Stem Cell TreatmentsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/19/2008

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Older Patients Less Likely to Be Taken to Trauma Centers
Tue Aug 19th at 3:00 am ET

Title: Older Patients Less Likely to Be Taken to Trauma CentersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/19/2008

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Poor Sleep Linked to High Blood Pressure in Teens
Tue Aug 19th at 3:00 am ET

Title: Poor Sleep Linked to High Blood Pressure in TeensCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/19/2008

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Study Lets Teens Sound Off on Acne Therapies
Tue Aug 19th at 3:00 am ET

Title: Study Lets Teens Sound Off on Acne TherapiesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/19/2008

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Epilepsy Raises Drowning Risk
Tue Aug 19th at 3:00 am ET

Title: Epilepsy Raises Drowning RiskCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/19/2008

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Stir-Fried Beef and Broccoli Recipe with Ginger and Ponzu Sauce
Wed Aug 20th at 9:37 am ET

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Speed diet: Women using ADD drugs to get thin
Wed Aug 20th at 9:37 am ET

A growing number of women in Hollywood are abusing the ADD drug Adderall in their quest to be thin. But along with the rapid weight loss, they may ...

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Heart Patients Do Not Benefit From Vitamin B
Wed Aug 20th at 9:22 am ET

Vitamin B is found not to cut the risk of cardiovascular events among heart patients. Heart patients don't experience any improvements while taking...

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC Signs Health Insurance Contract With UNC
Wed Aug 20th at 12:34 am ET

he University of North Carolina Health Care System has signed a multi-year health insurance contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carol...

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Man dies after waiting 22 hours at hospital
Tue Aug 19th at 8:20 pm ET

A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathro...

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Big-mugged men are meaner, study says
Tue Aug 19th at 7:53 pm ET

Men with big mugs are more aggressive, a new study of hockey players suggests.

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California fines 18 hospitals for shoddy care
Tue Aug 19th at 6:31 pm ET

Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations in which patients received shoddy care that in some cases led to deaths.

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Coated ventilator tubes cut pneumonia risk
Tue Aug 19th at 4:52 pm ET

Ventilator tubes treated with silver to reduce infections cut the risk of pneumonia in gravely ill patients by 36 percent, researchers reported on ...

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Trace arsenic in water may be tied to diabetes
Tue Aug 19th at 4:14 pm ET

A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers ...

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Stem cell advance may boost blood supply
Tue Aug 19th at 2:31 pm ET

Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion su...

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Overcoming Infertility
Tue Aug 19th at 2:21 pm ET

It may feel like you’ve been trying to get pregnant without success forever. ...

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Makers of Airborne Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Advertising: Consumers Have Until September 15 to Apply for Refunds
Tue Aug 19th at 2:15 pm ET

According to the FTC’s complaint, there is no competent and reliable scientific evidence to support the claims made by the defendants that Airborne...

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Bacteria a big killer in 1918 flu pandemic: study
Tue Aug 19th at 1:21 pm ET

Bacterial pneumonia may have killed most people during the 1918 flu pandemic, and antibiotics may be as crucial as flu drugs to fight any new pande...

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Competition Grows In Individual Health Insurance Market
Tue Aug 19th at 12:54 pm ET

The Hartford Courant on Monday examined the "growing competition" in the individual health insurance market, in which health insurers have begun to...

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WellCare To Pay $35.2M In Medicaid Fraud
Tue Aug 19th at 12:51 pm ET

WellCare has agreed to pay $35.2 million as part of a Medicaid fraud investigation, but the payment does not settle nor limit the investigation, th...

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NJ's Largest Health Insurance Provider Becoming Private
Tue Aug 19th at 12:49 pm ET

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, New Jersey's largest health insurer, on Friday filed to become a publicly held for-profit company, which could pote...

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Man says fish salad gave him 9-foot tapeworm
Tue Aug 19th at 11:52 am ET

A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant.

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Publix Brand Vanilla Wafers Recalls Undeclared Soy
Tue Aug 19th at 10:50 am ET

The manufacturer of Publix Vanilla Wafers is recalling a limited number of 12oz boxes of Vanilla Wafers with a code date of 030409A as they may con...

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FDA: Do Not Eat Certain Mussel Products From Bantry Bay Seafood
Tue Aug 19th at 10:48 am ET

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers against eating certain frozen cooked mussel products made by Bantry Bay Seafoods, ...

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Peppers Unlimited Recalls La Torre Jalapeno Nacho Slices
Tue Aug 19th at 10:46 am ET

Peppers Unlimited, Inc. of Fontana California is voluntarily recalling 580 cases of La Torre Jalapeno Nacho Slices because of possible product cont...

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More women are having fewer children, if at all
Tue Aug 19th at 10:45 am ET

More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau reports.

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Want to boost kids’ grades? Get them moving
Tue Aug 19th at 9:25 am ET

Want to help your kids do better in school this fall? Get them moving. That’s the message from a growing field of research linking physical activit...

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1 in 2 believe prayer trumps doctor's prognosis
Mon Aug 18th at 4:29 pm ET

When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans.

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Nebraska Firm Expands Recall Of Beef Products
Mon Aug 18th at 9:59 am ET

Nebraska Beef, Ltd., an Omaha, Neb., establishment, is clarifying information from and expanding its recall announced on Aug. 8 of primal cuts, sub...

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California Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products
Mon Aug 18th at 9:58 am ET

Renna's Meat Market, a Fresno, Calif., firm is recalling approximately 780 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O15...

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