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O'Connor makes personal plea for Alzheimer's aid
The Associated Press - 47 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first woman on the Supreme Court is now the nation's most prominent Alzheimer's caregiver. Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor made public her family's private battle with the mind-destroying illness Wednesday as she urged ...
Senators Hear From Alzheimer's Patients ABC News
Retired justice O'Connor speaks on Alzheimer's Reuters
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Physical activity's effect on breast cancer varies
Reuters - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a literature review of published studies confirm that while all women are likely to reduce their risk of breast cancer with regular physical activity, certain subgroups benefit more than others.
Familial Breast Cancer Risk Lasts a Lifetime for Sisters U.S. News & World Report
Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer The Associated Press
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Dennis Quaid Talks Medical Errors With Congress
ABC News - 5 hours ago
By KATE BARRETT and TOM SHINE With his newborn twins steadily recovering from a grave medical error that nearly cost them their lives, actor Dennis Quaid appeared on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, and assured lawmakers that his fight wasn't over.
Former FDA Official Says FDA Approval Shouldn't Bar Lawsuits CNNMoney.com
Dennis Quaid testifies of peril to newborn twins The Associated Press
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Child-killing virus hits Beijing
CNN - 8 hours ago
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- The death toll in China's outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 42 children, with the capital Beijing reporting its first case Wednesday, state media said.
Enterovirus 71 Hits Beijing Wake Up America
Beijing reports first death from hand-foot-mouth disease Food Consumer
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Death Gap Widens Between Educated and Those Not
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
WEDNESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Being well-educated can lengthen your life span, according to new study. The research, published in the May 14 issue ofPLoS ONE, shows that the gap in overall death rates between Americans with less than a high ...
Death Gap In US Widens Based On Level Of Education dBTechno
Years of Education a Marker for Widening Socioeconomic Gap in ... MedPage Today
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Study likely spells end for anti-bleeding drug
The Associated Press - 47 minutes ago
An anti-bleeding drug probably will stay off the market, experts say, after a rigorous study found patients getting the medication during heart surgery were much more likely to die than patients given other drugs.
Bayer's Trasylol seen unlikely to be sold again Reuters
Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed Washington Post
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Health Highlights: May 14, 2008
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
A new study suggests that more than half of all insured Americans regularly take prescription drugs to treat chronic health problems, with drugs to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol the most widely used, theAssociated Pressreported.
More Americans are taking prescription medications The Associated Press
Majority of Insured on Chronic Disease Meds NJBIZ
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DNA Fingerprinting Could ID Viable Embryos
ABC News - 7 hours ago
By Kevin McKeever TUESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say DNA tests may be able to tell doctors which embryos tabbed for in vitro fertilization (IVF) are most likely to result in the births of healthy babies.
Experts move closer to identifying best embryos Reuters
New IVF Technique May Reduce Risk of Multiples FOXNews
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Correction: Missing helicopter story
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - In a May 11 story about a University of Wisconsin Hospital Med Flight helicopter crash, The Associated Press, relying on a news release from the university, misidentified the type of helicopter.
UW Health forced to nix Web site in Med Flight memorial mix-up The Capital Times
Parkites mourn physician killed in crash Park Record
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Gene Therapy Found to Slow Progression of Fatal Brain Condition
eFluxMedia - 7 hours ago
By Anna Boyd An experimental gene therapy had positive effects in slowing the progression of Batten disease, or Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a team of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine Center ...
Gene therapy could halt deadly Batten Disease Telegraph.co.uk
Therapy Yields Promise for Fatal Neurological Condition Washington Post
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Healthcare industry, foundation offer reform plans
Reuters - May 13, 2008
By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group representing health plans and hospitals proposed health insurance reforms that would revise payment systems on Tuesday, clashing with a respected private foundation that proposed much more extensive reforms.
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Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link
New York Times - May 12, 2008
By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON - The United States Court of Federal Claims began another hearing on Monday to decide whether a vaccine additive led thousands of children to become autistic.
Court to Hear Families on Vaccine-Autism Link ABC News
Families will make case for vaccine link to autism Washington Post
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14 more people implicated in UCLA medical records snooping
TG Daily - 6 hours ago
By Humphrey Cheung Los Angeles (CA) - The California Department of Public Health has issued its findings in the UCLA celebrity medical records snooping case.
Report: 68 now implicated in UCLA medical records snooping San Francisco Chronicle
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Rodent Virus Infected Kidney Kills Transplant Recipient
FOXNews - 7 hours ago
Health authorities said a 70-year-old woman died and a 57-year-old man is critically ill in a Boston hospital after each was given a kidney from an infected donor, reports The Boston Globe.
Recipients Accepted Organs From "High Risk" Homeless Donor ABC News
1 dies, 1 ill after receiving kidneys Boston Globe
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Air Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Legs
Washington Post - May 12, 2008
By Ed Edelson MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term exposure to the tiny, dirty particles in polluted air seems to increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis, which are blood clots in the thighs or legs, an Italian study finds.
Study links air pollution, blood clots in veins Reuters
Pollution 'lifts blood clot risk' BBC News
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Programs Tap Internet To Increase Clinical Trial Recruitment
iHealthBeat - 1 hour ago
Amid a growing shortage of clinical trial participants -- especially among adult cancer patients, minorities and adolescents -- medical centers and other health care groups are launching Internet-based programs aimed at matching patients with clinical ...
EmergingMed matches patients with clinical trials FierceBiotech
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Gangrene, not meningitis, killed Grand Rapids-area boy, 13
Chicago Tribune - 2 hours ago
AP GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Kent County medical examiner says gangrene is responsible for the mysterious death of a 13-year-old Grand Rapids-area boy.
Boy, 13, Dies of Gangrene FOXNews
Teen dies from gangrene WOOD-TV
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South Korea culls all domestic fowl in Seoul
Reuters - May 12, 2008
SEOUL, May 13 (Reuters) - South Korea has culled all domestic fowl in the Seoul area in a bid to contain a second outbreak of bird flu to hit the capital in less than a week.
All poultry in Seoul killed after bird flu outbreak The Associated Press
South Korea kills all poultry in Seoul after bird flu reported in city International Herald Tribune
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Health Buzz: Celebrex, Naproxen, and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report - May 13, 2008
Taking the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines Celebrex and naproxen does not appear to slow mental decline in people with a family history of Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Inefficient in Preventing Alzheimer’s eFluxMedia
Anti-inflammatories did not ward off dementia-study Reuters
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Lance Armstrong Participates In Livestrong Day In The Valley
KTNV Las Vegas - 4 hours ago
It was all capped off Tuesday night with a speech from the man who started it all. Lance Armstrong spoke at the institute about his efforts to get the government to put millions of dollars into cancer research.
LIVESTRONG Event at OSU CollegeOTR
Cancer Support Still Strong OSU - The Lantern
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