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Researchers Question Wide Use of HPV Vaccines
New York Times - 44 minutes ago
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Two vaccines against cervical cancer are being widely used without sufficient evidence about whether they are worth their high cost or even whether they will effectively stop women from getting the disease, two articles in this ...
Cervical cancer shots less cost-effective with age The Associated Press
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Christina Applegate's Mastectomy: FAQ
WebMD - 44 minutes ago
By Miranda Hitti Aug. 20, 2008 -- Actress Christina Applegate recently had both breasts removed in an effort to prevent her breast cancer from returning and said that she will get breast reconstruction.
Health Buzz: Applegate's Breast Reconstruction Surgery and Other ... U.S. News & World Report
Actress Christina Applegate. (AP Photo) Newsday
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BusinessWeek
Report: Wisconsin down in obesity rankings
Bizjournals.com - 2 hours ago
More Wisconsin adults are obese now than a year ago, but residents of America's Dairyland aren't gaining weight as fast as other Americans.
Report: Americans Fatter in 37 States FOXNews
Americans Fatter in 37 States WebMD
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Researchers produce blood in lab from stem cells
Los Angeles Times - 16 hours ago
The discovery marks a technical advance but has a long way to go before it can be considered an alternative to donor blood. By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Scientists said Tuesday that they had devised a way to grow large quantities of ...
Clinical-Scale Generation of Functional Red Blood Cells from Human ... FOXBusiness
Stem cells could allow "blood farms," company says Reuters
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Mosquito control efforts continue
Adrian Daily Telegram - 2 hours ago
By Dennis Pelham The West Nile virus infection of an 81-year-old Adrian-area man is Lenawee County’s first confirmed case although two human cases were reported in 2002 when the disease surged in Michigan and sparked new mosquito control efforts.
Beware of mosquitoes Holbrook Sun
Wet weather could create additional West Nile, EEE threat Needham Times
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Government posts hospital death rates
Chicago Tribune - 2 hours ago
For the first time, the government today disclosed information about patient deaths for all hospitals in the country. It’sa big step forward in making information about the quality of care in hospitals available to consumers.
CMS enhances Hospital Compare Web site again Government Health IT
Online tools for comparing hospitals Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Arsenic-water link to diabetes studied
Water Technology Online - 54 minutes ago
CHICAGO - Research published on August 19 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has linked low levels arsenic exposure, including possibly through drinking water, to type 2 diabetes, according to an August 19 Associated Press report ...
Is Your Drinking Water Giving You Diabetes? U.S. News & World Report
Arsenic in Drinking Water Raises Diabetes Risk Washington Post
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Washington Post
FBI Details Anthrax Case, but Doubts Remain
New York Times - 22 hours ago
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and NICHOLAS WADE WASHINGTON - Federal Bureau of Investigation officials on Monday laid out their most detailed scientific case to date against Bruce E. Ivins, the military scientist accused of being the anthrax killer, ...
Salon Radio: Sen. Charles Grassley on the anthrax investigation Salon
FBI admits error but stands by anthrax probe CNN
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Judge blocks state's cut in Medi-Cal fees
San Francisco Chronicle - 15 hours ago
A federal judge has blocked California's 10 percent cut in Medi-Cal fees for doctors, dentists and pharmacies, saying the money-saving measures appear to violate federal law and would worsen medical care for millions of poor people.
Judge blocks Calif.'s 10 percent Medi-Cal cuts BusinessWeek
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ABC News
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Diabetes Drug Byetta(R) the Focus of ...
FOXBusiness - 4 hours ago
SAN DIEGO, Aug 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----A Virginia man yesterday filed what is believed to be the first personal injury lawsuit stemming from injuries associated with the use of Byetta(R), an injectable medication for diabetes.
Deaths Linked To Diabetes Drug Byetta Warns FDA About.com - Drugs
Bumbling Over Byetta Forbes
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Lack of Insurance, High Medical Costs Put More in a Bind
Washington Post - 18 hours ago
By Sopan Joshi Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and are accumulating medical debt at an increasing rate, according to a survey released today.
Consumers face rising medical debt: survey Reuters
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EPA Issues List of Midwest Counties It Plans to Name as Not ...
FOXBusiness - 4 hours ago
CHICAGO, Aug 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ ----US Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today issued a list of 76 counties that it plans to name as not meeting the new, health-based 24-hour outdoor air quality standard for fine ...
EPA plans to cite 5 Midwest states for pollution The Associated Press
3 Local Counties Violating Air Quality Standards WHIOtv.com
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Los Angeles Times
Calif. Court Puts Gays' Care Over Doctors' Faith
Washington Post - Aug 18, 2008
By Ashley Surdin LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 -- Doctors may not refuse medical treatment to gay men or lesbians for religious reasons, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday.
Doctors can't use bias to deny gays treatment San Francisco Chronicle
California Supreme Court Rules on Religiously Biased Healthcare Feminist Majority Foundation
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Mental patient dies after being left in chair for 22 hours, report ...
USA Today - 8 hours ago
A psychiatric patient died at a North Carolina mental hospital after nurses left him in a chair and didn't give him any food or water for nearly a day, according to a report cited by the News & Observer.
North Carolina Patient Dies After Being Left In A Chair For 22 Hours eFluxMedia
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Sky News
New Reasons to Avoid Mixing Juice and Medicine
New York Times - 7 hours ago
Patients often are warned against taking certain pills with grapefruit juice, which can turn normal doses of a drug into a toxic overdose.
Fruit juice 'could affect drugs' BBC News
Juice plus drug can equal danger United Press International
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Statins don't cause cancer, study finds
Reuters - 40 minutes ago
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins neither cause cancer nor prevent it, US researchers reported on Wednesday.
High Cholesterol: What’s Your Body Telling You? FOXNews
Statins Not Responsible for Increased Cancer Risk MedPage Today
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Health Buzz: Flu Immunity and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report - Aug 18, 2008
Those who survived the devastating 1918 flu pandemic are still producing antibodies to the virus 90 years later, according to a study published yesterday in Nature.
1918 Antibodies Resurrected eFluxMedia
Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Immune 90 Years Later Washington Post
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Study: Antidepressants + Depression = Bad Driving
FOXNews - Aug 18, 2008
A study presented Sunday at the Convention of the American Psychological Association in Boston found that people who are depressed and taking prescription antidepressants drive poorly compared to people who are not taking medication.
Depression link to poor driving BBC News
Antidepressants Impact Driving Ivanhoe
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Weight Loss From Addiction Drug
WebMD - 44 minutes ago
By Daniel J. DeNoon Aug. 20, 2008 -- A drug being tested as a treatment for drug addiction makes obese lab rats lose weight. The drug is vigabatrin.
Addiction drug reverses obesity in rats Reuters
Addiction treatment proves successful in animal weight loss study EurekAlert (press release)
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Safe Sex Ringtone Helps Promote Use Of Condoms In India
ChattahBox - 3 hours ago
Washington (ChattahBox) - A new ringtone has been released in India to try and spread the idea of safe sex by using a condom. The new ringtone sings out, “Condom, condom!
Safe sex ring tone sings 'Condom, condom!' The Associated Press
New Safe Sex Ringtone In India Sings The Word, Condom dBTechno
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