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Better Tracking of a Childhood Infection Needed, Officials Say
New York Times - 41 minutes ago
By RONI CARYN RABIN Federal officials urged doctors and state health agencies on Thursday to be more vigilant for suspected cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B in children under age 5, in part because of a continuing vaccine shortage that ...
Hib Incidence Holds Steady Despite Vaccine Shortage MedPage Today
CDC Monitors Shortage of Hib Vaccine U.S. News & World Report
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E Canada Now
New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
FOXNews - 47 minutes ago
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, AP Writer LITITZ, Pa. - A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, ...
No heart risk seen with Takeda gout drug: FDA Reuters
FDA opens office in China USA Today
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InjuryBoard.com
NPR Radio Host's Conflict With Drug Makers Exposed by Sen. Grassley
InjuryBoard.com - 1 hour ago
Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) just keeps uncovering all kinds of skeletons in the closets of influential people. This time he has found that a popular National Public Radio (NPR) host of the health and science show, “The Infinite Mind,” has a ...
NPR doc didn't disclose pharma payments FiercePharma
Grassley Knock NPR Host Goodwin for Drug-Industry Conflicts Wall Street Journal Blogs
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Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Doing aquarobics during pregnancy reduces the amount of pain-killing medication requested by women during labor, according to a Brazilian study that included 71 expectant mothers.
Water aerobics help delivery go swimmingly Los Angeles Times
Water Aerobics Reduces Pain in Childbirth WebMD
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Exercise, sleep help women fight cancer
WRAL.com - 2 hours ago
Putting on your walking shoes and sleeping a full eight hours a night can help reduce a woman's risk of getting cancer, according to a recent study.
Psychological Intervention May Improve Survival in Breast Cancer Cancer Consultants
Cruciferous Vegetables Reduce Lung Cancer Risk Medscape
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Fresh News
Much higher cancer risk in HIV patients raises cancer
Atlanta Journal Constitution - 3 hours ago
By Stephanie Desmon But now that patients with the AIDS virus are living longer, doctors are discovering a new set of complications: People with HIV have a much higher risk of developing certain cancers - lung, liver, head and neck, to name a few - and ...
CDC Advice For HIV Testing Still Not Followed In Many ERs eFluxMedia
US Lags on HIV Testing Goals U.S. News & World Report
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Autumn Babies More Prone to Asthma
U.S. News & World Report - 3 hours ago
By Serena Gordon FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The season of a baby's birth may help predict that child's risk of asthma, new research suggests.
Fall Babies May Have Higher Asthma Risk ABC News
Fall Babies More Likely to Have Asthma ToTheCenter.com
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Telegraph.co.uk
Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor
U.S. News & World Report - 1 hour ago
FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Doing aquarobics during pregnancy reduces the amount of pain-killing medication requested by women during labor, according to a Brazilian study that included 71 expectant mothers.
Water Aerobics Reduces Pain in Childbirth WebMD
9:45 am - Easier Way to Give Birth? KARK
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NPR doc didn't disclose pharma payments
FiercePharma - 2 hours ago
We've heard about drugmaker's payments and grants to prescribing doctors, researchers, medical societies, teaching hospitals, CME companies... and now, a radio host. The psychiatrist and former NIMH director Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, ...
Grassley Knock NPR Host Goodwin for Drug-Industry Conflicts Wall Street Journal Blogs
Talk Is Not Cheap: NPR Host Has Ties To Pharma Pharmalot
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Fresh News
Three Hospital Employees Fired After Patient’s Death
eFluxMedia - 4 hours ago
By Dianna Cooper Three employees at Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro were fired and others were disciplined in the death of 50-year-old Steven H. Sabock, of Roanoke Rapids, a bipolar disorder sufferer who passed away on April 29 after being neglected for ...
Three Employees Fired After Patient Chokes on Medicine, Dies FOXNews
Hospital must repair its culture, official says News & Observer
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Open enrollment for Medicare drug plans
WWSB - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-13) has announced open enrollment for Medicare prescription drug plans. During open enrollment, Medicare eligible seniors can either enroll in or switch their drug plans.
Sorting Out Part D The Ledger
It’s time to review your Medicare prescription drug insurance Delta County Independent
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Washington Post
Attorney General 'Very Alert' Morning After Collapse
ABC News - 1 hour ago
By PIERRE THOMAS, JASON RYAN and THERESA COOK US Attorney General Michael Mukasey had an "uneventful night" and is "very alert" this morning after he collapsed during a speech in Washington Thursday night, a Justice Department spokeswoman said today.
Video: Bush: Mukasey Sounds Well CBS
Mukasey had fainting spell: official Reuters
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Advocates fear children will lose health insurance
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago
Advocates worry that state budget cutbacks will jeopardize health coverage for 80000 children in California, including more than 1500 in Santa Cruz County, next year.
Ranks of uninsured kids in state fall, report says Indianapolis Star
Utah 10th-worst for uninsured kids Salt Lake Tribune
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ABC News
Fall Babies at Higher Risk for Asthma
WebMD - 1 hour ago
By Caroline Wilbert A new study shows that babies born four months before the peak of winter virus season are more likely to develop childhood asthma than babies born at any other time of year; that's because the timing increases the chance of a viral ...
Babies Born In The Fall At Higher Risk Of Asthma: Study I Really Should Study
Fall Babies at Greater Risk for Asthma MedPage Today
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Autumn Babies More Prone to Childhood Asthma
eFluxMedia - 43 minutes ago
By Alice Carver Are you afraid of having a child with asthma? A new study suggests that the time of the year in which a child is born may have something to do with his/her asthma risk.
Timing is Everything When it Comes to Childhood Asthma Vanderbilt University News
Autumn Babies More Likely To Get Asthma KETV.com
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That Happened!
Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods
eFluxMedia - 3 hours ago
By Anna Boyd Genetic testing to see someone’s predisposition to type 2 diabetes is not significantly better than an assessment based on traditional risk factors for the disease, such as weight, blood pressure and blood sugar levels, two new studies ...
Genetic testing can’t predict diabetes That Happened!
Genetic Testing No Real Help in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes U.S. News & World Report
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Insurer Offers Option for Surgery in India
New York Times - 5 hours ago
By RONI CARYN RABIN The health insurer Wellpoint is testing a new program that gives covered patients the option of going to India for elective surgery, with no out-of-pocket medical costs and free travel for both the patient and a companion.
Pittsburgh Business Group on Health questions UPMC’s new hospital plan Bizjournals.com
Massachusetts Hospitals Respond to Boston Globe Investigation of ... Kaiser network.org
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CBC.ca
Girl, 14, Miraculously Survives Nearly 4 Months without Heart
eFluxMedia - 1 hour ago
By Alice Carver As incredible as it may sound, an American teenage girl has survived for nearly four months without her own heart after being kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device.
US teen lives 118 days without heart Reuters
US Teen Survives 4 Months Without a Heart ChattahBox
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Houston Chronicle
Christmas in Texas
Houston Chronicle - 6 hours ago
Despite Hurricane Ike, Galveston's holiday traditions will go on this year, including Moody Garden's Festival of Lights. Towns in the Hill Country and East Texas celebrate with trails of lights, markets and music; Galveston recovers from Ike to ...
FEMA installs trailer; city says get rid of it Galveston County Daily News
Many roadblocks delay FEMA mobile homes Daily News - Galveston County
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Washington Post
Mukasey Collapses During Address in Washington; Hospitalized Overnight
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
By Carrie Johnson and Clarence Williams Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey collapsed last evening while delivering a speech to a prominent legal group and was rushed to George Washington University Hospital.
Video: Mukasey Collapses During Speech AssociatedPress
Attorney General Mukasey Collapses During Speech Wall Street Journal
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