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Young baseball players increasingly face injury, surgery
08.06.2008 21:25
usatoday.com
Doctors nationwide are reporting a growing number of young baseball players, particularly pitchers, with serious arm injuries. ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes strikes about 150
08.06.2008 21:25
usatoday.com
The Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that 145 to 150 people in 16 states have been sickened by salmonellosis, which has ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Teen cancer diagnoses 'delayed'
08.06.2008 21:03
bbc.co.uk
Teenagers with cancer often face significant delays in being initially diagnosed, researchers have warned.
World
Health & Beauty
Alcohol squad to target 10 towns
08.06.2008 21:03
bbc.co.uk
A specialist squad is to help advise English towns with the most drink-related hospital admissions.
World
Health & Beauty
Fresh hurdle for stem cell hunt
08.06.2008 21:02
bbc.co.uk
It may be tougher than first thought to pick effective stem cell treatments, a Nobel Prize-winning geneticist says.
World
Health & Beauty
Older And Chronically Ill People Most At Risk From Polyclinics, British Medical Association Patient Group Warns
08.06.2008 20:14
medicalnewstoday.com
Commercially run polyclinics would put services at risk, with older people and those with chronic conditions most adversely affected, the BMA's Patient Liaison Group (PLG)* says today (Monday 9 June, 2008).
World
Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Doctor's diary
08.06.2008 20:10
telegraph.co.uk
Mortality statistics once included 'death by footwear and 'injury by boot, says James Le Fanu.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Hospitals: So where would you rather be ill?
08.06.2008 20:10
telegraph.co.uk
After being treated in both French and UK hospitals, John Collyer has no doubt France is better.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Spa spy
08.06.2008 20:10
telegraph.co.uk
Our health sleuth investigates the curative claims of wellbeing retreats.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
10 minute nutrition
08.06.2008 20:10
telegraph.co.uk
Nutritional therapist Julia FitzGerald offers easy tips for healthier living. This week: how to look after your liver.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Joint clinic
08.06.2008 20:10
telegraph.co.uk
Osteopath Kristian Woods fixes your aches and pains.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Rebujito: cocktails that are just what the doctor ordered
08.06.2008 20:10
telegraph.co.uk
Many drinks cleaim to be health-giving, but the Rebujito, a Spanish concotion about to hit our shores, could be the most virtuous. Ruth Addicott takes a sip.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Adult Stem Cell Findings Offer New Hope For Parkinson's Cure
08.06.2008 16:12
medicalnewstoday.com
Research released today provides evidence that a cure for Parkinson's disease could lie just inside the nose of patients themselves.The Griffith University study published in the journal Stem Cells found that adult stem cells harvested from the noses of Parkinson's patients gave rise to dopamine-producing brain cells when transplanted into the brain of a rat.
World
Parkinson's Disease
Weekly Round Up: Asthma-Allergy Study, Peanut Allergy Sue, Living with Peanut Allergy
08.06.2008 15:17
beyondallergy.com
Asthma-Allergy Study will Track 5,000 Canadians from Before Birth Until Age 5 (source) A $12 million study on allergies and asthma is being launched to follow 5,000 Canadian children from their mother’s pregnancy until the age of five. Allergy Stickers by Jeeto (source) Resilient, vinyl stickers to alert people of allergies; use on lunchboxes, backpacks, etc. Bookmark, Share or [...]
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Allergy
Summer Mold and Mildew
08.06.2008 15:17
beyondallergy.com
Every spring I am happy to clear the winter coats out of out laundry room (otherwise known as our dumping ground) but then as summer hits, I remember I am just replacing the coats with wet towels and bathing suits. In an effort to save water and time, I usually try to hang the towels [...]
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Allergy
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