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AMA to consider endorsing undercover patients
12.06.2008 20:31
usatoday.com
Hospitals and health clinics are increasingly turning to patient spies to grade the health care experience being offered. Now ...
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Health & Beauty
Report: Hospitals should promote breast-feeding
12.06.2008 20:31
usatoday.com
Most U.S. hospitals don't do very well when it comes to promoting breast-feeding, according to the first national report to look ...
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Health & Beauty
Mexico flooded with excess produce
12.06.2008 20:31
usatoday.com
The U.S. salmonella outbreak has halted tomato exports from Mexico, leaving a surplus in Mexico City markets on Thursday.
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Health & Beauty
Warning issued for silver dental fillings
12.06.2008 20:30
usatoday.com
Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the U.S. government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern ...
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Health & Beauty
Five-Year Project Will Examine Health Effects Of Exposure To Libby Amphibole Asbestos
12.06.2008 20:18
medicalnewstoday.com
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Libby Amphibole Health Risk Initiative, a series of projects totaling $8 million designed to understand the health effects of exposure to lower levels of Libby, Montana asbestos (i.e., Libby amphibole).
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Asthma
Warnings over body piercing boom
12.06.2008 20:04
bbc.co.uk
Botched body piercings could be a "substantial burden" on the NHS in the future, a report suggests.
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Health & Beauty
Gardeners warned over wood mould
12.06.2008 20:04
bbc.co.uk
Gardeners are warned about a mould that grows on compost and decaying wood following the death of a man.
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Health & Beauty
'New superbug' worries overhyped
12.06.2008 20:04
bbc.co.uk
Warnings about a "new superbug" have been overhyped, say infection control experts.
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Health & Beauty
Long-Term Prospective Analysis Of Pediatric Unilateral Inguinal Hernias: Should Laparoscopy Or Anything Else Influence Contralateral Side Management?
12.06.2008 17:15
medicalnewstoday.com
UroToday.com - A study out of Tennessee addressed the long battle between diagnostic contralateral inguinal laparoscopic explorations at the time of inguinal hernia repair. This study by Maddox and Smith was done in a prospective manner to determine if children who present with a unilateral inguinal hernia can be identified as at risk for developing a contralateral hernia. The group prospectively followed 299 patients between April 2000 and October 2004 with a unilateral inguinal hernia.
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Children Diseases
Some hospitals getting in way of breast-feeding
12.06.2008 17:02
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many U.S. hospitals, particularly in the South, have maternity practices that are detrimental to breast-feeding, such as giving free baby formula samples to new mothers, health officials said on Thursday.
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Health & Beauty
Sperm Defect Severity Rather Than Sperm Source Is Associated With Lower Fertilization Rates After Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
12.06.2008 16:18
medicalnewstoday.com
UroToday.com - This study is a retrospective study of 313 ICSI cycles designed to evaluate the impact of sperm defect severity (ejaculated sperm) and the type of azoospermia on the outcomes. Two major groups according to the source ofspermatozoa used for ICSI were studied. Group 1 included 220 cycles ofutilizing Ejaculated sperm; group 2 included cycles utilizing testicular/Epididymal (n = 93).
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Urology
Correlation Between DNA Damage And Sperm Parameters: A Prospective Study Of 1,633 Patients
12.06.2008 16:18
medicalnewstoday.com
UroToday.com - The objective of this study was to determine if there was any correlation between DNA fragmentation by using terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling and standard semen parameters (WHO) and computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA) parameters. One thousand six hundred thirty-three men who were referred for evaluation of infertility which included a complete sperm analysis.
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Urology
FDA Advisory Panel Voices Concern Over Risks Of HIV Vaccine Trials In Teenagers
12.06.2008 16:17
medicalnewstoday.com
An FDA advisory panel on Monday voiced concern over the potential risks of conducting early HIV vaccine trials among teenagers in the U.S., Bloomberg reports. According to the panel, although such trials are justified in countries where HIV/AIDS is spreading more quickly, the risks might not outweigh the benefits in the U.S.
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HIV/AIDS
H7 Bird Flu Increasing Potential To Infect And Spread Among Humans Reports CDC
12.06.2008 16:17
medicalnewstoday.com
A type of avian flu that is common in birds and rarely caught by humans, the North American Avian H7 influenza virus, is acquiring transmission properties similar to human influenza, according to a new study by US researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based in Atlanta.
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SARS
What Is The Molecular Pathology Of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer?
12.06.2008 15:27
medicalnewstoday.com
UroToday.com - In the online version of the World Journal of Urology, Drs. Samaratunga and Epstein present a Topic Paper on molecular pathologic characteristics that may be predictive for indolent, low-risk prostate cancer (CaP). Low risk CaP is defined as clinical stage T1c or T2a, Gleason score
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Urology
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