World / Health & Beauty
Charity props up NHS cancer care
19.06.2008 22:04
bbc.co.uk
The NHS relies heavily on charity money for the treatment and support of children and teenagers with cancer, research finds.
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Health & Beauty
Promising trials for new MS pill
19.06.2008 22:04
bbc.co.uk
A new oral drug for multiple sclerosis show signs of cutting brain damage associated with the disease.
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Health & Beauty
Dummy use link to ear infections
19.06.2008 22:04
bbc.co.uk
Parents should avoid using a dummy in infants who are prone to ear infections, research suggests.
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Health & Beauty
Australia vies with Pacific, U.S. to be fattest
19.06.2008 22:03
reuters.com
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is on track to become the fattest nation, although experts questioned on Friday whether it had overtaken the United States and small Pacific countries for the unenviable title.
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Health & Beauty
'Brain fitness' market booming with Boomers
19.06.2008 19:25
usatoday.com
People worried about "senior moments" can now turn to an explosion of brain-assisting video games, puzzles that are said to ward ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Study debunks herpes-HIV link
19.06.2008 19:25
usatoday.com
Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they ...
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Health & Beauty
Group sues FDA over addictive painkiller
19.06.2008 19:25
usatoday.com
A prescription painkiller sold under such names as Darvon and Darvocet is too risky to stay on the market, a consumer advocacy ...
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Health & Beauty
New treatment saves man with deadly skin cancer
19.06.2008 19:25
usatoday.com
An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental ...
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Health & Beauty
The American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Takes Time Out For Patient Safety
19.06.2008 19:13
medicalnewstoday.com
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) is taking a Time Out to offer some suggestions to help prevent wrong-site surgery and other preventable surgical mistakes for people having aesthetic plastic surgery. First established by the Joint Commission in 2004, today is the Annual National Time Out Day.
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Plastic Surgery
CDC sees high rate of crop worker heat deaths
19.06.2008 18:01
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Crop workers are dying of heat stroke at a rate far higher than the overall U.S. work force with foreign-born workers at greatest risk, although the deaths remain relatively uncommon, officials said on Thursday.
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Health & Beauty
Robotic Salvage Retropubic Prostatectomy After Radiation/Brachytherapy: Initial Results
19.06.2008 16:16
medicalnewstoday.com
UroToday.com - Dr. Kaouk and colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic report their initial case series of robotic salvage retropubic prostatectomy (SRP) in the online version of the BJU International. The authors initially performed robotic cystoprostatectomy on 2 patients with irradiated prostates and bladder cancer. They then performed SRP on 4 consecutive patients after local treatment failure.
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Urology
NPR Program Examines Comic Book That Aims To Increase HIV/AIDS Awareness, Education
19.06.2008 16:15
medicalnewstoday.com
NPR's "News & Notes" on Monday included a discussion with comic book illustrator Robert Walker, who has written a comic book, titled "O+ Men," that aims to increase HIV/AIDS awareness. HIV-positive characters in the book take an experimental antidote that unexpectedly gives them superpowers, according to NPR.
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HIV/AIDS
Study finds weight-loss surgery cuts cancer risk
19.06.2008 16:03
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morbidly obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgery greatly reduce their risk of cancer, according to a study providing fresh evidence of health benefits from these increasingly common operations.
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Health & Beauty
Most people with asthma in U.S. don't get a flu shot
19.06.2008 16:03
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite being at increased risk for influenza-related complications, almost two-thirds of people with asthma in the US are not vaccinated against influenza each year, according to an analysis of data from the 2005-2006 flu season.
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Health & Beauty
GreenLight Laser Vaporization Of The Prostate: Single-Center Experience And Long-Term Results After 500 Procedures
19.06.2008 15:15
medicalnewstoday.com
UroToday.com - In the online issue of European Urology, Dr. Robin Ruszat and associates report a single institution experience of GreenLight laser vaporization of the prostate. The investigators used the technique of photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) with the 80-W GreenLight laser system. Beginning in 2002, 500 consecutive men with BPH underwent standard evaluation and treatment with PVP.
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Urology
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