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Doctors to debate NHS 'top-ups'
08.07.2008 21:03
bbc.co.uk
Doctors at the British Medical Association are to discuss the issue of co-payments at their Edinburgh conference.
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Health & Beauty
Code on embryo screening planned
08.07.2008 21:03
bbc.co.uk
A code of practice to regulate the use of gene chips to screen embryos for disease is to be drawn up.
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Torn ACLs, other big injuries hit little athletes
08.07.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
Injuries once seen mostly in adult athletes are becoming distressingly common in youth athletes not just in high school, but ...
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Health & Beauty
Congress gives dentists an earful on mercury
08.07.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
The dental industry, asked to testify Tuesday about pollution from mercury in tooth fillings, found itself under attack from ...
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Health & Beauty
Dead doctors used in Medicare scams
08.07.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
Sellers of wheelchairs, drugs and other medical supplies collected as much as $93 million in fraudulent Medicare claims based ...
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Health & Beauty
Fringe autism treatment could get federal study
08.07.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move ...
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Health & Beauty
Study: Hormone therapy effects limited in prostate cancer
08.07.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
Testosterone-blocking drugs don't help older men survive early-stage prostate cancer, a new study shows. However, adding hormone ...
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Health & Beauty
FDA issues warning on Cipro, similar antibiotics
08.07.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
Drug safety officials Tuesday imposed the government's most urgent safety warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing evidence ...
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Health & Beauty
Family to sue psych ward for $25M in watched-death case
08.07.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
The daughter of a woman who died unnoticed on the floor of a hospital psychiatric unit called for criminal prosecution of the ...
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Health & Beauty
Money, ads give health care top political billing
08.07.2008 20:22
usatoday.com
Health care is returning as a campaign issue, with special interest and advocacy groups preparing to spend at least $60 million ...
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Health & Beauty
China grows fat while embracing Western lifestyle
08.07.2008 20:22
usatoday.com
For centuries, people in China have been fairly lean, but now at least one-fourth of adults there are overweight or obese, and ...
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Health & Beauty
Using food diaries doubles weight loss, study shows
08.07.2008 20:22
usatoday.com
Dieters who write down everything they eat each day lose twice as much weight as those who don't, according to one of the largest ...
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Health & Beauty
USDA Releases CRP Land In Flood Regions For Grazing
08.07.2008 20:14
medicalnewstoday.com
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced today that he is releasing Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for livestock grazing in counties recently designated as Presidential Disaster Areas because of flooding. The release permits grazing only in counties designated as primary and contiguous disaster areas and only because of flooding. "We have a crisis situation in the Midwest and other parts of the country that calls for drastic action," said Schafer.
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Cancer: seeking solace online
08.07.2008 20:11
telegraph.co.uk
When Janet Guttsman was diagnosed with breast cancer, she, like an increasing number of women, sought relief from anonymous, online communities.
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Health & Beauty
Researchers Develop A Method To Evaluate Variations Identified In Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes
08.07.2008 19:13
medicalnewstoday.com
Using mouse embryonic stem cells, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new method to evaluate which mutations, or changes, in a gene known to increase breast cancer susceptibility, may lead to cancer. The new test, called a functional assay, is more comprehensive and reliable than most current methods. This new test could become a useful and viable tool for genetic counselors, and may have implications beyond cancer.
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