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Promise to improve care for dying
15.07.2008 21:02
bbc.co.uk
Dying people should be given better care at the end of their lives, a cross-parliamentary group says.
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Health & Beauty
Coronary Heart Disease Patients Live Longer, But Not Always Happier, Lives
15.07.2008 20:13
medicalnewstoday.com
Better treatments have improved survival in people with coronary heart disease, but the quality of those extra years may be less than ideal, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Compared with adults without coronary heart disease (CHD), adults with CHD scored up to 9 percent lower on four scales measuring "quality of life.
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Cardiology
Breast check confusion a problem
15.07.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
Women are still confused about the right way to check their breasts for early signs of cancer, says a charity.
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Health & Beauty
Obesity 'hikes' pancreatic risk
15.07.2008 20:02
bbc.co.uk
Obese women with most of their excess weight on the stomach, are more likely to get pancreatic cancer, research suggests.
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Health & Beauty
Obesity ups a woman's pancreatic cancer risk: study
15.07.2008 18:01
reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) - Obese women who carry most of their extra weight around the stomach are 70 percent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, an international team of researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Health & Beauty
Study: Fewer than a third of teens exercise enough
15.07.2008 17:21
usatoday.com
The amount of exercise that U.S. kids get each day drops dramatically between the ages of 9 and 15, according to one of the largest ...
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Health & Beauty
Hospital of 'Cuckoo's Nest' to be torn down
15.07.2008 17:21
usatoday.com
Oregon State Hospital, the mental institution where the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was filmed, is making way for ...
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Health & Beauty
Josserand And Gardner To Lead American Heart Association In 2008-09
15.07.2008 17:15
medicalnewstoday.com
The American Heart Association's new national officers begin their 2008-09 terms on July 1. David A. Josserand, executive vice president and chief strategic officer of the Dalton Agency in Jacksonville, Fla., is national chairman of the board. Josserand will be responsible for the association's business affairs, public relations and fund raising, and will preside over all Board of Directors and Administrative Cabinet meetings.
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Cardiology
As they get older, U.S. kids do less exercise: study
15.07.2008 17:02
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. children turn away from exercise in droves in their early teen years after getting much more exercise when they are younger, according to a study spotlighting a factor in the rise of youth obesity.
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Health & Beauty
CQ's Carey Discusses Physician Medicare Bill, Mental Health Parity Legislation, VA Health Care Measures
15.07.2008 16:22
medicalnewstoday.com
Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses Senate passage of a bill that would halt a Medicare physician payment cut, a Senate-House agreement on mental health parity legislation and House action on changes to veterans' health care services in this week's "
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Neighborhood may affect high blood pressure risk
15.07.2008 16:02
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers found that people who lived in neighborhoods with more opportunities for exercise, less crime, better grocery stores and a closer sense of community had a lower risk having high blood pressure -- independent of factors such as income and education level.
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Health & Beauty
Half of kids with peanut allergy don't have Epi-Pen
15.07.2008 16:02
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with peanut allergies may run the risk of not receiving life-saving treatment for a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis because they don't have their epinephrine autoinjector with them at school, Canadian researchers report.
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Health & Beauty
Medicare Physician Pay Patch Bill Could Result In 20% Fee Reductions In 2010; Permanent Solution Costly
15.07.2008 15:15
medicalnewstoday.com
Legislation (HR 6331) that would delay a 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees, scheduled to take effect on July 1, could lead to a reduction to physician fees of more than 20% in 2010 unless a long-term solution is found, the
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Men may need to work harder to cut diabetes risk
15.07.2008 15:02
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Losing weight through diet and exercise lowers diabetes risk in men and women, but men may have to work harder for the same benefit, new research suggests.
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Health & Beauty
World Association Of Girl Guides, Scouts Launches HIV/AIDS Toolkit
15.07.2008 14:12
medicalnewstoday.com
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts has created a toolkit that aims to educate young women worldwide about the disease, South Africa's The Star reports. The international launch of the toolkit was held on Thursday at the association's conference in Boksburg, South Africa.
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