2008 Feb 26
Date : 2008 02 26 Health
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: read more »
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: read more »
Date : 2008 02 26 Health
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs designed to fight fatigue and other symptoms associated with cancer treatment-related anemia may do more harm than good, especially if given in the wrong doses. read more »
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs designed to fight fatigue and other symptoms associated with cancer treatment-related anemia may do more harm than good, especially if given in the wrong doses. read more »
Date : 2008 02 26 Health
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AP - Drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading even faster than medical experts had feared, the World Health Organization warned in report issued Tuesday. The rate of TB patients infected with the drug-resistant strain topped 20 percent in some countries, the highest ever recorded, the U.N. agency said. read more »
AP - Drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading even faster than medical experts had feared, the World Health Organization warned in report issued Tuesday. The rate of TB patients infected with the drug-resistant strain topped 20 percent in some countries, the highest ever recorded, the U.N. agency said. read more »
Date : 2008 02 26 Health
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AP - The 6.7 percent annual increase in spending nearly three times the rate of inflation_ will be largely driven by higher prices and an increased demand for care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Monday. Other factors in the mix include a growing and aging population. The first wave of baby boomers become eligible for Medicare beginning in 2011. read more »
AP - The 6.7 percent annual increase in spending nearly three times the rate of inflation_ will be largely driven by higher prices and an increased demand for care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Monday. Other factors in the mix include a growing and aging population. The first wave of baby boomers become eligible for Medicare beginning in 2011. read more »
Date : 2008 02 26 Health
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Reuters - The rapidly rising incidence of stroke among Americans is primarily due to the increasing number of middle-aged women who are having strokes. The increasing incidence is also associated with abdominal obesity, investigators told attendees here at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2008. read more »
Reuters - The rapidly rising incidence of stroke among Americans is primarily due to the increasing number of middle-aged women who are having strokes. The increasing incidence is also associated with abdominal obesity, investigators told attendees here at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2008. read more »
Date : 2008 02 26 Health
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Reuters - Obese children who undergo elective surgery typically have more additional medical conditions than their normal-weight peers do and are also at greater risk of developing adverse respiratory events after the procedure, U.S. researchers report. read more »
Reuters - Obese children who undergo elective surgery typically have more additional medical conditions than their normal-weight peers do and are also at greater risk of developing adverse respiratory events after the procedure, U.S. researchers report. read more »
Date : 2008 02 26 Health
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AFP - All girls in Sweden should be offered vaccines to help prevent cervical cancer as part of the country's free vaccination program, the National Board of Health and Welfare said Tuesday. read more »
AFP - All girls in Sweden should be offered vaccines to help prevent cervical cancer as part of the country's free vaccination program, the National Board of Health and Welfare said Tuesday. read more »
Date : 2008 02 26 Health
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AP - A migrant worker has died of the H5N1 virus in southern China, the Hong Kong government said Tuesday, as the country confirmed its fourth outbreak of bird flu among poultry this year. read more »
AP - A migrant worker has died of the H5N1 virus in southern China, the Hong Kong government said Tuesday, as the country confirmed its fourth outbreak of bird flu among poultry this year. read more »
Date : 2008 02 26 Health
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Reuters - Antidepressant medications appear to help only very severely depressed people and work no better than placebos in many patients, British researchers said on Monday. read more »
Reuters - Antidepressant medications appear to help only very severely depressed people and work no better than placebos in many patients, British researchers said on Monday. read more »