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Study: IUDs may also prevent cervical cancer
USA Today
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY Doctors have long promoted IUDs, or intrauterine devices, as an effective way to prevent pregnancy. Although an IUD's upfront costs are high — $500 to $1000 — the devices can last up to 12 years. Although an IUD's upfront costs ...
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USA Today
High Cholesterol Levels Linked to Risk of Alzheimer's Disease, Study Finds
Bloomberg
By Kanoko Matsuyama - Mon Sep 12 20:00:00 GMT 2011 People who accumulate plaque on their arteries may be more prone to another insidious type of buildup -- one that clogs their brains. Scientists who tested the cholesterol levels of 147 patients found ...
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FDA warns of battery issue with Medtronic pumps
The Associated Press
Federal health officials are warning patients that drug pumps recalled by Medtronic may fail to deliver drugs used to treat chronic pain, spasms and other conditions. The Food and Drug Administration classified the action as a class-one recall Monday, ...
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Women Develop BRCA-Related Cancer Earlier Than Their Moms, Study Says
ABC News
By SHARYN ALFONSI AND ENJOLI FRANCIS Jessica Denton was 34 and pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and tested positive for the BRCA-2 gene. She said her Aunt Pearl was diagnosed with breast cancer in her late 60s or 70s. ...
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ABC News
IBM's Watson supercomputer to tackle health insurance claims
CBS News
IBM's supercomputer Watson, seen at IBM's TJ Watson research center in Yorktown Heights, NY, Jan. 13, 2011. (CBS/AP) IBM's Watson supercomputer trounced the competition on "Jeopardy!" Now a leading health insurer wants to see if it can beat doctors at ...
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Blacks Face Faster Progression to Hypertension
MedPage Today
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today Point out that "prehypertension" -- blood pressure above the upper limit of normal (119 mm Hg systolic and 79 mm Hg diastolic) but less than 140 mm Hg systolic or 90 mm Hg diastolic -- was a significant risk ...
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Men's Testosterone Drops Steeply When Baby Arrives
Medical News Today
As soon as a man has a child his testosterone levels drop, preparing him for fatherhood, researchers from Northwestern University reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In many species where the male helps out with ...
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Ban on E. Coli in Ground Beef Is to Extend to 6 More Strains
New York Times
By WILLIAM NEUMAN The federal government will ban the sale of ground beef tainted with six toxic strains of E. coli bacteria that are increasingly showing up as the cause of severe illness from food. Officials have been under pressure from food safety ...
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Glow-in-the-dark cats against AIDS, other diseases
USA Today
By Business Wire ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a genome-based immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS and illuminate ways to combat human HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The goal is to create cats with intrinsic immunity to ...
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USA Today
Movie Review: Contagion (2011)
Firefox News
By Aubrey Ward III I'm not telling you what to see. I'm not telling you what not to see. I'm just sharing my experience and opinion on the movie, tv show or play that I have seen. I'm merely an advisor. Ultimately, you will have to go with your own gut ...
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Forever 21's 'Allergic to Algebra' Shirt Under Fire
ABC News
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No more cigarettes for smoking Malaysian orangutan
The Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A captive orangutan often spotted smoking cigarettes given to her by zoo visitors is being forced to kick the habit, a Malaysian wildlife official said Monday. Government authorities seized the adult ape named Shirley from ...
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Horwich Wins Lasker Award by Straddling Science and Medicine
New York Times
By CARL ZIMMER NEW HAVEN — Medicine is a divided world. On one side are the doctors, who come face to face with illness each day and try to heal their patients with whatever tools they can get their hands on. On the other are the researchers, ...
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New York Times
Smoking Marijuana And Being Obese Are Unrelated, Study Suggests
International Business Times
By IB Times Staff Reporter | September 12, 2011 8:56 PM EDT Researchers in France found that approximately 14 to 17 percent of people who said they smoked pot at least three days per week were obese, while people who said they had not used pot in the ...
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International Business Times
Study Links Painkiller Use to Risk of Kidney Cancer
OzarksFirst.com
(New York, NY) -- Regular use of some common painkillers is being linked to a higher risk of kidney cancer. A new study shows that risk is higher from medications including ibuprofen and naproxen when they are taken for long periods of time. ...
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Healthcare Business News Official says new CMS rules will highlight quality ...
ModernHealthcare.com
By Rich Daly New rules will reward Medicare Advantage insurance plans that CMS has deemed high quality and punish those rated as lower quality, according to the program's senior insurance regulator. Plans rated with five stars may market and enroll new ...
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India probes child HIV cases after blood transfusions
BBC News
An investigation has been launched into how 23 children who received regular blood transfusions have tested positive for HIV in the Indian state of Gujarat. The children suffer from thalassaemia and get their blood transfusions at a public hospital in ...
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Nasal form of flu vaccine catching on
KTVO
by James Buechele OTTUMWA -- For the Facebook story of the day you wanted to know more about this year's flu vaccine. The Wapello County Public Health Center is already giving out shots to the public. Several other area pharmacies are also taking ...
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Proposal gives patients access to own lab results
Washington Times
By Paige Winfield Cunningham THE WASHINGTON TIMES Patients would be allowed direct access to lab results under a new rule proposed by the Obama administration that is part of a broader effort to nudge the health care industry away from paper-driven ...
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Washington Times
DC on verge of reclaiming control of its mental health system
Washington Examiner
The District will be increasing services for its mentally ill as part of a new settlement agreement that is expected to resolve a decades-long legal battle and release the city's mental health system from court supervision. A federal judge on Monday ...
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Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus
KSDK
AP source: Texas, Oklahoma officials talk Big 12 Jefferson County, MO (KSDK) - The Jefferson County Health Department says mosquitoes tested in the southeastern portion of the county have tested positive for the West Nile Virus. ...
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Los Angeles goes blue for prostate cancer awareness
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles City Hall and other area landmarks will be bathed in blue light starting Friday to raise awareness about prostate cancer, a major health concern that men often ignore, officials said. Among other buildings turning blue are the Capitol ...
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Misunderstanding of drug approval common: study
Reuters
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people believe that drugs given the okay by the Food and Drug Administration are safer and more effective than they have to be to win approval, according to a new study. Especially in the first few ...
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Families Urge Action As US Drafts Alzheimer's Plan
NPR
by AP AP Shou-Mei Li, left, wraps a scarf around her husband Hsien-Wen Li, who is an Alzheimer's patient, as their daughter Shirley Rexrode, right, looks on, at their home in San Francisco, in this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. ...
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Illinois Woman Who Injected Beef Fat Into Her Face Died of Natural Causes
International Business Times
By IB Times Staff Reporter | September 12, 2011 5:51 PM EDT An Illinois woman who self-injected hot beef fat into her face has died of natural causes. Homewood resident Janet Hardt, 63, died of peritonitis and not from the beef fat, according to the ...
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International Business Times
3 die from Listeria infections in New Mexico
Houston Chronicle
SANTA FE, NM (AP) â€" Three people have died and six others are ill with Listeria infections that preliminary testing has linked to contaminated cantaloupe, New Mexico health officials said Monday. The state Department of Health said Colorado has also ...
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Blogs12 new results for health
 
IBM's Watson set to tackle health insurance, takes 'Diagnosis for ...
By Billy Steele
After tackling your tech support woes, the famed Watson is moving on to mop up the health insurance industry. That's right, the IBM showstopper we.
Engadget
Presidential Proclamation--National Health Information Technology ...
By The White House
WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President, White House news and policies, White House history, ...
White House.gov Press Office Feed
IBM Watson's Next Job: WellPoint Health Insurance
By The Huffington Post News Editors
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Enough with the fun and games. Watson is going to work.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Screenings essential for newborns' health – The Chart - CNN.com ...
By fabval
September is Newborn Screening Awareness month, a time designated to get the word out to new or expectant parents about the importance of having their new babies screened for serious illnesses.
The Chart
Cake Health, The 'Mint For Health Insurance,' Launches To The ...
By Jason Kincaid
The startup, which I first wrote about back in May, is hoping to become the 'Mint for Health Insurance'. At the time it was in a limited private beta, and now, at the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield, Cake is opening to the public. Oh, and the TC ...
TechCrunch
Private Medicare Plans Defy Predictions, Growing Despite Health ...
By Christopher Weaver
The industry of private Medicare health plans is continuing to grow, despite steep cuts enacted in the 2010 federal health law, according to a report released Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KHN is an editorially-independent program ...
Capsules - The KHN Blog
Health Watch: New Guidelines To Prevent MRSA In Athletes « CBS ...
By Crystal Cranmore
There are new recommendations to guard against spreading MRSA, a staph infection that's often resistant to most antibiotics and can be difficult to treat.
CBS Philly
Washington Health Sec.: Contagion Movie Is Very Real ...
By majestic
Josh Kirns amps up fear of contagious diseases for Mynorthwest.com: Talk about a horror movie. The global outbreak thriller Contagion topped the weekend box.
Disinformation
RI's Reed asks mental health services for National Guard - Projo 7 to ...
By Bryan Rourke
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Sen. Jack Reed announced Monday morning in the National Guard Armory that he has authored a bill to provide psychological services for Guard members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. The Joining Forces for ...
Projo 7 to 7 News Blog
Health law survives Cuccinelli's challenge | The Cavalier Daily
By om
A federal appellate court in Virginia threw out a suit filed by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli which challenged President Obama's 2010 health care reform bill, ruling Thursday that the law's mandate which requires individuals to buy ...
The Cavalier Daily
Slouching Towards Socialism: Health Fact of the Week « The ...
By Christopher J. Conover
One downside to the rapid growth in tax-financed health spending that I have documented in several prior posts is the vulnerability of the health system to measures taken to curb government spending. But the degree of such vulnerability ...
The Enterprise Blog
Individual health insurance mandate important for patients, doctors ...
By Gary Stephenson
While the battle over the legality of the Affordable Care Act's mandate requiring most individuals to purchase health insurance continues to be fought, its impact on the quality and cost of care, and what it would mean for patients and their ...
Johns Hopkins University - The Gazette


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