Wednesday, September 21, 2011

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News29 new results for health
 
Obesity drug Contrave gets a new lease on life
Los Angeles Times
We're getting fatter, we don't stick to diets or we gain the weight back lickety-split if we do --and meanwhile, where are the weight loss drugs? Now one drug that had faltered in the pipeline – Orexigen Therapeutics' Contrave -- just got a new lease ...
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Los Angeles Times
Controversial BPA found in canned kids' foods
msnbc.com
By Linda Carroll The controversial chemical BPA may be lurking in the child-friendly canned foods you've been serving your kids for dinner, a new report suggests. Some guys love long hair on women, others prefer short. Some go nuts for the "no makeup" ...
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Don't put off flu shot, there's plenty for all, CDC says
USA Today
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Parents should put flu shots on their to-do list now, "a tuning up for winter," says William Schaffner, president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Leading by example, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, ...
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USA Today
Study: Ritalin May Reverse the Effects of Anesthesia
TIME
By Maia Szalavitz Wednesday, September 21, 2011 | View Comments Ritalin (methylphenidate), the stimulant drug commonly used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, may speed recovery from anesthesia, according to new research in rats that ...
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Almost 1 million young adults get health insurance
USA Today
By Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Almost 1 million young adults have signed on to new health insurance policies, government statistics released Wednesday show. Government officials credit the new federal health care law for making that possible. ...
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USA Today
Death toll in cantaloupe outbreak rises to 8
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The death toll has risen to eight in an outbreak of listeria traced to Colorado-grown cantaloupes, officials said Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that a person in Maryland died from eating the tainted ...
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Swedish daycare centers use GPS to track kids
msnbc.com
Hasse Holmberg / AP Daycare centers in Sweden have started using GPS and other electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on children during chaperoned excursions. By Kristin Kalning Your kiddo may not have an actual big brother, but in Sweden, ...
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msnbc.com
Cities Divided Over Pot Dispensaries
Wall Street Journal
By BOBBY WHITE A growing number of Bay Area cities including Danville and San Bruno recently banned their medical marijuana dispensaries, even as towns like Oakland and San Jose explore growing their marijuana business to boost city revenues, ...
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Wall Street Journal
CDC: La scores 100 in public health emergency prep
Houston Chronicle
JANET McCONNAUGHEY, AP NEW ORLEANS (AP) â€" Louisiana and Mississippi got good grades on plans for dealing with public health emergencies and on their public health labs' performance. For the second year in a row, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Boy, 14, found dead over gay bullying
Telegraph.co.uk
A 14-year-old boy from New York, who warned in internet postings that he felt suicidal because of homophobic bullying, has been found dead outside his home. By Jon Swaine, New York Jamey Rodemeyer became the latest in a string of suicides by young ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
US firms expect healthcare costs to rise at lowest rate since 1997
Los Angeles Times
Companies expect to pay 5.4% more on average for health benefits next year, the smallest increase in more than a decade, a survey says. Workers, however, may see their share of the costs outpace their earnings growth. By Duke Helfand, Los Angeles Times ...
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Cigarette makers sue to block new graphic warnings
Washington Times
By Cheryl Wetzstein Images provided by the Food and Drug Administration show two of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have to use on packages by September 2012 if the FDA rules are not overturned. (Associated Press) Can Uncle Sam legally ...
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Washington Times
How Does DEET Work? Study Says It Confuses Insects
ABC News
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer For almost 50 years, people have used insect repellents containing DEET. But scientists still argue about how the stuff works. Does it drive away mosquitoes and other insects by smelling bad to them? ...
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Study: Preemies Face Early Death Risk Even in Adulthood
WBAY
New research shows premature babies not only face a higher risk of death as infants but as young adults, too. Previously, researchers thought the risk of death evened out for premature babies who survived their first few years of life. ...
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Depressed people have slightly more strokes
Reuters
By Frederik Joelving NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study shows people who are depressed may be a little more likely than others to suffer a stroke down the road. Looking back at 28 past studies, researchers estimated there would be 106 extra cases ...
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'Longevity gene' may be dead end: study
AFP
PARIS — Research over the last decade showing that proteins called sirtuins can increase lifespan is deeply flawed, according to a new study in Nature that debunks prior claims of a direct causal link. Pioneering experiments on earthworms and ...
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AFP
Planned Parenthood left in Tory funding limbo
Toronto Star
OTTAWA—The Conservative government appears to have shelved an application from International Planned Parenthood Federation to fund maternal and child health services overseas. In the latest list of $82 million in overseas projects that have received ...
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Leaders vow to cut deaths from chronic disease
Forbes
By EDITH M. LEDERER , 09.21.11, 05:06 PM EDT World leaders have pledged to take wide-ranging action to prevent millions of deaths from cancer, diabetes, and heart and lung disease by tackling the key causes - smoking, excessive drinking, ...
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Car fumes 'raise heart attack risk for six-hour window'
BBC News
By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News Heart attack risk is raised for about six hours post-exposure and goes down again after that, researchers found. They say in the British Medical Journal that pollution probably hastens rather than directly ...
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BBC News
Couple sues hospital after he gets her infected kidney
msnbc.com
Robin Rombach / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP Michael Yocabet and Christina Mecannic discuss new lawsuits they've filed against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and others. Doctors transplanted a kidney from Mecannic into Yocabet, ...
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msnbc.com
If You Get Divorced, Will You Lose Your Hair Over It?
Technorati
Divorce is second on the list of most stressful events that can happen in a person's life; the first, as you may suspect is the death of a spouse or child. To what extent one is able to diffuse the stress and handle it with alternative emotional ...
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Technorati
China "stem cell therapies" offer heartbreak for many
Reuters
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese hotel manager Hong Chun had trouble using chopsticks after a minor stroke and sought treatment at a large Shanghai hospital where doctors injected what they said were donor stem cells into his spinal cord and ...
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Reuters
Breast Cancer MRI More Effective Than Mammography For High-Risk Women
ThirdAge
MRI scans for breast cancer are more effective than mammograms for high-risk, underserved women, a new study from Duke University shows. Researchers compared two groups of uninsured or underinsured women. One consisted of 299 women who had general risk ...
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ThirdAge
American Cancer Society wants a tobacco tax hike in Missouri
Missourinet.com
by Jessica Machetta on September 21, 2011 The American Cancer Society wants to circulate statewide petitions putting an 80 cent tobacco tax increase into the constitution. The secretary of state has to approve the effort before signatures can be ...
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Company hires adults with autism to test software
Salt Lake Tribune
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Highland Park, Ill. • The software testers at Aspiritech are a collection of characters. Katie Levin talks nonstop. Brian Tozzo hates driving. Jamie Specht is bothered by bright lights, vacuum cleaners and the feel of carpeting ...
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Time to kick butt
KPCnews.com
By Matt Getts • Former smokers live longer than people who keep smoking. For example, people who quit smoking before age 50 have one-half the risk of dying in the next 15 years compared with people who keep smoking. • Quitting smoking lowers the risk ...
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Gene helps explain a third of inherited ALS cases
Reuters
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered a gene responsible for more than a third of inherited cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and a related brain disorder. ...
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Obese may be less able to control food impulses: study
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thin people may be able to summon more mental defenses to resist tempting, high-calorie foods than obese people, researchers said on Monday. Brain scans of thin people who looked at pictures of high-calorie foods showed increased ...
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Catholics asked to fight birth control insurance rule
Washington Post (blog)
By Bruce Nolan (Religion News Service), Catholics around the country are being asked to object in writing to a new federal rule that will require Catholic ministries to offer birth control coverage to their employees. In particular, Catholic bishops ...
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Blogs18 new results for health
 
Hyla Cass, M.D.: In Praise of Grassroots Health Care Reform
By Hyla Cass, M.D.
We're seeing some very creative, health-focused innovations emerging from the ground up, as clinicians and patients take it upon themselves to reform health care.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Brain Bot system to offer mental health relief | Ubergizmo
By Edwin Kee
In this modern day and age, there's this niggling, chronic situation known as "stress" that affects most of us at [...]
Ubergizmo
Obama Health Care Law Sees Nearly 1 Million Young Adults Gain ...
By The Huffington Post News Team
WASHINGTON — At least one part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has proven popular. With the economy sputtering, the number of young adults covered by health insurance grew by about a million as families flocked to ...
Barack Obama on Huffington Post
Nearly 1 Million Young Adults Get Insurance Under Health Law ...
By Phil Galewitz
Nearly 1 million young adults have gained health coverage this year following the passage of the health overhaul law, which lets them stay on their parents' insurance up to age 26, according to a federal report released today. The report's ...
Capsules - The KHN Blog
Health groups again push for a tobacco tax increase in Missouri ...
Missouri health advocates on Tuesday filed with the secretary of state for a ballot initiative to raise the state's famously low cigarette tax by 80 cents per pack. Tobacco opponents have been able to do that before, yet saw proposed tax ...
KansasCity.com: Front Page
Swedish health care organization plans to implement Microsoft's ...
By Tom Warren
"Healthcare reform requires health systems to do more with less," said Swedish President and CEO Rod Hochman, M.D. "Amalga is a key technology enabler that will allow us to efficiently combine data stored in disparate IT systems across ...
WinRumors
Kootenai Health buying Heart Clinics Northwest - Spokesman.com ...
Kootenai Health plans to buy Spokane-based Heart Clinics Northwest, the Coeur d'Alene-based medical center said today.
Spokesman.com: Idaho stories
Obama's health care bill pays for corporate, union and local ...
By Jacob Szeto
A total of 101 public and private Oregon entities have been approved to participate in the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP), a federal program that uses federal funds to pay for retiree health care costs, distributing over $19 million to ...
Oregon Capitol News
Mitt Romney | Health Care Reform | Suskind | The Daily Caller
By Matt Lewis
New book reveals RomneyCare was model for health care reform | Book may also remind everyone of what is obviously an inconvenient truth for Mitt Romney.
The Daily Caller
Health law plan appeals to San Francisco businesses | Joshua ...
By Joshua Sabatini
Dueling proposals have emerged to amend part of San Francisco's landmark universal health care program, intensifying a debate over how hundreds of businesses must change the way they meet the mandate.
Examiner Local RSS
Investors with a Conscience Should Divest from Health Insurance ...
By Healthcare-NOW!
By Rob Stone for Tikkun.org - I was the doctor on duty one night in August when the ambulance rushed a man into our Midwestern hospital ER. As I walked into.
Healthcare-NOW!
Miami-Dade Issues Health Advisory For West Nile Virus « CBS Miami
By cbs4lisa
The Miami-Dade County Health Department has confirmed a human case of West Nile virus.
CBS Miami
Picture of Health: Group pushes "Friends with Benefits" of health ...
By Meredith Cohn
Hoping to capitalize on news on the Census that 500000 young adults gained health care coverage last year because of a provision in the federal health care reform law, a group called Young Invincibles is pushing more college students to ...
Picture of Health
Obesity Summit Today to Address Health Issues
The Michigan Department of Community Health will host a summit today to develop strategies to combat rising numbers of obesity in Michigan.
WILX - HomePage - Headlines
Archbishop retires amid health troubles
By Jessica Hayes
Archbishop retires amid health troubles. Updated: Wednesday, 21 Sep 2011, 6:17 PM EDT Published : Wednesday, 21 Sep 2011, 6:17 PM EDT. Jessica Hayes. INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - For the past 20 years, Archbishop Daniel Buechlein has ...
Mobile | WISH TV
Making Sense of Health Care Prices | John Goodman's Health ...
By John Goodman
Take a look at the chart below. It shows representative prices for a knee replacement for different patients in different settings. The most shocking thing.
John Goodman's Health Policy Blog
VIDEO: Health Conscious Kitteh Noms Seaweed - Lolcats 'n' Funny ...
By Cheezburger Network
funny pictures - VIDEO: Health Conscious Kitteh Noms Seaweed.
Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of...
USAID Impact » Collective Action to Advance the Health of Women ...
By Scott Radloff, Director of USAID's Office of Population and Reproductive Health
As director of USAID's Office of Population and Reproductive Health, I've seen firsthand how this unique partnership has enhanced our efforts to improve the lives of women and children in the countries we work. Through shared planning and ...
USAID Impact

Web3 new results for health
 
Sarah Michelle Gellar's Secrets to a Healthy Life - Health.com
Sarah Michelle Gellar, who's starring on the new CW show "Ringer,"shares her secrets to a buff body, healthy home (juicer, anyone?), and incredibly balanced ...
www.health.com/health/article/0,,20527800,00.html
Excela Health > Home
Excela Health. Search. Excela on ... This 90-minute class is to help prepare people for knee or hip replacement at Excela Health. It is designed to assist ...
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Baptist Health - Arkansas hospitals, medical care and health ...
Baptist Health serves Arkansas' medical needs with hospitals and clinics including Baptist Health Medical Center, Baptist Health Baptist Memorial Medical ...
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