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In an ironic twist to the relationship between tobacco and human health, it would seem that the future of the plant may lie in growing vaccines against cancer. read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by oswegoguy 22 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com) | Health Tags: hiv
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year. read more »
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Viagra helpful to women on antidepressants, study findsLos Angeles Times - 1 hour agoIn a small study, 72% of those on SSRIs -- which can have debilitating sexual side effects -- reported improvement when taking the male impotence drug.Viagra offers help to some women Minneapolis Star Tribune read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by ffnstuff 1 day 22 hours ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
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Scientists who develop new drugs are closely following the progress through clinical trials of a cache of drugs developed with counter-intuitive strategy that defies conventional wisdom, according to an article scheduled for the July 21 issue of Chemical & Engineering News. read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by webmatt 1 day 20 hours ago (http://www.newsday.com) | Health Tags: salmonella salmonella strain food-borne illness
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Federal health inspectors have found a Mexican-grown jalapeño pepper in a Texas produce facility tainted with the identical salmonella strain linked to 1251 cases of food-borne illness nationwide. read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by ffnstuff 2 days ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
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Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in The Lancet (18 July) by researchers from Imperial College London. Emerging evidence suggests that particular drugs may benefit people f read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by norma 2 days ago (http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com)
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Blood levels critical at area hospitalsMarshall News Messenger - 1 hour agoBy Staff Reports, News Messenger The daily demand for blood during the summer keeps blood centers working to collect donations apace with the need.Blood drive set for Aug. 1 Ennis Daily NewsStewart Center In Need Of Mor read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by oswegoguy 2 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com) | Health Tags: lung cancer
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Canadian researchers have taken steps toward developing a gene test to determine whether a patient's lung cancer is especially aggressive, or whether radical treatment can be avoided. read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by ffnstuff 4 days ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
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The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention is pleased to announce that its chief science officer, Darrell Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D., will be honored with the American College of Clinical Pharmacology's (ACCP) Nathaniel T. Kwit Memorial Distinguished Service Award at the 2008 ACCP Annual Meeting in Philad read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by webmatt 3 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
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The Money TimesPlans for Human Trial of HIV Vaccine CanceledNew York Times - Jul 17, 2008By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN Plans for a large human trial of a vaccine against the AIDS virus in the United States were canceled on Thursday because federal health officials said the vaccine was unlikely to prov read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by norma 3 days ago (http://www.webmd.com)
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The Money TimesReport: US Health Care Not So HealthyWebMD - Jul 18, 2008By Todd Zwillich July 18, 2008 -- The overall health of the nation's health system is no better than it was two years ago -- and appears to have gotten slightly worse, according to a national scorecard.US Health Care S read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by webmatt 4 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
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PhysOrg.comRestaurants That Lack Calorie Counts Now Face FinesNew York Times - 7 hours agoBy JAMES BARRON Mark Loersch, who teaches nutrition to high school students, noticed something in a McDonald’s restaurant on West 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan that he had not seen back home in Onalask read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by norma 4 days ago (http://www.efluxmedia.com)
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ChattahBoxEnvironmental Protection Agency Warns Of Climate Change Toll On HealtheFluxMedia - 2 hours agoBy Alice Turner The United States Environmental Protection Agency warned of the effects of climate change on our health, summarizing in a new report the conclusions of tens of scientific stu read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by ffnstuff 4 days ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
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The new Medicare law that passed on Tuesday not only delays for 18 months a 10.6% reduction to physician fees, it also contains provisions that directly affect beneficiaries, the Wall Street Journal reports. The law reduces the copayment for mental health services from 50% to 20%, which is consiste read more »
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ABC NewsGlobal Warming May Cause Burning in Nether RegionsFOXNews - Jul 16, 2008As global warming heats up temperatures around the United States, it will likely have a burning sensation on some sensitive human areas, The Globe and Mail reported Tuesday.Blame climate change for ... kidney stone read more »
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