Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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Today's Top Health Stories - March 23, 2011
OzarksFirst.com
An FDA panel is expected to deliver its final report today on whether menthol cigarettes should be removed from the market. Experts for the Food and Drug Administration have said the minty flavoring leads to more smokers and makes it harder to quit. ...
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Medicare official tells Nashville crowd health reform has helped patients
The Tennessean
Don't expect any philosophical differences in the approach to health-care reform if principal deputy administrator Marilyn B. Tavenner gets nominated to replace her boss as head of the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid. ...
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How comfort foods beat the blues
Telegraph.co.uk
Comfort foods such as sausages and mash, ice cream and chips really do make you feel better and less lonely, according to psychologists. It works by reminding people of their childhood actually fight feelings of isolation by making people feel like ...
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Heart attack test 'detects more'
BBC News
A more sensitive blood test could improve the diagnosis of heart attacks in patients who have minor damage. Scientists from Edinburgh University said it could measure damage to heart muscles at a level four times deeper than the standard blood test. ...
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Supreme Court urged to face health reform law's 'crippling uncertainty'
IFAwebnews.com
By Bob Graham Virginia's solicitor general filed court papers arguing that the US Supreme Court should review the federal health reform law immediately because of the "crippling uncertainty faced by the country." The brief, filed by Duncan Getchell Jr. ...
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Alert week: What is your diabetes risk?
Coeur d'Alene Press
Have you taken your Diabetes Risk Test yet? Tuesday was National Diabetes Alert Day, where the American Diabetes Association challenged everyone to take this important test. The Diabetes Risk Test asks users to answer simple questions about weight, ...
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Of all Christians, guess which group is most receptive to marriage equality?
Hartford Courant (blog)
By Susan Campbell on March 23, 2011 4:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) A new Public Religion Research Institute report says that Catholics are more supportive of a legalized same-sex relatonships than other Christians, and Americans as a whole. ...
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Monitor Detects Radiation in a City Near Loma Linda
Patch.com
Smoke billows from the No. 3 unit of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. AP Photo/ Tokyo Electric Power Co. By Gina Tenorio | Email the author | 12:19am The Environmental Protection Agency reported Tuesday that trace amounts of ...
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'04 report warned of school food problems
Boston Globe
By Andrew Ryan Officials in the Boston public schools learned as early as 2004 that their embattled food service system lacked adequate inventory controls, a problem highlighted in an internal report warning that the School Department needed ...
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Stem Cell Transplant May Help Aggressive MS: Study
BusinessWeek
By Amanda Gardner MONDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Stem cell transplants may hold some hope for patients with rapidly progressing multiple sclerosis, the authors of a long-term study report. The controversial treatment, known as hematopoietic stem ...
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Are Pollen Count Forecasts Reliable?
Fox News
People with hay fever and other seasonal allergies often check pollen count forecasts on the Internet — but those counts rarely reflect reality, researchers said in San Francisco yesterday at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, ...
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Marijuana site takes Bellmawr by surprise
Cherry Hill Courier Post
Anthony McCreavy, 23, supports bringing a medical marijuana distribution site to Bellmawr. / JOHN ZIOMEK/Courier-Post Bellmawr Ron Filipek was surprised to hear that his town was mentioned as a medical marijuana distribution site. ...
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WellPoint Anthem To Cut, Delay Calif Rate Increase - Official
Wall Street Journal
By Dinah Wisenberg Brin Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WellPoint Inc.'s (WLP) Anthem Blue Cross of California has agreed to delay and reduce its 2011 rate increases for individual health plans, a move that will save customers in the state at least $40 million, ...
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