Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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Family and Doctors Talk About First Full Face Transplant
OzarksFirst.com
(Boston, MA) -- A man who was disfigured in an accident has become the first person in the US to undergo a full face transplant. Doctors and the patient's family are speaking about how it happened. This is Dallas Wiens, prior to November 2008, ...
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Measure HR 1 could cut 93% of federal funding for poison control centers
CNN
(CNN) -- Congress might cut most of the federal funding for your local poison control center, which could mean a longer wait during your next poison-related emergency. Measure HR 1 would cut $27.3 million, or about 93%, of federal funding for poison ...
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Melanoma Rates May Be Higher for the Rich
WebMD
By Salynn Boyles March 21, 2011 -- Many lifestyle-related cancers disproportionately affect the poor, but new research finds the opposite to be true for the most lethal form of skin cancer: melanoma. In a California study, non-Hispanic, white teens and ...
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Springfield Experts Weigh-In on New Child Seat Guidelines
OzarksFirst.com
(Springfield, MO) -- According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic crashes are the largest killer of children. But new recommendations are hoping to change that. Current regulations recommend children face forwards once they ...
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Study: Smoking linked to breast cancer risk
Herald Times Reporter
Smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke appear to increase the risk for breast cancer among postmenopausal women, new research shows. Although earlier studies had found little or no connection between breast cancer and smoking, as more women smokers ...
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Health care reform bill a tome of confusion on first anniversary
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Nicole Vaeth's car was filling with water and she knew she would drown. Then Billy and Jed Lemen took a road they didn't usually take and saw her.- 12:53 am PAETEC's downtown headquarters will be designed by the architectural firm behind the O'Rorke ...
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Men & Plastic Surgery, Salvia Ban In NY
myfoxny.com
MORE PLASTIC SURGERY FOR MEN: There are new numbers from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The top five most popular procedures for men in 2010 were nose jobs, eyelid surgery, liposuction, breast reduction surgery and hair transplantation. ...
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Hospitals and insurers unite against Anthem on contract provision
The Connecticut Mirror
By Arielle Levin Becker Doctors and hospital officials are hoping state lawmakers will ban a contracting provision that insurance companies use to get the lowest prices for medical services. Some of the state's insurers hope so too. ...
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Obese Americans Making Public Bus Transportation Unsafe
SmartAboutHealth
Washington (SmartAboutHealth) – The Federal Transit Authority has proposed a raise in the assumed weight average for the passengers that are riding in public transportation buses around the United States. Currently the assumed weight average is 150 ...
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Diabetes Alert Day trying to save lives
Today's THV
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of the death in the United States which is why the American Diabetes Association is urging everyone to get tested today. It's the 23rd annual Diabetes Alert Day, a one-day "wake-up" call asking the American public ...
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Mums who drink in pregnancy have unruly kids
Times of India
Teenagers whose mothers drank early in pregnancy are more likely to become unruly, aggressive and badly behaved, researchers claim. According to their study, the risk of anti-social behaviour rose threefold among 16-year-olds whose mothers drank as ...
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Archdiocese faces fourth sex-abuse claim in month | Philadelphia Inquirer ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
A former Northeast Philadelphia altar boy on Monday became the fourth man in a month to sue the Archdiocese of Philadelphia over claims that it failed to stop a pastor from sexually abusing him. The 32-year-old Arizona man, identified in court papers ...
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Western NY authorities warn of heroin overdoses
Wall Street Journal
AP BUFFALO, NY — Law enforcement officials in western New York are warning heroin users that the drugs they're buying may be laced with deadly fillers. Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda says police have seen two fatal heroin overdoses this ...
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Medical marijuana center may come to Burlington
phillyBurbs.com
The state agency intends for the centers to be open this summer, but regulations governing their operation are not yet finalized. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has announc-ed the six nonprofit groups selected to legally grow ...
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More expired food found in Boston schools
Boston Herald
By AP BOSTON -- The director of food and nutrition services for Boston's public schools has been reassigned after inspectors found 280 cases of out-of-date food in 40 cafeterias. It was the second time this month that food beyond expiration and ...
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