Monday, March 28, 2011

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Many Hispanics hesitant about organ donation
Reuters
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters Life!) - When Norma Garcia's teenage daughter was killed in a car wreck, she did not know that a decision she would make would be so controversial and test her cultural identity and Christian faith. ...
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Nicotine and Blood Sugar a Dangerous Combo
WebMD
By Kathleen Doheny March 28, 2011 (Anaheim, Calif.) -- Nicotine appears to be the main culprit responsible for high blood sugar levels in smokers with diabetes, according to new research presented here at the annual meeting of the American Chemical ...
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Scientists find walnut as most nutritious nut
AHN | All Headline News
Walnuts contain more antioxidant than any other nut making it the most nutritious and healthy nuts, according to US researchers. The finding was presented at the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Anaheim, ...
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Health Buzz: FDA Approves New Melanoma Drug
U.S. News & World Report
By Angela Haupt A new drug has been approved to treat late-stage melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. The US Food and Drug Administration cleared Bristol-Myers Squibb's injectable drug Yervoy on Friday, based on a study of 676 end-stage ...
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Food dyes may make kids hyper, some scientists say, but sadly the price is right
Washington Post
By Petula Dvorak, Monday, March 28, 11:10 AM Okay, we get it. Loopy cereal the color of a circus tent or yogurt that glows an unholy green is not good for us or the kids. But when it turns out that barbecue sauce, beef bouillon, pickles, bread, ...
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TechBytes: 'Facebook Depression', Nook Color Apps, OED Adds Texting Acronyms
ABC News
by RONNIE REISS and TINA TRINH There is growing worry about the effect social networking has on kids. The American Academy of Pediatrics has asked doctors to speak with their young patients about the amount of time they spend on Facebook and other ...
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Drugs 'can prevent breast cancer'
BBC News
Women at high risk of developing breast cancer should be given preventative drugs, according to an international panel of cancer experts. Writing in the Lancet Oncology, they said drugs such as tamoxifen could reduce the chances of developing breast ...
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Colic: Not much help found in alternative therapies
Los Angeles Times
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times Colic is a nightmare -- for baby and parents. The condition, in which an infant cries inconsolably, is poorly understood and there is no surefire treatment. That's why parents often turn to complementary and alternative ...
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Los Angeles Times
Teens lose bone density after weight-loss surgery
msnbc.com
NEW YORK — Teenagers who undergo gastric-bypass weight-loss surgery lose bone in the 2 years following the procedure, a new study shows. Could your pillow be making you sick? Experts point out the surprising health and happiness hazards in the average ...
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WHO chief says report exonerates agency on flu handling
AFP
GENEVA — World health chief Margaret Chan on Monday welcomed the first results of a probe into the global handling of the swine flu pandemic in 2009-2010, claiming it had exonerated the agency on two key counts. The director general of the World Health ...
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AFP
Raccoon gets himself in a sticky situation
KSBY San Luis Obispo News
A raccoon couldn't pass on a peanut butter treat Sunday, and got himself caught in a sticky situation. This raccoon is now lovingly called "Skippy" by kids in Ronkonkoma, New York. This weekend, he got his head stuck inside a Skippy peanut butter jar. ...
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Relay for Life kicks off
Flyer News
Relay for Life will host its kickoff event on Wednesday, March 30, from 11 am through 2 pm in Kennedy Union Field, with food, music, T-shirts, giveaways and relay sign-ups. Everyone that donates $1 will receive free pizza, and students are encouraged ...
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Special Open Door on Home Health Payments
HomeCare
BALTIMORE — CMS said it needs help identifying beneficiaries who may have difficulty accessing Medicare home health services. "We would like to hear about your experiences serving hard to reach populations, as well as the challenges certain ...
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DeFusco's Salmonella Outbreak: why so many hospitalized?
Food Poison Journal
Having over one third of the victims in a Salmonella outbreak require hospitalization is a rarity. A high hospitalization rate speaks to the dangerous nature of the particular strain of bacteria involved, sometimes, or to the population of people to ...
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Medical marijuana rules released Monday
NECN
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Health Services has released its rules for medical marijuana use and distribution. The state health department has been working for months to develop regulations after Arizona voters approved the use of medical ...
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Mental health facility announces—Red Route gone we're coming
Garner Citizen
Town of Garner officials just announced a major economic development involving a $12 million investment and the creation of more than 250 jobs. The president and CEO, Jim Shaheen of Strategic Behavioral Health, LLC (SBH) of Memphis, ...
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Garner Citizen
Poor Diet Linked To Anemia in Post Menopausal Women
Technorati
As women get older, their bodies change. This is a fact that everyone is aware of. Menopause in itself is enough to go through without all of the other factors involved in the aging process. Now, there's even more to worry about. ...
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Technorati
New Treatment or Colon Cancer
TopNews United States
According to a recent study, there has been the development of a new Colon Cancer drug. This could help in the treatment of the disease that kills several people across the world every year. There has been a new drug found by the name Rosuvastatin. ...
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TopNews United States
Some Bottles of Citalopram Recalled Due to Mislabeling
Medscape
March 28, 2011 — Certain bottles labeled as containing the antidepressant citalopram (Celexa) are being recalled by Greenstone LLC because they may also inadvertently contain the hyperplasia-treating drug finasteride, reports a MedWatch safety alert ...
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