Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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HealthWatch: Heart Disease And Work
CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Long working hours are a part of life in the Big Apple, but according to a just-published study, those long days at work could be leading to a shorter lifespan, Dr. Max Gomez reports. Dr. Robin Smith is the CEO of Neostem, ...
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Yale study probes food addiction
Washington Post (blog)
By Jennifer LaRue Huget A study published online yesterday in the Archives of General Psychiatry showed that the brains of women who have symptoms of food addiction respond to the prospect of delicious food in much the same way that the brain of a drug ...
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Autism Treatments Scrutinized in Study
Wall Street Journal
By SHIRLEY S. WANG Three new studies conclude that many widely used behavioral and medication treatments for autism have some benefit, one popular alternative therapy doesn't help at all, and there isn't yet enough evidence to discern the best overall ...
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Med diagnoses radiate worries
Times of India
As the world watches Japan after it announced that contaminated water from its crippled nuclear plants would be released into the sea, experts are talking about a touchy topic: Is radiation from medical devices harmful? Medical scans have emerged as ...
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Bypass surgery for heart failure might not be needed
Columbus Dispatch
By Misti Crane Doctors might rethink their advice to heart-failure patients because of a new study that found no overall survival benefit among patients who undergo bypass surgery compared with those who only take medication. A second study on the same ...
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Ala health agency testing bacteria found in lab
BusinessWeek
Health investigators were trying to determine whether bacteria found in a laboratory of a company that supplied contaminated intravenous feeding bags matched organisms linked to an infection outbreak in six Alabama hospitals where nine people died ...
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Judge: Cut in school worker pay unconstitutional
BusinessWeek
A judge has ruled unconstitutional a state law forcing K-12 and community college employees to pay 3 percent of their salary toward retiree health care, saying they were paying into a system from which they were guaranteed no benefit. ...
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Autistic brains work differently
BBC News
By Jane Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News People with autism use their brains differently from other people, which may explain why some have extraordinary abilities to remember and draw objects in detail, according to new research. ...
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Health Care REIT raises 2011 FFO outlook
BusinessWeek
Health Care REIT Inc. on Monday raised its forecast for full-year funds from operations to reflect a slate of asset acquisitions and stock and note offerings. Toledo, Ohio-based Health Care REIT said it expects 2011 funds from operations, or FFO, ...
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Aspirin lowers pancreatic cancer risk
Times of India
Taking aspirin at least once per month is linked to a significant decrease in pancreatic cancer risk, according to a new study. Xiang-Lin Tan, a research fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said, "The findings from this large collaborative study ...
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Pinwheels focus awareness on child abuse
phillyBurbs.com
Rick Kintzel/Staff Photographer Caelan Doonan, 5, of Doylestown looks at several pinwheels he placed in the ground near the intersection of Almshouse and Route 611 in Doylestown Township Monday. The Bucks County Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) a ...
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Medtronic reports data from Resolute stent studies
BusinessWeek
Medtronic Inc. said Monday that a clinical study shows its Resolute drug-coated stent is as effective as Abbott Laboratories' Xience V stent in treating lesions caused by coronary artery disease. The world's largest medical device company reported ...
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FDA examines link between food dyes, hyperactivity
abc27
AP National/International News Health News from AP Entertainment News from AP AP National Video More>> By MARY CLARE JALONICK AP WASHINGTON (AP) - Some evidence links dyes found in everyday foods to hyperactivity in certain children, scientists and ...
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Relay for Life raises $37000 for cancer awareness, research, exceeding goal
The Reflector online
Last Friday night, 43 teams gathered in The Junction and decorated their tents to raise money for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. The theme "Around the World" made the participants feel as if they went through the Seven Seas, Costa Rica, ...
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Mental health community asks legislators to halt cuts
Chicago Sun-Times
By Jenette Sturges jsturges@stmedianetwork.com Apr 4, 2011 09:19PM Christine Potts (right) from DeKalb County holds up a shirt her son made that says, "Don't let them throw me away." Potts' son died of a drug overdose at age 19 after he stopped being ...
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Vermont considers medical marijuana dispensaries
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Game time is 4:30 pm next Saturday at the Essex Skating Facility. Tickets cost $5 for adults and...- 6:40 am March: kidding, sugaring and pruning. While the weather starts to toy with us — blue skies one day,...- 2:43 pm "How spicy will it be? ...
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