Friday, April 8, 2011

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Gaming, 3D Virtual Reality Helps Stroke Victims Recover
Medical News Today
So it turns out that recovery is easier than you may think from stroke. Stoke is a horrible experience for those that survive that often leaves one debilitated with the loss of sectional motor function. However, a new study published in the leading ...
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Addicted to Coffee? It May Be in Your Genes
Fox News
If you are one of those people who absolutely has to have your morning cup of coffee, there's a good chance your genes are to blame. Scientists have discovered people who have two versions of the genes CYP1A2 and AHR are much more likely to crave ...
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Germy Faucet Harbored Bacteria Fingered In Ala. IV Outbreak
GPB
By Scott Hensley Don't drink the water, or use it to mix intravenous fluids for hospital patients. An investigation into microbial contamination that led to blood infections of 19 hospitalized patients in Alabama has found a genetic match between ...
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T-DM1 Provides Better Breast Cancer Progression-Free Survival Than Just ...
Medical News Today
T-DMI, a combination of trastuzumab (Herceptin) and a cell-killing agent developed by ImmunoGen, has demonstrated superior progression-free survival when compared to just Herceptin and chemotherapy. A Phase II trial with 137 patients with HER2-positive ...
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Movie Theatres to Sell Healthy Snacks
ABC News
By KIM CAROLLO, ABC News Medical Unit The next new hit at movie theatres may not be a blockbuster film or some new special effect. If health professionals have anything to do with it, it will be a healthy snack option at concession stands. ...
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Alcohol Consumption Linked to Higher Cancer Incidence
Doctors Lounge
A substantial number of cancer cases in both men and women can be attributed to alcohol consumption, according to a study published online April 7 in the BMJ. FRIDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- A substantial number of cancer cases in both men and ...
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'Superbug' in tap water: Delhi govt says no cause of worry
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government today appealed to the people of the city not to worry following reports of presence of drug-resistant bacteria in the capital's tap water. After a meeting with health experts and top officials of his department, ...
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17 Day Diet: A Hit or Miss?
Fox News
By Colleen Cappon Here comes a new diet, coincidentally released just in time for swimsuit season. The 17-Day Diet has already gotten plenty of media attention, and has those who packed on the winter pounds wondering if it is right for them. ...
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Measles may be forgotten, and sometimes unrecognized, but it's not gone
Los Angeles Times
By Marissa Cevallos, HealthKey Measles, an itchy, highly contagious and sometimes deadly infection, was declared eliminated from the US in 2000. Even doctors began to pay the disease little mind, as it turns out. But seven new cases—all unvaccinated ...
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Los Angeles Times
Some pet owners try to skirt rules with fake service dogs
Los Angeles Times
By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel Legitimate service dog owners and trainers in South Florida say they are increasingly frustrated by loopholes and gray areas in state and federal law that allow some pet owners to pass off their pooches as certified ...
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Report: Hospital errors more common than suspected
USA Today
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay A new method for identifying medical errors contends that as many as 90% of hospital mistakes are overlooked. By Joe Raedle, Getty Images A new study suggests that the error rate in hospitals is 10 times greater than ...
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USA Today
GSK readies 500 reps for Horizant launch
FiercePharma
Now that they have FDA approval for Horizant in the bag, GlaxoSmithKline and Xenoport are working out a sales strategy. And if the companies' statistics hold true, there are more than 5 million Americans with symptoms of restless legs syndrome, ...
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Court Approves Sale Of Former St. Vincent's Site
NY1
A bankruptcy court has approved the sale of the former St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village. The hospital's campus will be sold to real-estate company Rudin Management for $260 million. In a deal first announced last month, the hospital will be ...
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Simple treatment cuts preterm births by 45 percent
Reuters
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, April 6 (Reuters) - Treating high-risk pregnant women with the hormone progesterone cut their rate of premature delivery by 45 percent and helped lower the risk of breathing complications in their babies, US researchers ...
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Spill-related health concerns persist
Daily Comet
By Naomi King HOUMA — Oil-spill cleanup workers and commercial divers are the most prone to high levels of cancer-causing chemicals believed to be related to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, according to tests from an independent group of ...
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FDA Holds Off On New Heart Warnings For ADHD Medicines
NPR (blog)
by Scott Hensley The FDA has been looking at heart risks from Adderall and other drugs for ADHD. The FDA has been looking at heart risks from Adderall and other drugs for ADHD. The Food and Drug Administration has finally received data from a massive ...
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Kenilworth prepares for first all-night Relay for Life
Suburban News
By Leslie Murray / Cranford Chronicle KENILWORTH — Celebrating another birthday might not be much fun past a certain age, but turning another year older is the goal as Relay for Life expands to Kenilworth. As one of the largest fundraisers for The ...
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