Wednesday, April 6, 2011

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US teen pregnancy rate at record low: CDC
Petoskey News-Review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US teen pregnancy rate in 2009, the latest year for which data are available, hit its lowest since tracking began 70 years ago, the Center for Disease Control said on Tuesday. However, more than 400000 teen girls still give ...
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Health reform is still a hot issue
The Daily Tar Heel
By Sarah Dugan | The Daily Tar Heel Wait … you thought the health care debate was over? Not quite. The Pit will soon be overtaken again by excited students waving petitions and campaign signs. That's right — President Barack Obama confirmed Monday ...
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Opening statements in Kristen Labrie trial
My Fox Boston
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The trial of a local mom accused of withholding her son's cancer medication began with some strong words from prosecutors. They say Kristen Labrie's actions were like pushing the young boy in front of a car. ...
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High Doses of Prescription Painkillers Up Risk of OD Death
ABC News
By COURTNEY HUTCHISON, ABC News Medical Unit Prescription painkillers may be FDA-approved and doctor-recommended, but that doesn't protect patients from the risk of lethal, accidental overdose, especially for those prescribed high doses. ...
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Optimer ropes in Cubist Pharma to co-promote antibiotic
Reuters
April 6 (Reuters) - Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc signed an exclusive co-promotion deal with Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc to market its experimental antibiotic in the United States, a day after a US advisory panel backed the drug. On Tuesday, a US advisory ...
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Reno 9-year-old a role model for fight for diabetes cure
Reno Gazette-Journal
Diabetic Alli Christy, 9, of Reno checks her glucose level with some of her high-tech gadgets at her home on Sunday . She was diagnosed with Type I juvenile diabetes when she was 4. / David B. Parker/RGJ Alli shows the results as she checks her glucose ...
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UH researcher aids study that nullifies hormone risks
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
By Kristen Consillio. "The study shows it's possible for women in the 50s to take estrogen for the short term and have benefits," said UH John A. Burns School of Medical researcher David Curb, a professor of geriatric medicine who co-authored the study ...
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Is Soy Safe to Eat After Breast Cancer?
WebMD
By Denise Mann April 5, 2011 -- For years, breast cancer survivors were often counseled to avoid soy foods and supplements because of estrogen-like effects that might theoretically cause breast tumors to grow. Now, a new study of more than 18312 women ...
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Once-Daily Nevirapine for HIV Wins FDA Nod
ThirdAge
By Alex Heigl Marketed under the name Viramune XR, the pill is a one-unit (400 mg), once-daily extended release formulation of nevirapine for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults. ...
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Migrating to U.S. Impacts Mental Health, Study Says
Fox News
AP Mexicans ages 18 to 25 who migrate to the United States are four-and-a-half times more likely to suffer depression than those who stay in their home country. Migrating to the United States significantly impacts a person's mental health, ...
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New York City to consider banning fast-food toys
Reuters
Two McDonald's Happy Meal with toy watches fashioned after the characters Donkey and Puss in Boots from the movie ''Shrek Forever After'' are pictured in Los Angeles June 22, 2010. By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several New York City council ...
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Reuters
Allergy Season With Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
About - News & Issues
By Adrienne Dellwo, About.com Guide April 6, 2011 The grass is turning green, my forsythia's about to bloom, spring is in the air -- along with ever increasing amounts of pollen. A large percentage of us with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome ...
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USC re-opens transplant program after problem
CBS News
(AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — A University of Southern California-affiliated hospital has reactivated its kidney transplant program after a doctor put the wrong kidney into a patient who survived the error. USC University Hospital's transplant director Dr. ...
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Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) and Gift of Life Donor Program ...
PR Newswire (press release)
PITTSBURGH, April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), a federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organization (OPO) serving Pennsylvania, West Virginia and parts of New York, and Gift of Life Donor ...
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April and Autism: Ready? Set? Action!
Age of Autism
By Cathy Jameson We've rounded the corner of another month-long Autism Awareness campaign. I wrote about how we as a nation need more than just promote autism awareness in this piece a year ago (HERE). Awareness is good. It's fine actually. ...
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