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Genetics Study Gives New Clues About Alzheimer's
ThirdAge
By Adam Smit Genetics that play a role in Alzheimer's disease have been identified in a new study, according to ABC News. Researchers at Cardiff University say they have discovered five distinct genetic codes that could provide new avenues for ...
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Breast Milk Analysis May Enable The Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
Medical News Today
Eighty percent of women give birth, and now there may be a chance that breast cancer can be detected earlier by examining cells in breast milk, according to a presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research 102nd Annual Meeting in Orlando, ...
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Health Buzz: Yoga Calms Irregular Heartbeat
U.S. News & World Report
By Angela Haupt Doing the downward dog could help calm a dangerously fast heartbeat. New research suggests that yoga nearly halves episodes of atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm condition that affects millions and increases the likelihood of stroke. ...
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Kids have multiple fathers with single mom
Times of India
Twenty-eight per cent of all US women with two or more children have them fathered by multiple partners, a new study has revealed. "I was surprised at the prevalence," said demographer Cassandra Dorius, post-doctoral fellow at the University of ...
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Autism treatments often lack solid evidence of effectiveness, study finds
Los Angeles Times
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times Autism treatments range from medications to behavioral therapies to alternative medical practices. But too few treatments are backed by solid evidence, according to a series of studies released Monday in the journal ...
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Los Angeles Times
White House files arguments fighting Fla. ruling
ModernHealthcare.com
By Rich Daly The Obama administration recently targeted each argument underpinning a federal judge's ruling against the 2010 healthcare overhaul. The federal government specified in its April 1 appeal to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ...
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Jennie-O Recalls 55000 Pounds of Turkey Burger Over Salmonella
Fox News
Jennie-O Turkey recalled 55000 pounds of turkey burger this weekend after being linked to a dozen cases of salmonella in 10 states. The raw, frozen turkey burgers were sold nationwide exclusively at Sam's Club stores. They were sold in boxes of 12 ...
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Scientists Find Potential Driver of Some Aggressive Prostate Cancers
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a genetic anomaly that may drive the aggressive spread of a rare subset of prostate cancers. They found mutations of a gene called KRAS, ...
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John Hopkins makes move into Florida
ModernHealthcare.com
By Joe Carlson Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore has expanded outside its footprint on the East Coast by formally integrating the 216-bed All Children's Health System in St. Petersburg, Fla. "All Children's becomes the first US hospital outside the ...
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Community Challenge | Aiding abused kids, ending the cycle
Louisville Courier-Journal
In August of 2008, 2-year-old Christopher Allen endured two days of intensive beatings and abuse which included repeated punches to his head and groin. His suffering stopped only at his last breath and young Christopher became yet another sad statistic ...
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Steward unveils deal to buy Lowell's Saints Medical Center
Boston Globe
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff Steward Health Care System this morning unveiled its second deal in the past four days to acquire an eastern Massachusetts hospital, saying it has a letter of intent to buy Saints Medical Center in Lowell. ...
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UW-Madison students to fight cancer at Relay for Life
University of Wisconsin-Madison
While University of Wisconsin-Madison students regularly stay up all night studying or hanging out with friends, students have the chance to stay up all night for a cause at Relay for Life on Saturday, April 9. Relay for Life, organized by the ...
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Transplant recipient supports effort
Wapakoneta Daily News (blog)
By WILLIAM LANEY For Botkins teen Rachel Doseck sitting in a green chair for a couple of hours Saturday was the least she could do for those people she calls heroes. Nineteen-year-old Doseck helped the non-profit group, Life Connection of Ohio, ...
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PARTNER Puts TAVR in Reach of Older, High-Risk Patients
Internal Medicine News Digital Network
Major Finding: All-cause mortality at 1 year was 24% for transcatheter aortic valve replacement vs. 27% for conventional surgery, reaching the trial's prespecified noninferiority margin. Data Source: The PARTNER trial, in which 699 high-risk patients ...
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Internal Medicine News Digital Network
County ranks 32nd in health ratings
Atmore Advance
Escambia County landed in the middle of Alabama rankings of health statistics released this week by a research organization. The County Health Rankings are a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin ...
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Atmore Advance
Health-care leaders use ads to back tax, fight deep cuts
Arizona Republic
by Ken Alltucker - Apr. 3, 2011 12:00 AM Arizona hospitals have had little luck getting Gov. Jan Brewer and the Legislature to seriously consider their proposal to self-impose a bed tax to prevent deep cuts to the state's Medicaid program. ...
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Missing SWM Man Possibly Found
WSJM
Hopefully a happy ending to the story of a missing portage man who disappeared on Friday and apparently spent the weekend driving around west Michigan, lost and confused, without his medication. 73 year old Jim Thompson has Dimentia. ...
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Viewpoints: 'Saving' Medicare; Dole On Innovative Vets' Care; Texas 'Death ...
Kaiser Health News
(Rep. Paul) Ryan's plan reportedly will include steep Medicaid cuts, disguised as a proposal to turn the program into a "block grant" to the states. The net effect would be to leave even more Americans to the mercies of the private insurance market. ...
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Autism Awareness Month events
WALA-TV FOX10
April is recognized as Autism Awareness Month, and there are several local events to commemorate the month. "Artists for Autism" is a concert to bring awareness to Autism, happening Tuesday, April 5, at Soul Kitchen in Downtown Mobile. ...
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