Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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11-Hour Day Raises Heart Disease Risk By 67% Compared To 8-Hour Day
Medical News Today
If you work 11-hours a day average you will probably earn more than your 8-hour a day colleagues, but your risk of developing heart disease will be 67% higher, European researchers reveal in a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. ...
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Yale Study- Some people suffer from "food addiction"
Healthy Living
Does your brain go crazy, when you see a bowl of ice-cream or a palatable milkshake? If your answer is yes, you might be a good candidate for food addiction, whose brain elicit cravings and trigger responses similar to those caused by addictive drugs. ...
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Healthy Living
House Republicans unveil $3.5T budget blueprint for 2012
Washington Post
By Lori Montgomery, Tuesday, April 5, 10:35 AM House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious and politically perilous plan Tuesday to resize the federal government and stem the $14 trillion national debt by slashing spending on domestic programs ...
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Visual Detection And Identification More Active In Autistic Brain Than Thought ...
Medical News Today
Parts of the brains of people with autism are more active in areas that deal with visual detection and identification and less in areas for decision making, planning and execution, and cognitive control, researchers from the University of Montreal ...
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Babies With Flat Heads on the Rise: Is 'Back to Sleep' to Blame?
TIME
By Bonnie Rochman Tuesday, April 5, 2011 | 0 comments Nearly 20 years ago, the chief activity in a baby's life — sleeping — got a radical makeover. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) launched its "Back to Sleep" campaign in 1992, urging parents ...
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As CT Scans of Kids Soar, Experts Urge Oversight
U.S. News & World Report
TUESDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- The substantial increase in computed tomography (CT) examinations of children in US hospital emergency departments between 1995 and 2008 highlights the need for appropriate use and interpretation of these exams, ...
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Using Breast Milk to Detect Breast Cancer?
KGO-AM
ABC News(AMHERST, Mass.) -- Breast milk could hold the key to determining whether or not women are at risk for developing breast cancer, according to a study presented at the American Association of Cancer Research's 102nd annual meeting Monday. ...
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Wright Medical CEO Henley Resigns Amid Compliance Issues
Wall Street Journal
By Peter Loftus Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES The chief executive of orthopedic device maker Wright Medical Group Inc. (WMGI) resigned as the board of directors was about to review an ongoing compliance program at the company. The Arlington, Tenn., company ...
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CDC: Turkey burger salmonella drug-resistant
CBS News
Jennie-O Store frozen turkey burgers have been recalled after being linked to an outbreak of salmonella. (Jennie-O) WILLMAR, Minn. - The salmonella strain that prompted a recall of nearly 55000 pounds of frozen raw turkey burgers last week is resistant ...
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Study tracks heart deaths in NCAA—1 per 44000
Denver Post
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer FILE - In this March 3, 2011 file photo, Fennville High School basketball star Wes Leonard looks to pass against Bridgman, in Fennville, Mich. Leonard collapsed on the court and later died after making a ...
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Aspirin Linked to Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk
WebMD
By Jennifer Warner April 4, 2011 -- Preventing pancreatic cancer may be an additional health benefit of using aspirin to treat everyday aches and pains or prevent heart disease. A new study shows people who took aspirin at least once a month were 29% ...
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FDA panel readies pivotal review of Optimer's fidaxomicin
FierceBiotech
Optimer Pharmaceuticals is going into today's expert panel meeting on the antibiotic fidaxomicin armed with some positive remarks from regulators and high hopes for what could become its first marketed product. Shares of Optimer ($OPTR) have been ...
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Ester S. Tibbs: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Gainesville Sun
Attention to April as Child Abuse Prevention Month is particularly poignant this year as attention has been riveted on the tragic Barahona case in Miami. A 10-year-old girl was brutally abused and died while her twin brother continues to battle back ...
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Could Restless Leg Point To Troubled Heart?
ABC News
By LARA SALAHI Nearly a decade ago, television and movie actor Kevin Dobson, now 68, took on a new role in a play. The job, he said, was one of the toughest he's had, but not because of the acting. "I was functioning on two or three hours of sleep," ...
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Facebook plea persuades man to donate a kidney
Detroit Free Press
The Kurzes of Warren, left, and Ricky Cisco of Royal Oak discuss Roxy Kurze's Facebook post, which led to a kidney donation for husband, Jeff. / ELISHA ANDERSON/Detroit Free Press Roxy Kurze didn't have a plan when she turned on her computer last year ...
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Trial starts for Mass. mom accused of denying meds
San Francisco Chronicle
By DENISE LAVOIE, AP A Massachusetts prosecutor tells jurors that a woman accused of withholding lifesaving drugs from her cancer-stricken son took actions that were like pushing the boy in front of a car. Kristen LaBrie is charged with attempted ...
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Anne V: One Day Without Shoes!
Just Jared
Anne V participates in the barefoot challenge in support of the annual TOMS Shoes campaign "One Day Without Shoes" at NYC's Pier 45 on Tuesday morning (April 4). One Day Without Shoes is the day we raise awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have ...
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Just Jared
April Is National Autism Awareness Month
NJ TODAY
TRENTON–April is National Autism Awareness Month and Health and Senior Services Acting Commissioner Mary O'Dowd is urging parents with children under two to speak to their health care provider about autism and be aware of early warning signs and ...
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