Health News
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Hormone Therapy in Early Menopause May Benefit Some Women: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM October 04, 2012 CommentSmall trial found no harm to heart, memory; some experts remain unconvinced
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Health Tip: What's Behind Epilepsy?
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM October 04, 2012 CommentHere are some common causes
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Health Tip: Protect Yourself From Flu
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM October 04, 2012 CommentGet the annual vaccine
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Diabetes Screening May Not Lower Overall Death Rates
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM October 04, 2012 Comment10-year British study found no survival benefit for population at large
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4 Dead From Rare Meningitis, More Cases Expected
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:43AM October 04, 2012 Comment
A sign marks an entrance to Saint Thomas Hospital medical campus in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 3, 2012.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Health officials are expecting to find more cases of a rare and deadly form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five states. Four have died.
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FDA: Ind. farm tied to salmonella outbreak unclean
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:13PM October 03, 2012 CommentINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal inspector found two strains of salmonella and unclean conditions at an Indiana cantaloupe farm's fruit-packing plant during inspections prompted by a deadly outbreak linked to the farm's melons.
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Two-day test can spot gene diseases in newborns
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:19PM October 03, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Too often, newborns die of genetic diseases before doctors even know what's to blame. Now scientists have found a way to decode those babies' DNA in just days instead of weeks, moving gene-mapping closer to routine medical care.
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Missing Data May Skew Clinical Trials
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentExpert panel recommends steps to prevent or account for incomplete information
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Early Humans Commonly Consumed Meat, Researchers Say
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentLesions on skull fragment indicate that meat was regular part of diet more than a million years ago
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Study: Blood Tests for Inflammation Could Help Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentBut the tests would uncover risk in relatively few people, evidence review finds
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Genes Linked to Retardation Not Inherited, Study Suggests
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentTesting found new mutations only in people with the condition, not their parents
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FDA says Teva antidepressant is ineffective
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:58PM October 03, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Teva Pharmaceuticals has stopped shipping its generic version of a popular antidepressant after a federal analysis showed the pill does not work properly.
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Sitting for Hours Daily Might Boost Your Kidney Disease Risk: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentExercise reduced effect in men, but not women
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Could Hypertension in Pregnancy Harm Child's Thinking Skills for Decades?
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentStudy found those whose mothers experienced high blood pressure scored lower on tests in their 70s
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Report: Some dietary supplements illegally labeled
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:04PM October 03, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dozens of weight loss and immune system supplements on the market are illegally labeled and lack the recommended type of scientific evidence to back up their purported health claims, government investigators warn in a new review of the $20 billion supplement industry.
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West Nile Cases Continue to Climb, CDC Says
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentNumber of deaths now stands at 163, up from 147 last week
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Exercise Improves Effects of Stroke: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentThe most significant gains involved attention, concentration, planning and organizing
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Rural Colon Cancer Patients Fare Worse
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentStudy shows they are diagnosed later and get fewer treatments than urban patients
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Genetic Disorder Test for Newborns May Speed Up Diagnoses
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentNot yet ready for hospital use, it might allow doctors to confirm and treat conditions sooner
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Kenya: Doctors strike over poor health care
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:03PM October 03, 2012 CommentNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors in Kenya's public hospitals on Wednesday spent their 17th day on strike to protest the dilapidated state of public health care. Emergency rooms in some of Kenya's public hospitals frequently don't have gloves or medicine, and power outages sometimes force doctors to use the light from their phones to complete a procedure.
