Health News
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Lab-Grown Blood Vessels May Improve Heart Bypass
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM July 25, 2012 CommentResearchers grow small vessels using stem cells from fat gathered through liposuction
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Expanding Access to Medicaid Would Save Lives: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM July 25, 2012 CommentExperience of states that have already done so seems to support provision of Affordable Care Act
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People With Darker Skin Still at Risk for Melanoma
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM July 25, 2012 CommentExpert describes how skin cancer looks, ways to protect yourself
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AIDS Experts: Focus on pregnant women not enough
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:49PM July 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Tackling the female side of the AIDS epidemic means going far beyond today's global focus on pregnant women, specialists told the world's largest AIDS meeting Wednesday.
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Life-threatening illness: To tell or not to tell?
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:27PM July 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — In 1976, as a 24-year-old grad student, Samira Beckwith was diagnosed with the thing people still whispered about: cancer.
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Many drugs remain legal after 'bath salts' ban
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:16PM July 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — People are inventing so many new ways to get high that lawmakers can't seem to keep up.
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Cancer Drug May Flush Out 'Hidden' HIV: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM July 25, 2012 CommentStrategy could help battle 'reservoir' of germs, but research is in early stages
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Experimental Chemical Helps Blind Mice See
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM July 25, 2012 CommentResearchers say compound might one day benefit people who've lost their vision
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European rabbis fear circumcision row could spread
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:39PM July 25, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — A group of Orthodox rabbis warned Wednesday that the ancient Jewish practice of infant male circumcision could face further restrictions in Europe after some hospitals in Austria and Switzerland suspended the procedure by citing a German court ruling that it could amount to criminal bodily harm.
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More Drug Trials Needed for Conditions Affecting Kids: Review
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM July 25, 2012 CommentOff-label prescribing common because of lack of research on effects in younger populations
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Health Highlights: July 25, 2012
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Airports in N.Y., L.A., Hawaii Deemed Worst for Pandemic Spread
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AirTran Airways' 50th Boeing 737-700 aircraft lands at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
MIT researchers calculated which locations are most likely to play a role in disease dispersal
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If Colonoscopy Picks Up Cancer Risk, Get Next Screen in 5 Years: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM July 25, 2012 CommentBut U.S. recommendations call for 3-year interval after high-risk polyps removed
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Health Tip: Dive Safely
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM July 25, 2012 CommentNever dive into above-ground pools
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Health Tip: Work Out at the Right Intensity
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM July 25, 2012 CommentGuidelines for judging your activity
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1 in 20 Cases of Melanoma Linked to Tanning Beds: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:00AM July 25, 2012 CommentEuropean data supports warnings to avoid the devices and cut your risk for skin cancer
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Pro, con arguments on proposed NY sugary drink ban
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:48PM July 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Medical professionals who favor a proposed ban on large-sized sugary drinks likened soda companies to Big Tobacco at a public hearing Tuesday, saying the plan would protect the public, while opponents accused the city of playing Big Brother and wondered what tasty but unhealthy foods might be targeted next.
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Budget office: Obama's health law reduces deficit
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:13PM July 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase the nation's huge federal deficits over the next decade, Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said Tuesday, supporting Obama's contention in a major election-year dispute with Republicans.
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Child Abuse Linked to Higher Odds for Cancer as Adult
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM July 24, 2012 CommentTumor risk rose with the frequency, intensity of childhood trauma, study found
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More charges expected over NH hepatitis C outbreak
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:44PM July 24, 2012 CommentCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal prosecutor said Tuesday he expects to bring more charges against a traveling medical technician accused of infecting 30 patients with hepatitis C in New Hampshire, and health officials said they are casting a wider net as they look for more victims.
