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Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - A local representative has told NewsChannel 9 that the Komen Foundation nationwide will restore funding to Planned Parenthood.
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An entirely avoidable, and deeply regrettable, controversy has been raging this week over the decision by the (formerly highly esteemed) Susan G.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart.
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The California Medical Association, the state’s largest doctor group, on Friday adopted a resolution to support the legalization of marijuana for medical uses, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The group’s support of medical marijuana comes after U.S.
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NEW YORK | They are the new generation of economic powers, the nations whose economic growth put the world on notice.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The setting sun splashes warm hues across a ripening cornfield as a man and his daughter wander through rows of towering plants. Like any parent, the dad says in the television commercial, he was concerned about high fructose corn syrup.
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WASHINGTON – New government statistics show federal health care fraud prosecutions in the first eight months of 2011 are on pace to rise 85% over last year due in large part to ramped-up enforcement efforts under the Obama administration.
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(CBS/AP) A Kentucky man wants his day in court after going in for a routine circumcision on October 9, 2007 - and waking up without a penis. Phillip Seaton of Waddy and his wife, Deborah claim in a lawsuit that Dr.
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Even people who were active for less than the recommended 150 minutes a week saw heart benefits
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KANSAS CITY, Kan — A Kansas college hopes young doctors will be more willing to practice in small towns if they go to a medical school in a rural area.
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In a bid to harness the potential of embryonic stem cells, surgeons in California have implanted lab-grown retinal cells into the eyes of two patients going blind from macular degeneration.
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Posted: July 1st, 2011, 12:24am CDT by luckydog
Few things feel better than stepping out with a fat paycheck in your pocket. But a new study in the Journal of Public Economics proves that it just might be anything but good. In fact, it can be downright deadly.
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Posted: May 31st, 2011, 10:10pm CDT by luckydog
MANILA (AFP) – Taiwan and the Philippines have warned some sport drinks may have been contaminated with a chemical that could cause infertility and block boys' sex organ development, officials said Tuesday.
The Philippine Food and Drug Administration is monitoring some imp …
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Posted: May 31st, 2011, 1:38pm CDT by luckydog
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) classifies cell phones as a possible carcinogen in the same category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries in the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer arm of the …
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Posted: May 24th, 2011, 2:21am CDT by luckydog
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — After six months in hospitals and nursing homes rehabbing from a stroke, Elvira Tesarek of Warren, R.I., had a decision to make: Either Medicaid would move her to a long-term nursing facility, or she could simply go home.
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Posted: May 8th, 2011, 3:01pm CDT by luckydog
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York City Medical Examiner's office said on Friday it was investigating the case of a 2-year-old boy who died shortly after getting circumcision surgery. Jamaal Coleson Jr.
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For those in search of a natural aphrodisiac, fear not that your supply of rhino horn and tiger penis is running low. (They don't work anyway.) Scientists have found aphrodisiac properties in common spices and herbs.
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Concern is mounting about potential health risks of radiation from the crippled nuclear reactors in Japan. How much radiation you get depends on the dose, duration and method of exposure. Some types of radioactive particles are more dangerous or longer lasting than others.
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Even during a recession, pharma is still the nation's third most profitable sector. Here are some of the dirty tricks it employs to stay on top.
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Even during a recession, pharma is still the nation's third most profitable sector. Here are some of the dirty tricks it employs to stay on top.
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Buffalo-based drug maker Cleveland Biolabs has been working on a medicine to protect against radiation poisoning for more than seven years. And this week the drug, CBLB502, took another step towards approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
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ScienceDaily (Nov. 25, 2010) — The long, anxious wait for biopsy results could soon be over, thanks to a tissue-imaging technique developed at the University of Illinois.
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Red wine is a potent source of antidiabetic compounds – but they might not get past your gut. The finding is sure to enliven the ongoing debate over the drink's health benefits.
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ScienceDaily (Nov. 18, 2010) — Studies in recent years have claimed multiple health benefits of pomegranate juice, including that it is a good source of antioxidants and lowers both cholesterol and blood pressure, especially in diabetic and hypertensive patients.
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Owen, 7, does not have the strength to maneuver a computer mouse, but when a nurse propped her boyfriend's iPad within reach in June, he did something his mother had never seen before.
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The U.S. military has been on the forefront of medical research for decades. Earlier conflicts spurred discoveries to prevent malaria and typhoid, a sweeping overhaul of triage care and the introduction of skin grafts and morphine.
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My lovely wife Cassandra Made me strip naked as soon as I walked in the door upon returning from my last business trip, and it was not to have sex. It was to wash my clothes to rid them of any possible bedbugs. This, I thought, was proof that the bedbugs had won.
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Once you've polished off a meal, you probably don't give it much thought. But when you push away from the table, your gut's work is only beginning — it will take between 9 hours and a day or two for the food you just ate to be fully digested.
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DOCTORS and nurses take note - rubbing your hands together in a hand dryer leaves them coated with more bacteria than just after you washed them. Even normal skin bacteria may be bad news for sick people
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Amble, stroll or pedal: it's all good. A new study provides evidence supporting a seemingly obvious but unproven link between walking- and cycling-friendly communities and lower levels of obesity.
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As Democrats on the campaign trail do their best to drum up support for health care reform by touting the benefits that take effect this year, it's easy to forget that the full thrust of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act doesn't kick in until 2014.
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The official term agribusiness will use to refer to Austin "Jack" DeCoster, the owner of the farm that produced the tainted eggs, is "bad apple." That's what they call anyone who gets caught for outrageous ethical breaches in agriculture.
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2010) — Researchers report new scientific evidence on the effectiveness of that old folk remedy -- cranberry juice -- for urinary tract infections, at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), being held in Boston.
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Vitamin D promises to be the most talked-about and written-about supplement of the decade.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Greater levels of vitamin D have been linked to a lower risk of Parkinson's disease in a study in Finland where low sunlight leads to a chronic lack of the nutrient, researchers said Monday.
Scientists from the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Hels …
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Posted: July 1st, 2010, 5:15pm CDT by luckydog
(CNN) -- A Missouri VA hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV.
John Cochran VA Medical Center in St.
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The compound resveratrol, which is present in red wine and gained fame for its supposed life-extending properties, might also help combat obesity, a new study in animals suggests.
The results show lemurs, members of the primate family, gained less weight during their seasonal fa …
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Four years ago at age 78, R., a retired professional known as much for her small-town Minnesotan resilience as her commitment to public service, developed a fleeting rash over her left chest. The rash, which turned out to be shingles, or herpes zoster, was hardly noticeable.
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Posted: June 9th, 2010, 11:53pm CDT by luckydog
Ray Suarez hosts an online forum with obesity experts and authors Barry Popkin and Michael Power on the causes of weight gain in societies around the world.
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Posted: June 6th, 2010, 10:36pm CDT by luckydog
As someone deeply immersed in pharma communications, and especially the newer realm of social networking, I've been closely following the ongoing process of the industry/FDA dance, trying to figure out how social media/web 2.0 approaches "fit" with pharmaceutical manufactur …
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Posted: June 6th, 2010, 4:05pm CDT by luckydog
The Vermont legislature passed a bill this week mandating the study of three approaches to universal healthcare—a single-payer system, healthcare with a public option, and the current system under the healthcare reform bill passed by Congress.
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Posted: June 6th, 2010, 3:36pm CDT by luckydog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cereal maker Kellogg Co has agreed to drop advertising claims that Rice Krispies will strengthen children's immune systems.
The Federal Trade Commission said the company had agreed in February 2009 to stop claiming that its Frosted Mini Wheats were "clin …
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Posted: June 4th, 2010, 3:14pm CDT by luckydog
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Cadmium has been discovered in the painted design on ''Shrek''-themed drinking glasses being sold nationwide at McDonald's, forcing the burger giant to recall 12 million of the cheap U.S.-made collectibles while dramatically expanding contamination concerns ab …
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Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 9:44pm CDT by luckydog
Dreams of eternal youth feature in many cultures throughout history, but it was only in the 20th century that research into longevity really began. Much about ageing is still mysterious - we don't even know the underlying reasons why we journey into old age.
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Posted: May 31st, 2010, 1:05pm CDT by luckydog
WASHINGTON – Ten minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes that last at least an hour.
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Posted: May 29th, 2010, 10:50pm CDT by luckydog
"Salt is a pretty amazing compound," Alton Brown, a Food Network star, gushes in a Cargill video called Salt 101. "So make sure you have plenty of salt in your kitchen at all times."
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Posted: May 23rd, 2010, 1:01pm CDT by luckydog
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Going nuts in your diet can be good for your health, according to a study published Monday, which showed that eating nuts helps to lower blood cholesterol levels.
People who ate an average of 67 grams (2.4 ounces) of nuts a day saw a 5.1 percent fall in tota …
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Posted: May 13th, 2010, 11:15am CDT by luckydog
I went running with Scott Jurek on a clear, chilly morning last month, an easy four-mile loop in Central Park. He ran another few miles with 50 or so adoring fans, then another few by himself, for a total of about 15.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2010, 12:36pm CDT by luckydog
BORUNGO KHOLA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A pinch of salt. A fistful of sugar. A half liter of water.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2010, 12:23pm CDT by luckydog
FOR much of 2009, Michael Locascio, an executive at ConAgra Foods, watched with concern as the bad news about high-fructose corn syrup kept coming.
Many consumers think of high-fructose corn syrup as industrial, and see sugar as natural.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- A survey shows kids at the West Virginia school featured in ''Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution'' liked their standard pizza and chicken nuggets more than the celebrity chef's fresh, healthy menu items.
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Losing weight can seem like an unwinnable war. You know you need to eat less and exercise more, but that's nearly impossible when everything in your life — from job stress to family crises to the temptation of fast and fatty foods — encourages you to do the opposite.
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In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was a day of history for the nation -- and sweet vindication for President Barack Obama. His grin seemed wider than any in recent memory.
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WASHINGTON – The first changes under the new health care law will be easy to see and not long in coming: There'll be $250 rebate checks for seniors in the Medicare drug coverage gap, and young adults moving from college to work will be able to stay on their parents' plans until …
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WASHINGTON – Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage.
The House argued its way thr …
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There's an epidemic in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjects had too little Vitamin D in their blood.
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- who has gone to great lengths to hype the supposed dangers of a big government takeover of American health care -- admitted over the weekend that she used to get her treatment in Canada's single-payer system.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Working with the food industry to cut salt intake by nearly 10 percent could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes over several decades and save the U.S. government $32 billion in healthcare costs, U.S.
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For the melanoma patients who signed on to try a drug known as PLX4032, the clinical trial was a last resort. Their bodies were riddled with tumors, leaving them almost certainly just months to live.
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Suppose, as some experts advise, that the new national dietary guidelines due this spring will lower the recommended level of salt. Suppose further that public health officials in New York and Washington succeed in forcing food companies to use less salt.
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IVANCICE, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Czech medical staff are being disciplined after a foot-long surgical instrument was found in the abdomen of a woman who was operated on five months ago.
The patient, 66-year-old Zdenka Kopeckova, repeatedly complained of severe abdominal pa …
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If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health.
But seriously, a new analysis of 100 commercial beers shows the hoppy beverage is a significant source of dietary silicon, a ke …
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JUST one tablet of paracetamol (acetaminophen) could help save earthquake survivors who otherwise risk dying from kidney failure after rescue.
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Imagine a treatment that could build bones, strengthen the immune system and lower the risks of illnesses like diabetes, heart and kidney disease, high blood pressure and cancer.
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Perhaps the original design is still the best. In this week's Nature, Harvard's Daniel Lieberman and his team reported on the impact force of people who are used to running barefoot versus those of us who wear spongy sneakers to protect the bottoms of our feet.