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Lessons of a weekend of free health care (AP)

seen at 2010-01-03 05:19:55 - Yahoo!News

#60;p>AP - The two-hour drive is done, but Hannah and Jack Hurst leave the Honda s engine running.

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Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 31, 2009 (HealthDay)

seen at 2010-01-01 04:49:39 - Yahoo!News

HealthDay - (HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

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Shanghai dairy shut after melamine scare: report (Reuters)

seen at 2010-01-02 09:29:08 - Yahoo!News

Reuters - A Shanghai dairy has been closed and three of its executives arrested for selling milk powder tainted with melamine, the industrial chemical responsible for the death of six children in 2008, Xinhua news agency reported.

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Her Music Eases the End for Dying Patients (HealthDay)

seen at 2010-01-01 04:49:36 - Yahoo!News

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Music therapy is used to help Alzheimer s patients remember and autistic children calm down. Now, a University of Alabama student is using her voice and guitar to comfort dying patients in hospice.

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Health Tip: Managing Febrile Seizures (HealthDay)

seen at 2010-01-02 04:47:42 - Yahoo!News

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- When infants and young children get a fever, they can also have a "febrile" (feverish) seizure. This type of seizure doesn t mean the child has epilepsy or brain damage. It s usually not serious and typically resolv

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Laser Deemed Best Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy (HealthDay)

seen at 2010-01-01 04:49:33 - Yahoo!News

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Steroid injections into the eye slowed diabetes-related eye disease, though lasers remain the treatment of choice because of side effects related to the steroids, new research shows.

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10 ways to get motivated in 2010

seen at 2010-01-01 12:35:30 - cnn.com

A new decade is about to start, and you may be tempted to set a copious list of resolutions for yourself in order to broadly "make life better." Here are ten tips to help you succeed. lt;div class="feedflare">

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What you need to know about multivitamins

seen at 2010-01-01 09:38:12 - cnn.com

In this day and age of food-on-the-go, supplements can add much-needed nutrients to your diet. But a walk down the vitamin aisle at any store could very well make your head spin. Here s a breakdown of several of multivitamin options.

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For Depressed Workers, Stress On Job Lowers Productivity

seen at 2010-01-03 01:00:00 - medicalnewstoday.com

A new study shines a light on depression in the workplace, suggesting that psychological stress at the office or wherever people earn their paychecks can make it more difficult for depressed workers to perform their jobs and be productive. "There is

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D-Pharm (TASE: DPRM) Announces Enrollment Of First Patient In DP-b99 Phase III Efficacy Study, MACSI

seen at 2010-01-03 01:00:00 - medicalnewstoday.com

D-Pharm Ltd (TASE: DPRM) announced enrollment of patients with acute ischemic stroke into its Phase III clinical study of DP-b99 (MACSI). The first patient has been enrolled at the Wolfson Medical Center, Israel. The MACSI trial involves numerous med

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FDA, Health Organizations To Study Safety Of Medications Taken During Pregnancy

seen at 2010-01-03 01:00:00 - medicalnewstoday.com

A new research program called the Medication Exposure in Pregnancy Risk Evaluation Program (MEPREP) will fund research to study the effects of prescription medications used during pregnancy. The program is a collaboration among the U.S. Food and Drug

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Women s Digital Imaging Using DXA Total Body Fat Analysis To Help Patients In Weight Management And Fitness Programs

seen at 2010-01-03 01:00:00 - medicalnewstoday.com

Women s Digital Imaging of Ridgewood (WDI), has begun using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA), a technology developed to screen for osteoporosis (bone loss), to measure body fat in patients who want a more accurate method of establishing goals a

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New Insight Into Nerve Cell Communication

seen at 2010-01-03 00:00:00 - medicalnewstoday.com

Communication between nerve cells is vital for our bodies to function. Part of this communication happens through vesicles containing signalling molecules called neurotransmitters. The vesicle fuses with the nerve cell membrane; the neurotransmitters

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Use Of 3-D Imaging On Patients With Pancreatic Carcinoma

seen at 2010-01-03 00:00:00 - medicalnewstoday.com

In the field of hepatic imaging in the context of living liver donors and before complex partial liver resections, three-dimensional imaging of the liver, hepatic vessels and bile ducts has managed to become established in some centers. In this case,

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Effectively Relieving Pain After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

seen at 2010-01-03 00:00:00 - medicalnewstoday.com

Fibrin sealant has been an extremely effective and widely used adjunct to surgical procedures to control diffuse slow bleeding over large surfaces. In addition, fibrin sealant has been used as a carrier for other compounds. Thus, it has been used to

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