Health Highlights: May 11, 2008 (Sunday 11th of May 2008 09:02:04 PM)
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(more)Nasal Irrigation Can Help Fight Spring Allergies (Sunday 11th of May 2008 09:02:05 PM)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- When you're doing your spring
cleaning, don't
forget your nose.
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(more)Scoliosis: An Unnatural Curve (Sunday 11th of May 2008 09:02:06 PM)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- Human spines are naturally
curved and flexible
so that you can bend, twist, reach and more.
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(more)Health Highlights: May 10, 2008 (Sunday 11th of May 2008 03:45:53 AM)
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(more)Newer Prostate Cancer Treatment Similar to Traditional (Sunday 11th of May 2008 03:45:55 AM)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Clinical practice may be
trumping science when it
comes to treatments for prostate cancer.
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(more)Protective Eyewear Key to Sports Safety (Sunday 11th of May 2008 03:45:54 AM)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Every year in the United
States, about 40,000
people suffer sports-related eye injuries, says the
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO),
which recommends that all
athletes wear appropriate, sports-specific ...
(more)Clinical Trials Update: May 9, 2008 (Saturday 10th of May 2008 03:46:33 AM)
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(more)Health Highlights: May 9, 2008 (Saturday 10th of May 2008 03:46:34 AM)
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(more)Flavonoids May Help Treat Alzheimer's (Saturday 10th of May 2008 03:46:31 AM)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Flavonoids, compounds found in
many fruits and
vegetables, may be able to battle the ravages of
Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.
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(more)Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD (Saturday 10th of May 2008 03:46:32 AM)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer clients are more
than twice as
likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder if they
have had previous mood and anxiety
disorders, new fact-finding suggests.
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(more)Group B Strep Down Among Newborns, Up Among Adults (Saturday 10th of May 2008 03:46:30 AM)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Instances of Group B
streptococcus, a major cause
of serious infections, have dropped by about
25 percent among week-old infants, but rose by
almost 50 percent among
most adults during a recent six-year period, ...
(more)Health Tip: Signs of Depression (Friday 09th of May 2008 01:01:38 PM)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- About 15 of every 100 adults suffer from
depression, by the
numbers to AARP.
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(more)Health Tip: Coping With Alzheimer's (Friday 09th of May 2008 01:01:39 PM)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It's important for a person diagnosed with
Alzheimer's disease
to continue to perform the daily tasks of life -- as
best as the person can.
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(more)Acrylamide Raises Kidney Cancer Risk (Friday 09th of May 2008 01:01:36 PM)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Consuming large amounts of
acrylamide, a
chemical generally found in French fries, cakes, snacks and
even coffee, appears to raise the
risk of kidney cancer, especially in
smokers, Dutch researchers report.
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(more)Noise in Artery Could Warn of Heart Risk (Friday 09th of May 2008 01:01:40 PM)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- That unusual, harsh sound a
doctor can hear
when passing a stethoscope over a main artery to the brain
could argue an increased risk of
heart attack and death from heart
disease and stroke, a new study finds.
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(more)Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance (Friday 09th of May 2008 01:01:37 PM)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) British quest into Steno, one
the most recent
"superbugs" to claim lives, reveals that the microorganism has
an inconceivable ability to
resist antibiotics and other drugs, as it should be to
soon-to-be-published ...
(more)Clinical Trials Update: May 8, 2008 (Thursday 08th of May 2008 11:02:25 PM)
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Health Highlights: May 8, 2008 (Thursday 08th of May 2008 11:02:26 PM)
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(more)Health Tip: Discussing Death With Children (Thursday 08th of May 2008 01:00:44 PM)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Death may be tough to comprehend at any
age, but it can be
particularly confusing and scary to young children.
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(more)Mental Illness Costs U.S. Billions in Lost Earnings (Thursday 08th of May 2008 01:00:42 PM)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Serious mental illness costs
Americans at least
$193 billion a year in lost earnings alone, a new
report shows.
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(more)Health Tip: Treating an Ulcer (Thursday 08th of May 2008 01:00:45 PM)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Ulcers are sores that occur in the lining of
the digestive
tract. They can be triggered by factors such as bacteria,
medication or excess engendering of
stomach acid.
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(more)Breast Cancer Tends to Grow Faster in Younger Women (Thursday 08th of May 2008 01:00:43 PM)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- While the rate at which
breast cancer tumors
grow varies among patients, that growth tends to be
faster among younger women, Norwegian
researchers report.
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(more)Health Tip: Foods That Can Aggravate Heartburn (Thursday 08th of May 2008 03:47:03 AM)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- That burning, uncomfortable feeling in the
chest after a big
meal, lying down or eating certain foods is known as
heartburn. Heartburn occurs when acid from
the stomach backs up into the
esophagus.
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(more)Docs Issue Guideline on Screening for Osteoporosis in Men (Thursday 08th of May 2008 03:47:04 AM)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new clinical guideline on
screening for
osteoporosis in men has been ripe by the American
College of Physicians (ACP), which notes that
osteoporosis rates among men
are anticipated to jump 50 percent ...
(more)Health Highlights: May 5, 2008 (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 03:47:47 AM)
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(more)Health Tip: Facts About Hay Fever (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 03:47:53 AM)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hay fever is the medical term for a pollen
allergy, and may
also be called seasonal depression affected rhinitis or
pollinosis.
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(more)Health Tip: Is Your Baby in Pain? (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 03:47:52 AM)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Babies may cry for a variety of reasons, and
it's often tough
to figure out the reason for their unhappiness.
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(more)Federal Health Plan for Children Still Leaves Needs Unmet (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 03:47:49 AM)
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- patients who had private health
insurance before
enrolling in a U.S. superiority children's health
insurance program called SCHIP still had
unmet health-care needs,
according to new research.
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(more)Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 03:47:48 AM)
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-clotting drug cilostazol is
as good as
aspirin at preventing recurrent stroke and it causes less
bleeding in the brain, a study by
researchers at Peking health center First
Hospital in Beijing shows.
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(more)Autistic Kids More Likely to Have Parents With Mental (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 03:47:51 AM)
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of procreation with autism have
double
the odds of having been hospitalized for a psychiatric condition
than parents of lying-in
without autism, according to rule to a comprehensive
review of Swedish ...
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