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Foreign firms get slice of China medical market

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:50:15 PST

2010-12-06 10:00:01 (Beijing Time) China Daily BEIJING - Foreign businesses will get the chance to break into the Chinese medical market in a big way, thanks to the latest series of...

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Passive smoking 'kills 600,000' worldwide

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:24:33 PST

Children are particularly at risk of the effects of passive smoking in their own homes 26 November 2010 Last updated at 05:48 GMTBBC News The first global study into the effects of...

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Single jab may protect against dangerous tick diseases

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:31:24 PDT

Washington, Mar 20: Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, have developed an injection that protects against two severe diseases transmitted by...

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Do vaccines cause autism?

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:08:42 PDT

Your health is one of those things you don't think about too much unless something's wrong. People who are sick think about their health a lot. People who have sick loved ones think about health a...

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Biomarkers for asbestos cancer prevention and early diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:51:08 PDT

Università Politecnica delle Marche, Dipartimento di Patologia Molecolare e Terapie Innovative, Clinica di Medicina del Lavoro, Tronto 10/a, 0020 Torrette, AN. m.amati@univpm.itImproved detection...

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Premature baby advice

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:08:19 PDT

With modern technology, special care baby units are better equipped than ever to care for your premature baby. Read our guide for the new mum. It is a shock to give birth to your baby...

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New gene clues point to women's "silent killers"

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:01:13 PDT

PARIS - Gene detectives said on Sunday they had netted a clutch of tipoffs to help identify women with a higher inherited risk of ovarian and breast cancer, dubbed "silent killers" for...

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Nutrition Education

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:53:29 PDT

Kaiser Permanente offers many different ways for members to learn more about nutrition and improve their health. Check out some of the resources below that can help you eat better and take one step...

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Discovery Health Bashes Beef, Dairy

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:22:49 PDT

A reader sent me the link to an article that was published in Discovery Health, placing beef and dairy in the fats category and linking them directly to obesity. The article was titled, “Tasty...

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Memory Test Helps Understand Parkinson's Disease Effect on Behavior

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:59:15 PDT

A new neuropsychological memory test developed by Dr. Mark Gluck, is helping to uncover how Parkinson's disease can alter people's ability to learn about the consequences of the choices they...

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Stem cell method put to the test in Parkinson's study

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:04:17 PDT

Scientists hope to better understand how Parkinson's develops By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News UK researchers are launching a study into the potential of...

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Leg Pain and Sciatica

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:53:30 PDT

Sciatica is a severe pain in the leg caused by compression, irritation, or inflammation of the sciatic nerves, which are thick nerves extending down the back of each leg. Each sciatic nerve...

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Hospitals 'eyeing private market'

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:49:09 PDT

All hospitals have been told to go for foundation trust status By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News NHS hospitals will be looking to exploit a host of "exciting"...

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Hospitals 'eyeing private market'

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:10:16 PDT

All hospitals have been told to go for foundation trust status By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News NHS hospitals will be looking to exploit a host of...

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New UN Commission Probes HIV and the Law

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:12:14 PDT

VOA News - A new U.N. commission was launched Thursday to look at how laws affect national HIV/AIDS responses. The U.N. Development Program (UNDP) and UNAIDS say, “Nearly 30 years into the...

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Colon Cleanse - The 5 Successful Rules of Colon Cleanse Supplements!

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:26:16 PDT

Colon cleansing has caught up in a big way today. The health supplements market is flooded with products to cleanse the colon and people seem to be going head over heels for them. Amidst the frenzy,...

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Economic crisis 'must not disrupt vaccine programme'

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:03:27 PDT

The structures exist to vaccinate up to 80% of the world's poorest children BBC News - The global economic crisis must not be allowed to interfere with the...

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Help Fight the #1 Killer Disease of Children in America

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:09:46 PDT

Earth Times - LOS ANGELES, CA -- 06/10/10 -- It is common knowledge that motor vehicle accidents and suicides combined are the number one cause of death in children ages 1-16 in the United States....

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Obama Hails Historic Senate Health Care Vote

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:08:14 PST

VOA News / Paula Wolfson - US president acknowledges toughest part of the process may lie ahead, melding the House and Senate versions of the sweeping health care reform bill into one. ...

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'Health Tourism' Increasingly Popular in Asia

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:37:03 PST

VOA News - Medical tourism brought in $1 billion in 2007 and that is expected to triple by 2012, when the Health Ministry expects more than two million medical tourists. Photo: AP/ James...

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1974: Heath's home is bombed

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:10:26 PST

BBC News - The London home of the Conservative leader and former Prime Minister Edward Heath has been bombed. Mr Heath arrived home after the explosion happenedHe was not at home at the...

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Sex intervention combats malaria

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:08:32 PST

BBC News - Scientists believe it may be possible to combat malaria by interfering with the sex lives of the mosquitoes which spread the disease. They have shown that the insects can only mate...

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Low hormone levels in pregnancy linked to hard birth

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:07:34 PST

BBC News - Expectant mums who are low in a hormone made by the thyroid gland in the neck are more likely to struggle in labour, findings suggest. Too little of the hormone thyroxine is already...

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Woman's death was 'gross failure'

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:59:41 PST

BBC News - A coroner rules gross failures and neglect lead to a woman's death at a Birmingham hospital Gross failures and neglect contributed to the death of a grandmother-of-five after a...

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Obama Health Care Meeting Aims to Rally Senators

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:43:21 PST

Harry Hamburg/Associated Press Senator Joseph I. Lieberman spoke with reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. New York Times - By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — As the battle over...

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