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ALL Health - UK HealthCHICAGO (AP) -- As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers....
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Permanent Link: New Katrina death tally: Half of victims 75 and up
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists for the first time have peered into people's brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer's disease....
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Permanent Link: Tracking Alzheimer's-linked protein in live brains
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related - more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says....
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The company is halting some pricing practices that critics say were contributing to overuse of its flagship anemia drug Aranesp at a time of mounting concerns about the product’s safety.
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Permanent Link: Amgen Alters Anemia Drug Discounts
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Patients and dentist work together to create that perfectly flawed smile.
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Permanent Link: Avoiding Dental Perfection With a Slight Twist
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Have reality television and the Internet pushed people over the line?
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Permanent Link: Look Closely, Doctor: See the Camera?
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MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has a lower incidence of HIV than most of its neighbors despite sharing many of the risks, but health officials warned on Thursday that many new cases were now coming to light.
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Permanent Link: AIDS cases seen on the rise in Philippines
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Biologists at Harvard have converted cells from a mouse’s pancreas into the insulin-producing cells that are destroyed in diabetes.
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Permanent Link: Researchers Report Advances in Cell Conversion Technique
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The number of Americans without health insurance dropped by more than a million, to 45.7 million.
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Permanent Link: A Decline in Uninsured Is Reported for 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) - New screening tests and effective vaccines from Merck & Co and GlaxoSmithKline make tackling cervical cancer in poor countries a real possibility for the first time, researchers said on Thursday.
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Permanent Link: Cervical cancer advances give hope to poor
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The virus that causes AIDS is spreading in New York City at three times the national rate — an incidence of 72 new infections for every 100,000 people, compared with 23 per 100,000 nationally.
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Permanent Link: H.I.V. Is Spreading in New York City at Three Times the National Rate, a Study Finds
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An appeals committee at Purdue University has upheld findings of misconduct by Rusi P. Taleyarkhan.
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Permanent Link: Purdue, Citing Research Misconduct, Punishes Scientist
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Students celebrate their 21st with an average of 12 drinks for men and nine for women.
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Permanent Link: Students mark 21st birthdays with 'extreme' drinking binges
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Dark green chard plucked from a makeshift garden in front of City Hall; soft cheeses spread on freshly baked whole-grain bread ...
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Permanent Link: Slow Food Nation urges a 'fresh' recipe
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Mouse pancreas tissue can be turned into the same cells that go missing in juvenile diabetes.
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Permanent Link: Research 'reprograms' pancreas cells in mice
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Some obese children and adults who eat excessively may be missing a gene for a brain chemical involved in controlling appetite, ...
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Permanent Link: Study suggests missing gene may impair appetite control
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A business owner convicted of defrauding customers seeking male sexual enhancement products and a variety of herbal supplements ...
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Permanent Link: Exec behind male supplement Enzyte gets 25 years for fraud
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers are contracting HIV at three times the national rate, the city health department said on Wednesday, attributing the difference to New York's large population of high-risk groups such as gay men and blacks.
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Permanent Link: HIV spreads in NY at three times the U.S. average
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TORONTO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The head of Canada's biggest meat processor said on Wednesday his company was fully accountable for a nationwide outbreak of listeriosis food poisoning, which has been linked to deaths of 15 people.
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Permanent Link: Maple Leaf takes blame for food poison outbreak
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Two studies released on Wednesday call into question the advantage of using a blood pressure medicine and a well-known blood thinner for preventing the recurrence of a stroke.
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Permanent Link: Stroke drugs show similar results, or no benefits
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