- Screening Boom - Aspirin Therapy (p)(f)
While Health Screenings Proliferate, the Number Of People Getting the Right Ones Isn't Keeping Up.
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- Sierra Club Mercury in Fish Survival Guide (p)(f)
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- Simple test detects gullet cancer (p)(f)
Researchers in Cambridge have developed a simple test for the fastest growing cancer in the western world.BBC NEWS Feb 14, 2006
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- Strict Control Key to Taming Diabetes (p)(f)
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- Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection (p)(f)
The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer. May 26, 2006;
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- Study Health-Plan Options Carefully This Open Season (p)(f)
For the next four weeks, federal employees and retirees will select their health insurance coverage for 2007. Many will escape the sticker shock of past years, as federal officials say 63 percent of enrollees in the federal employee health insurance program will see no increase in their premiums next year. Nov 13, 2006
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- Study Ties Political Leanings to Hidden Biases (p)(f)
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- Study: Fish-eaters stay sharper with age - Oct 10, 2005 (p)(f)
Eating fish at least once a week is good for the brain, slowing age-related mental decline by the equivalent of three to four years, a study suggests. The research adds to the growing evidence that a fish-rich diet helps keep the mind sharp. Previous studies found that people who ate fish lowered their risk of Alzheimer`s disease and stroke, CNN.com Oct 10, 2005
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- Surprise origin of stomach cancer (p)(f)
Stomach cancer may not originate from the tissue of the organ itself, but from bone marrow cells, researchers have found. BBC News Nov 26, 2004
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- Test Your Mercury I.Q.
Sierra Club (p)(f)
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- The Men Behind Zicam (p)(f)
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- The secret of `muscular` old age (p)(f)
Scientists believe they have found a way to enable the elderly to maintain muscle. BBC Sunday, 11 December 2005, 01:58 GMT
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- The Ugly Face of Crime (p)(f)
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- Top Rated Home Water Filter Brands Comparison (p)(f)
Comparisons by price, performance and ongoing costs.
Amway - Aquasana - Brita - Culigan - Everpure - GE - Kenmore - PUR - Seagul
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- Two Studies Deflate Benefits of B Vitamins (p)(f)
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- Unhealthy Medicine (p)(f)
We tend to view medical advances -- the breakthroughs that produce better medications, technology and procedures -- as the front line in the war on disease. [but] We spend far more money on inventing new treatments than on research into how to deliver them. Sunday, January 8, 2006; B03
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- US considers rapid home HIV test (p)(f)
The US is considering approving the first rapid home testing kit for HIV. An individual would be able to tell within 20 minutes whether they had the infection or not, in the privacy of their own home. BBC News Oct 14, 2005
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- US FDA approves Merck vaccine to prevent shingles (p)(f)
U.S. health officials on Friday approved the first vaccine to prevent shingles, a painful disease characterized by a blistering rash that affects nearly 1 million, mostly older adults every year. The vaccine, Zostavax, which is made by Merck & Co. (MRK.N) and aims to boost the immune system, was approved for adults age 60 and older. May 26, 2006
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- USATODAY.com - Biotech launches largest-ever Alzheimer`s drug trial (p)(f)
The drug, called Flurizan, slowed the mind-robbing disease in some of the 128 patients with mild Alzheimer`s participating in a smaller test. March 13, 2006
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- USATODAY.com - Kids no safer in SUVs, study says (p)(f)
Children are no safer riding in sport-utility vehicles than in passenger cars, largely because the doubled risk of rollovers in SUVs cancels out the safety advantages of their greater size and weight, according to a study. USATODAY Jan 3, 2006
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