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Global Corruption Fight Slowing, Report Says A new report from Transparency International says the fight against corruption worldwide is slowing as urgency to address the global economic downturn recedes, Bloomberg reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Senate Committee To Markup Foreign Aid Reform BillEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to "mark up the Kerry-Lugar foreign aid reform bill Tuesday," Foreign Policy's blog, "The Cable" reports. It is one of "several foreign-aid reform bills in play, [and] is seen as a strong but relatively modest attempt to increase the power and stature of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Aid / Disasters Source Type: news
FAO Head 'Not Satisfied' With Omission Of Hunger Eradication Deadline From Summit DeclarationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Jacques Diouf, head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), "is not satisfied" that the World Summit on Food Security's final declaration excludes "exact targets to reduce hunger," the BBC reports. Diouf "said he was not in the room when negotiators finalised the statement.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Aid / Disasters Source Type: news
AIDS Advocates Ask White House To Send Money SouthEmail this article to a colleague.
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WLBT: "The White House Office of National AIDS Policy chose Jackson [Mississipppi] to host an HIV/AIDS town hall meeting Monday night. The community discussion allowed Mississippians to give feedback that will be included in a national strategy to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. ...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Study Finds Uninsured Trauma Patients Much More Likely To Die In EREmail this article to a colleague.
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"Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study," The Associated Press reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Polls Find Deep Divisions On Health Care ReformEmail this article to a colleague.
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CNN Political Ticker: According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released today, "Americans are split over the health care bill which narrowly passed the House of Representatives earlier this month ... and the survey suggests the opposition to the legislation isn't coming only from the right.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Business Opponents Of Health Overhaul Ramp Up AdvertisingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Interest groups, including business opponents, are ramping up spending on advertising. "Business foes of health care overhaul legislation are outspending supporters at a rate of 2-to-1 for TV ads as they grow increasingly nervous over a final bill," The Associated Press reports. "Led by the giant U.S.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Effect Of Abortion Restrictions In Health Bill May Be Less Than Advocates FearEmail this article to a colleague.
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Despite widespread debate, abortion restrictions in the House health reform bill could affect only a small number of women. Meanwhile, Catholic bishops weigh into the debate and abortion rights group plan a rally to contest the restrictions. The Wall Street Journal reports that the restrictions were included "to ensure that no taxpayer dollars fund abortion.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news
White House Deal With Drug Makers May Be UnravelingEmail this article to a colleague.
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"Congressional Democrats' intensifying efforts to pay for their healthcare overhaul and provide more relief for consumers are threatening to unravel a White House deal with the pharmaceutical industry and turn one of Washington's most powerful lobbies against the legislation," the Los Angeles Times reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Source Type: news
KHN Column: Is Fear Of Flu Shifting The Goal Posts?Email this article to a colleague.
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In this column for Kaiser Health News, Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer write about the swine flu. "If any public health message has alarmed Americans in recent weeks, it is the repeated claim in the media that healthy young people are dying of 2009 H1N1, or swine flu. ...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Opinion Pieces, Editorial Comment On Stupak Amendment, Health Care ReformEmail this article to a colleague.
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Several newspapers recently included opinion pieces and an editorial regarding the House's approval of Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) amendment to the chamber's health reform bill (HR 3962). The amendment would prohibit public and private insurance plans that receive federal subsidies from offering abortion coverage. Summaries appear below.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news
HHS, Financial Services FY '09 Spending Bill Expected To Be Included In Small OmnibusEmail this article to a colleague.
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An omnibus appropriations package for remaining fiscal year 2010 spending bills likely will include no more than four bills, with the Defense Appropriations measure as the legislative vehicle, Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) said on Monday, CongressDaily reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Health Tip: Help Prevent BunionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Here's what you can do
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Related MedlinePlus Topics: Foot Injuries and Disorders, Toe Injuries and Disorders
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Health Tip: Thinking About Organ Donation?Email this article to a colleague.
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Here's an glimpse at what's involved
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Related MedlinePlus Topic: Organ Donation
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Mammography: What to Do Now?Email this article to a colleague.
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Three doctors weigh in on what women should do about the new guidelines
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Related MedlinePlus Topic: Mammography
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
New Heart Attack Treatment Guidelines Stress CoordinationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Getting patients to the right hospitals quickly is critical, experts say Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Topics: Angioplasty, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Attack
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Niacin Adds No Benefit for Statin PatientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Taking the B vitamin didn't reverse or stall carotid artery disease Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Topics: Coronary Artery Disease, Statins, Vitamins
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
And Now the Backlash: Doctors, Patients Roundly Reject Mammogram GuidelinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Doctors tell patients to ignore the guidelines as cancer call centers light up.
Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Organizations - United States
Source: ABC News: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kiss Drummer Talks About His Breast CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Former Kiss drummer Peter Criss speaks about his recent bout with breast cancer.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Video: Docs Reject Mammogram GuidelinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Maggie Rodriguez spoke with Dr. Silvia Formenti who supports fewer mammograms for women and Dr. Rachel Brem who opposes new guidelines.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccines on horizon for Alzheimer's, herpes, AIDSEmail this article to a colleague.
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Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
Source: CTV Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ex-Kiss Drummer Battled Male Breast CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cancer Overwhelmingly Associated with Women Strikes 2,000 Men a Year
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mini pump boosts heart failure survivalEmail this article to a colleague.
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For the first time, a miniature heart pump shows the potential to become a widely used, permanent treatment for many older people with severe heart failure. But can we afford it?
Source: CTV Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Formerly conjoined twins in serious, stable conditionEmail this article to a colleague.
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An aid worker who helped bring formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins to Australia where doctors managed to separate them spoke of her relief Wednesday over their successful surgery, as the girls remained in serious but stable condition.
Source: CTV Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A&E patients are admitted minutes before Government deadline 'to meet targets'Email this article to a colleague.
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A&E patients are being admitted to hospital in order to meet a Government target of treating patients within four hours, new figures suggest.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kiss Drummer Reveals Breast Cancer FightEmail this article to a colleague.
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Former Kiss drummer Peter Criss is speaking out about his recent bout with breast cancer. The rocker known as "Catman" is encouraging other men to get tested as soon as they suspect something might be wrong.
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Breathing new life into 'old' eggsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Eggs donated by young women could be used to repair the damaged eggs of older women, upping the chances that they can be fertilised
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals
Ellipse Technologies, Inc. Receives CE Mark Clearance For The MAGECTM System For The Treatment Of Spinal ScoliosisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ellipse Technologies, Inc. ("Ellipse") announced today it has received CE Mark (Conformité Européenne) for its MAGECTM Technology for the treatment of spinal deformity. The first application for this technology is for the treatment of spinal scoliosis in young children and teenagers.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
In Their Own Words: Kids Offer Advice On H1N1 FluEmail this article to a colleague.
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"At the mall, after using the bathroom, some people put water on their hands and just leave. They don't really use soap. To me, that's disgusting. That's just not right." Kids tell it like it is in a new video on preventing H1N1 virus infection. Ranging in age from 11 months to 13 years, young "experts" share their unique perspective on preventing the spread of germs and staying healthy.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Heart Failure Patients With Kidney Dysfunction Don't Recover Well After Hospital DischargeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Most heart failure patients who develop kidney failure in the hospital do not recover from it before going home and are at increased risk of either being re-hospitalized or dying within the year, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
For Diabetic Patients With Heart Disease, Drug Therapy More Cost-Effective Than AngioplastyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, according to a new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher Mark Hlatky, MD.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Patient Vs. Clinician Adverse Symptom ReportingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Clinician's and patient's adverse symptom reports may be discrepant from each other, but provide complementary, clinically meaningful information, according to a new study published online November 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In cancer clinical trials, it is currently standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptoms such as nausea or fatigue.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Heart Failure Patients' Salt Consumption Lowered By Family Partnership, Education InterventionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Educating family members of heart failure (HF) patients about the health benefits of consuming a low-salt diet and providing skills for support and communication can effectively reduce HF patients' sodium consumption, according to an interdisciplinary study led by Emory University cardiovascular nursing researcher Sandra Dunbar, RN, DSN, FAAN, FAHA.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
GAVI's Impact On Vaccine Market Is Bringing Down PricesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Following the increasing impact of the GAVI Alliance on the vaccine market, the price of one of the major combination vaccines, the pentavalent, is falling considerably, enabling GAVI's partners to vaccinate millions of more children in the developing world.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news
Explanation For Rapid Maturation Of Neurons At Birth Found By Duke ResearchersEmail this article to a colleague.
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At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Epilepsy Source Type: news
Immediate, Aggressive Spending On HIV/AIDS Could End EpidemicEmail this article to a colleague.
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Money available to treat HIV/AIDS is sufficient to end the epidemic globally, but only if we act immediately to control the spread of the disease. That was the conclusion of a study just published in the open-access journal, BMC Public Health. This approach defies conventional thinking, which recommends gradual spending over 15-20 years.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Coed College Housing Connected To Frequent Binge DrinkingEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new study in the Journal of American College Health finds that students placed by their universities in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink each week than students placed in all-male or all-female housing.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news
Global Alliance For Chronic Diseases Announces TargetsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) on Monday outlined plans "to invest tens of millions of dollars in heart and lung disease studies in a battle against a global epidemic of chronic disease," over five years, Reuters reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Report Calls For Refocusing Health Spending In Developing Countries To Save Children's LivesEmail this article to a colleague.
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"More than 24,000 infants die daily from preventable diseases in developing countries," and child deaths have fallen in countries where governments "have shown a high level of political leadership on child health," World Vision International said in a new report (.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Today's Selection Of Opinions And EditorialsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Why One Democrat Voted No On Health Bill The Philadelphia Inquirer After months of debate over reforming the health-care system, I decided to vote against the bill that the House of Representatives passed a little more than a week ago. I did not come to this decision lightly (Rep. John Adler, D-Penn., 11/17).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Startling New Mammogram Guidelines Incite Debate About Risk, CostEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Washington Post: "Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms and older women should cut back to one scheduled exam every other year, an influential federal task force has concluded, challenging the use of one of the most common medical tests" (Stein, 11/17).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
Wisconsin Town Has Highest Rate Of Living Wills, Lowest Cost Of CareEmail this article to a colleague.
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NPR reports on a town in Wisconsin with the highest rates of living wills in the country. "[N]early all adults who die in La Crosse, 96 percent of them, die with a completed advance directive. … But it's expensive to spend time with patients filling out living wills. Medicare doesn't reimburse for the time the hospital's nurses, chaplains and social workers do this.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Seniors / Aging Source Type: news
As Senate Debate Approaches, Partisans Step Up VolumeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Volleys of rhetoric, attack ads and procedural parries are rippling through the Congressional health care debate.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Liberals Push Reid To Stand By Public Option In Health BillEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying to hold together members of his caucus to vote for a government-run public option for health insurance that would allow states to opt-out of the plan - a plan that is getting an icy reception, even among Democrats, Bloomberg reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
Technology To Help Elderly People Stay Healthy At HomeEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a collaboration between Kaiser Health News and The Washington Post, Elizabeth Olson writes about how emerging technology is helping older people stay in their homes and can, in some instances, offer mechanisms to improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs. "Every morning at 10 a.m.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news
Marie Stopes Discusses Birth Control With Islamic Leaders In AfghanistanEmail this article to a colleague.
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Marie Stopes International is leading seminars in Afghanistan that explain the benefits of birth control to Islamic religious leaders known as mullahs, the New York Times reports. Afghanistan has a fertility rate of six children per woman, the highest in Asia. The country is second only to Sierra Leone in maternal mortality, with the rate as high as 8% in some areas of Afghanistan.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sexual Health / STDs Source Type: news
Sessions To Attempt Filibuster Of Appeals Court Nominee Hamilton; Vote Likely To ProceedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will try to block the confirmation vote on Tuesday on Judge David Hamilton's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, Politico reports. Sessions is unlikely to succeed with a filibuster because at least one Republican -- Hamilton's home-state senator, Richard Lugar (Ind.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Litigation / Medical Malpractice Source Type: news
Students With A Lower Socioeconomic Background Benefit From Daily School Physical ActivityEmail this article to a colleague.
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German school students - especially those with low socioeconomic status (SES) - significantly improved their exercise capacity and body leanness after a year of daily physical activity classes, according to research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Increased Obesity Hindering Success At Reducing Heart Disease RiskEmail this article to a colleague.
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The dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Poll: Gov't Health Plan Divides PublicEmail this article to a colleague.
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An Associated Press poll finds more people support creation of a new government-run health insurance plan to compete with the private insurance market.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
