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Senate Ends Debate On Hamilton, Could Vote To Confirm This Week
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The Senate on Tuesday voted 70-29 to allow debate on federal appeals court nominee David Hamilton, ending a GOP filibuster and setting up a final confirmation vote that could occur this week, Roll Call reports (Brady, Roll Call, 11/17).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news
Under-fives to get swine flu jabEmail this article to a colleague.
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Children under the age of five are to offered the swine flu vaccination, the government is expected to say.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Poor sanitation kills 10,500 Nepalese kids annuallyEmail this article to a colleague.
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KATHMANDU, Nov.19 (Xinhua) -- Around 10,500 children below ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Experts Say Radical Measures Won't Stop Swine FluEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu -- most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms -- have failed to contain the disease.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
NHS says it's too expensive to keep you aliveEmail this article to a colleague.
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If we are to escape from dilemmas such as Nice's fateful decision on Nexavar it can only be by permitting additional revenue streams into the NHS argues Janet Daley.
Source: Telegraph Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: nexavar nice nhs healthcare Source Type: news
Condemned to an early death: Rationing body tells liver cancer victims that life-prolonging drug is 'too costly'Email this article to a colleague.
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Campaigners criticised draft guidance that will effectively ban the drug sorafenib - which is routinely used in every other country where it is licensed.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Who decides on mammograms? Inside task forceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Breast cancer surgeons, cancer organizations and even the White House are expressing concern about new screening recommendations.
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Deaths not linked to H1N1 vaccines: WHOEmail this article to a colleague.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - A small number of people have died after being inoculated against H1N1 pandemic flu, but investigations have shown that the deaths are not due to the vaccines, a senior official at the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Child physiotherapy program expandedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Children older than six who require daily physiotherapy or occupational therapy will soon be able to get it at three P.E.I. schools.
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Poll: Most Support Curbs On Malpractice SuitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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An Associated Press poll says most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Perspective: The Missing Link in Academic Career Planning and Development: Pursuit of Meaningful and Aligned WorkEmail this article to a colleague.
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Why is it so difficult to retain faculty in academic medicine? What can be done to address the problem? Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students Source Type: news
Urinary Adiponectin Excretion: A Novel Marker for Vascular Damage in Type 2 DiabetesEmail this article to a colleague.
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In contrast to existing data on serum adiponectin, this study assesses whether urinary adiponectin excretion might represent a more consistent vascular damage marker in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
A Comparison of Hospital Adverse Events Identified by Three Widely Used Detection MethodsEmail this article to a colleague.
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How often do adverse events occur in a hospital setting? Does type of adverse event identified vary by detection method? International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Source Type: news
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Worse For Toddlers, Obese ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Toddlers and obese children suffer more than other youth when exposed to secondhand smoke, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. "Secondhand smoke in children is not just bad for respiratory issues, as has been previously described by other researchers," said John Anthony Bauer, Ph.D.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news
BVA'S 8-point Plan For Responsible Use Of Antimicrobials, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has launched a simple and effective 8-point plan for the responsible use of antimicrobials in veterinary practice. Antimicrobials are essential for the treatment and prevention of diseases in animals, but every use increases both the risk that resistance will develop and the potential for its transfer to man via food-borne pathogens.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Veterinary Source Type: news
Opinions: Fighting TB; Currency Transaction TaxEmail this article to a colleague.
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Innovation, Coordination Needed To 'Bring TB Research Into The 21st Century' Though tuberculosis "is one of the world's leading killers … few citizens, scientists and policymakers are demanding more attention to TB research, treatment and prevention.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: news
U.S. Health Officials Testify Before Senate Committee About H1N1 Vaccine CampaignEmail this article to a colleague.
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U.S. health officials defended their handling of the country's H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine campaign Tuesday "against criticism that their plan to protect Americans was confusing and over-optimistic," Reuters reports (Fox, 11/17).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
More Beds Without Enough Nurses Doesn't Make Sense - Australian Nursing FederationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The future care of vulnerable elderly residents in nursing homes rests on an increase in qualified staff - more people in beds without more nurses will equal chaos and misery.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
GAVI Alliance Drives Down Pentavalent Vaccine Costs, Data ShowsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The "co-ordinated buying policy" of the GAVI Alliance has driven down "[t]he price of a vaccine that helps babies fight off killer diseases," according to data released by the group, Reuters reports. In 2010, the price of pentavalent vaccine, which protects against Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and hepatitis B, will fall "below $3.0 - a drop of almost $0.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news
FDA Takes Action Against Dairy Farm And OwnerEmail this article to a colleague.
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On Nov. 16, 2009, Judge Marvin J. Garbis of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland entered a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction (Decree) against Old Carolina Farm and its owner, Francis Roderick, of Ijamsville, Md.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news
FDA Announces New Warning On Plavix: Avoid Use With Prilosec/Prilosec OTCEmail this article to a colleague.
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Patients should avoid using the stomach acid reducer Prilosec/Prilosec OTC (omeprazole) with the anti-clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Nov. 17. New data suggest that when patients take both Prilosec and Plavix, Plavix's ability to block platelet aggregation (anti-clotting effect) may be reduced by about half.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Blood / Hematology Source Type: news
Study Says 43 Percent Of Americans Could Be Obese By 2018 - Costing $344 Billion AnnuallyEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study has found that, if left unchecked, 43 percent of Americans will be obese by 2018, costing the health care system $344 billion annually.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Generic And Brand-Name Drug Makers Face OffEmail this article to a colleague.
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"Teva Pharmaceuticals, a leading manufacturer of generic drugs, has been aggressively lobbying Congress to scrap provisions in the health care bills it claims would shut it out of the biologic drug market for too long," Roll Call reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Source Type: news
Royal College Of Nursing Responds To The Queen's Speech, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) responded to proposals for the forthcoming Parliamentary session, welcoming in particular the Government's commitment to provide free personal care to those with the greatest need.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
APA Presses Congress To Block Cuts In Medicare Payments To PhysiciansEmail this article to a colleague.
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American Psychiatric Association Medical Director and CEO James H. Scully, Jr., M.D., sent letters to Members of Congress yesterday urging them to pass H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, a bill that would block a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments to physicians.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
Managed Care Pharmacy Experiential Education Directory Is Now AvailableEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Academy has posted its Managed Care Pharmacy Experiential Education Directory on the AMCP website. The directory includes profiles on approximately 40 sites at health plans, PBMs, integrated health systems and managed care consulting firms that provide student pharmacists with experiential education.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacy / Pharmacist Source Type: news
Doctors Are No Better Than Patients At Facing Up To Personal End-Of-Life Care, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Family doctors would welcome more support in helping them talk to patients about death and dying. A survey by The King's Fund found that three out of four GPs agree that as professionals they have an integral role in end-of-life care and that they should be actively encouraging patients to plan for how they want to be cared for when they die.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news
White House Reports Billions Lost In Improper Payments For Medicare, Other Government ProgramsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The White House announced Tuesday that billions of federal dollars were spent in improper payments in 2009 and that spending in the Medicare and Medicaid programs accounted for more than half of that total. President Barack Obama will issue an executive order to crack down on the problem, officials said.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
States Mull How Medicaid Expansion Might Affect BudgetsEmail this article to a colleague.
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States consider how health legislation on Capitol Hill might affect their Medicaid programs and budgets. "The House health-care bill, which passed last week, expands Medicaid and for the first time sets a national standard on whom would qualify," The Durango Herald reports. "States would have to pay 9 percent of the expanded costs.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
Too Much Salt, Not Enough ExerciseEmail this article to a colleague.
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New research has revealed that an alarming number of British people are not following official advice to reduce their salt consumption and take regular exercise in order to reduce their risk of suffering from serious health conditions such as stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Some House Democrats Face Questions About House Bill Positions; Outside Groups Defend Vulnerable 'Yes' VotesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Democrats are still taking issue with particular votes of other House lawmakers on health care reform. Meanwhile, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking a hard line against the people in her caucus she thinks "threw me under the bus," Politico reports. Rep.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Senate Health Reform Bill Timeline Slipping, Reid Plans Caucus Meeting TodayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senate action on health care reform before the Thanksgiving break seems less likely "as the upper chamber still doesn't have a final version of the bill," The Hill reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Stupak Amendment 'Diminishes Women, New Yorker Opinion Piece SaysEmail this article to a colleague.
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"A clear understanding of the structure of the health care proposals currently under consideration" in the House shows why Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) amendment to the chamber's health reform bill (HR 3962) "is such a threat to abortion rights," Jeffrey Toobin writes in a New Yorker opinion piece.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news
Reid Set To Release Health Reform Bill; Stupak Threatens To Kill Final Bill If Abortion Coverage IncludedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is expected to release details of his health care reform bill to members of the Democratic caucus on Wednesday, setting up a possible weekend vote on cloture on the motion to proceed, CongressDaily reports. According to Reid spokesperson Jim Manley, Reid expects to have the final Congressional Budget Office scores of the bill before a 5 p.m.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news
Experts: Radical Measures Won't Stop Swine FluEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu -- most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms -- have failed to contain the disease.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
DPRK develops reagent for diagnosis of hepatitis C virus antibodyEmail this article to a colleague.
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PYONGYANG, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Academy of Medical ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Experts say radical measures won't stop swine fluEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu -- most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms -- have failed to contain the disease.
Source: CTV Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experts say radical measures don't stop swine fluEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu -- most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms -- have failed to contain the disease.
Source: CTV Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Senate health bill arrives with $849 billion price tagEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping health care bill that would expand health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 billion over 10 years.
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nice's decision not to approve the liver cancer drug Nexavar is painful but necessaryEmail this article to a colleague.
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The difficult truth is that Nexavar is an expensive drug that extends life by on average less than three months writes Rebecca Smith.
Source: Telegraph Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: nexavar .liver cancer drug Nice health NHS Source Type: news
Management of Venous Thromboembolism and the Potential to Impact Overall Survival in Patients With CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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How can clinicians improve on the prevention and treatment of potentially fatal venous thromboembolism in the patient with cancer? Pharmacotherapy
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacist Source Type: news
Clinical Budgeting And Contracting Excellence Strategies That Empower Investigators And Support Patient Enrollment 7-8 Dec, 2009, Princeton New JerseyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Alarming trends captured in clinical study metrics show the glaring discrepancy between the miniscule number of sites that are able to enroll the amount of patients study sponsors are requesting and the amount of sites that cannot.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Conferences Source Type: news
Health Overhaul Triggers Debate About What Lies Ahead For The Children's Health ProgramEmail this article to a colleague.
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Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey reports on the future of the Children's Health Insurance Program. One of its staunchest backers, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, "isn't ready to see it swallowed up by a new health insurance marketplace designed by Congress" (11/17). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
School-based H1N1 Influenza Clinics To Begin For K-3 Students, AlabamaEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Alabama Department of Public Health will begin offering nasal mist flu vaccine to kindergarten through third grade students in Alabama schools at voluntary H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics. A few clinics will begin the week of Nov. 23, but the majority will be held beginning the week of Nov. 30-Dec. 5.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Bill Requiring Baltimore Crisis Pregnancy Centers To Post Disclaimers Moving Through City CouncilEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Baltimore bill (FID 09-0406) to require crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating that they do not provide abortion services is progressing through the City Council, WBAL reports. The council voted 12-3 in favor of the bill, which now moves on to a third and final vote.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news
CDC Lifts HPV Vaccination Requirement For Young Female ImmigrantsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Starting Dec. 14, the U.S. will no longer require female immigrants seeking permanent resident status to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. The new rule revises July 2008 guidelines that required female immigrants ages 11 through 26 seeking legal U.S.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Source Type: news
Mental Health America Endorses Nomination Of Chai Feldblum As EEOC CommissionerEmail this article to a colleague.
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"Mental Health America is pleased to endorse the nomination of Chai Feldblum to serve as a commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental Health Source Type: news
International Event At Queen's Focuses On Male InfertilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Male infertility and tackling falling birth rates across Europe will be among the topics addressed at this year's British Andrology Society's annual conference at Queen's University in Belfast.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Fertility Source Type: news
Don't Let The Flu Ruin Your HolidayEmail this article to a colleague.
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With H1N1 flu causing illness all across the country, the American Red Cross has some steps to take that will lessen the chances of getting sick over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. "Thanksgiving is a time to enjoy being with family, not to be in bed with the flu," said Sharon Stanley, chief nurse of the American Red Cross.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Immune System Activated In SchizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Their findings offer hope of being able to treat schizophrenia with drugs that affect the immune system.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Schizophrenia Source Type: news
