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Republican Presidential Candidates Discuss Health Care At Cancer Forum
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 31, 2007 Source Type: info
Open letter to Research Ethics Committees
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - August 31, 2007 Source Type: info
'Thousands more midwives needed' to cope with rising birthrate
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Source: the Mail online | Women - August 31, 2007 Source Type: info
IT Employed To Allocate Stormwater Runoff, Leading To Cleaner Waters
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 31, 2007 Source Type: info
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, August 31, 2007
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Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - August 31, 2007 Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: info
Strategies Recommended for Screening and Treating Patients With Intellectual Disabilities
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 31, 2007 Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: info
Poor Airway Function in Infancy Predicts COPD in Young Adults
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 31, 2007 Tags: Pulmonary Medicine Source Type: info
Healthy People 2010 Goals Unmet for Adolescent Vaccinations
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Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - August 31, 2007 Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: info
New Report Indicates Changes In How Americans Get Their Information About Health And Cancer
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 31, 2007 Source Type: info
Queen Rania Opens Baby Friendly Hospital
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 31, 2007 Source Type: info
Spring is in the air - and so is UV radiation
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Source: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Media Releases - August 31, 2007 Source Type: info
Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Source: Comprehensive Therapy - August 31, 2007 Tags: Comprehensive Therapy Source Type: info
What motivates physicians throughout their careers in medicine?
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Source: Comprehensive Therapy - August 31, 2007 Tags: Comprehensive Therapy Source Type: info
Sutureless levator plication by conjunctival route
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Source: Comprehensive Therapy - August 31, 2007 Tags: Comprehensive Therapy Source Type: info
Patient response in a screened population for interstitial cystitis
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Source: Comprehensive Therapy - August 31, 2007 Tags: Comprehensive Therapy Source Type: info
The classical vs nonclassical NSAIDs
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Source: Comprehensive Therapy - August 31, 2007 Tags: Comprehensive Therapy Source Type: info
While Few Have Seen 'Sicko,' Nearly Half Of Public Is Familiar With It; Film Spurs Conversation About Health Care Issues, Reform, Poll Finds
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 30, 2007 Source Type: info
Self-Hypnosis as Headache Treatment in Children and Adolescents?
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 30, 2007 Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: info
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Updates Guidelines for Asthma Management
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Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - August 30, 2007 Tags: Pulmonary Medicine Source Type: info
I want to confirm that serology for helicobacter pylori for those over 45 is not appropriate as the majority will be positive regardless of symptoms and due to prior exposure and thus a breath test would be more helpful
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 30, 2007 Tags: Assessment and Diagnosis Gastroenterology Source Type: info
Advances in Ulcerative Colitis - Volume 1
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 30, 2007 Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: info
Is NICE's Cost Effectiveness Threshold Too High? UK
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 30, 2007 Source Type: info
Metabolic modulation as a principle for myocardial protection
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Source: Current Hypertension Reports - August 30, 2007 Tags: Current Hypertension Reports Source Type: info
Is there evidence that the progesterone only pill are safe or will affect hepatic adenomas?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 30, 2007 Tags: Assessment and Diagnosis Cancer Causes Risks and Prevention Treatment and Disease Management Women ' s health Source Type: info
Can a woman, with a past history of a subarachnoid haemorrhage and found to have vascular malformation in the brain, scuba-dive or paraglide?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 30, 2007 Tags: Assessment and Diagnosis Neurological disease Source Type: info
U.S. Clears Roche Blood Test for West Nile Virus
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 29, 2007 Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
How many courses of oral terbinafine can you have for fungal toenail infections?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 29, 2007 Tags: Causes Risks and Prevention Skin disorders Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
Pediatric ADHD: Guidelines for Initiating and Monitoring Treatment
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 29, 2007 Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: info
In patients with previous renal impairment when on an ACE inhibitor and whose renal function is declining, is it good practice to use an ACEi for renal protection?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 29, 2007 Source Type: info
Doctors warn of high blood pressure epidemic in children
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Source: the Mail online | Women - August 29, 2007 Source Type: info
My son reeled into the room and I knew something was horribly wrong...
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Source: the Mail online | Women - August 29, 2007 Source Type: info
Is there any information on how rheumatoid arthritis, as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, can be included in statin treatment decisions?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 29, 2007 Tags: Assessment and Diagnosis Cardiovascular disease Musculoskeletal disease Source Type: info
International Spread Of Disease Threatens Public Health Security
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 29, 2007 Source Type: info
Discrimination, Violence Against MSM, WSW In Uganda Hindering HIV Prevention, Treatment Efforts, Human Rights Watch Says
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Source: Men's health News From Medical News Today - August 29, 2007 Source Type: info
Executive Order Is Helping "Change The Culture" In Health Care To Achieve Better Quality, Value, And Affordability, HHS Secretary Leavitt Reports
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 29, 2007 Source Type: info
Whole Grain Consumption Lowers Diabetes Risk
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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 29, 2007 Tags: Medical News Source Type: info
Calcium With or Without Vitamin D May Help Prevent Osteoporosis
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 28, 2007 Tags: Ob/Gyn and Women ' s Health Source Type: info
In rectal faecal impaction is digital manual evacuation still an accepted treatment to be used in primary care?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 28, 2007 Tags: Gastroenterology Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
is there any evidence for the long term use of ascorbic acid at high dose- 500mg four times a day in people with spinal injuries?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 28, 2007 Tags: Causes Risks and Prevention Neurological disease Source Type: info
Could you please tell me what the current recommendations are for giving vitamin drops to breast fed babies? Also is any supplementation advised for breast feeding mothers ?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 28, 2007 Tags: Causes Risks and Prevention Child health Women ' s health Source Type: info
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men: Prostate or Bladder? An Introduction for Primary Care Providers
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 28, 2007 Tags: Urology Source Type: info
What is the temperature range that vaccines need to be kept at?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 28, 2007 Tags: Causes Risks and Prevention Infectious disease Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
Zolmitriptan Nasal Spray May Fill Treatment Void for Cluster Headache
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 28, 2007 Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: info
Is there a role for dietary manipulations in the management of recurrent vulvo vaginal candidiasis in young woman? If so, what is the dietary menipulation and what is the evidence for it?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 28, 2007 Tags: Complementary medicine Infectious disease Treatment and Disease Management Women ' s health Source Type: info
Are there any figures for HIV prevelence?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 28, 2007 Tags: Infectious disease Public health Service Delivery and Standards Source Type: info
A housing crisis for older people
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - August 28, 2007 Source Type: info
Can vitamin B12 injections be given 2 monthly in symptomatic patients?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 28, 2007 Tags: Later life Neurological disease Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
Coding Cues
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Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 28, 2007 Source Type: info
Maternal Glucose Level Linked to Childhood Obesity Risk
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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 28, 2007 Tags: Medical News Source Type: info
Women Lose Weight at Least a Decade Before Diagnosis of Dementia
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - August 27, 2007 Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: info
Moderate- and High-Intensity Resistance Training May Improve Cognitive Function in Elderly
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Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - August 27, 2007 Tags: Internal Medicine Source Type: info
Obesity Continues To Grow In The United States
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 27, 2007 Source Type: info
Is it safe for a person with epilepsy to use a mandibular advancement splint for treatment for snoring?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 27, 2007 Tags: Ear nose and throat Neurological disease Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
Toxic Air Pollution In Urban Parking Garages And Its Impact On Health
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 27, 2007 Source Type: info
U.S. Death Rate Hits Record Low
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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 27, 2007 Tags: Medical News Source Type: info
Late Life Psychosis: Assessment and General Treatment Strategies
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Source: Comprehensive Therapy - August 26, 2007 Tags: Comprehensive Therapy Source Type: info
Number of Human West Nile Virus Cases Rockets In Canada
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 25, 2007 Source Type: info
Globally, Cervical Cancer Most Often Due to Vaccine-Susceptible HPV 16/18
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Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - August 24, 2007 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: info
Calcium Supplements Reduce Fractures in Older People
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Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - August 24, 2007 Source Type: info
I'm looking for more information on the condition and treatment of 'fixed dystonia'.
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 24, 2007 Tags: Assessment and Diagnosis Mental health Musculoskeletal disease Neurological disease Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
Book Reviews
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Source: Comprehensive Therapy - August 24, 2007 Tags: Comprehensive Therapy Source Type: info
Editorial
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Source: Comprehensive Therapy - August 24, 2007 Tags: Comprehensive Therapy Source Type: info
Don't Ruin Your Journey With Illnesses - A Warning To Umrah Pilgrims!
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 24, 2007 Source Type: info
Calcium Supplements Linked to Lower Fracture Risk in Older Adults
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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 24, 2007 Tags: Medical News Source Type: info
The Zoonoses (Monitoring) (England) Regulations 2007. SI...
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - August 23, 2007 Source Type: info
Washing Penis Soon After Sex Increases Risk Of HIV Among Uncircumcised Men, Study Says
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Source: Men's health News From Medical News Today - August 23, 2007 Source Type: info
Link Between Racial Discrimination And Substance Use Studied By Mailman School Of Public Health
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 23, 2007 Source Type: info
Is there any evidence to say that a patient who has had a CABG with Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy should remain on 300mg Aspirin daily, or is 75mg sufficient?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 23, 2007 Tags: Cardiovascular disease Causes Risks and Prevention Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
Is there any evidence to suggest any link between mirena coil use and osteoporosis?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 23, 2007 Tags: Causes Risks and Prevention Musculoskeletal disease Women ' s health Source Type: info
Single-Payer Health Care System Would Increase Wait Times, Lead To Physician Shortages, Op-Ed States
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 23, 2007 Source Type: info
Alcoa Garvan Community Health Partnership, Australia
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - August 23, 2007 Source Type: info
Is there a chance of systemic intoxicity with mercury in people with mercury amalgam dental fillings and what is the evidence if such is a possibility?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 23, 2007 Tags: Oral health Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
Is there a risk to a possible pregnancy in a woman who took a 3-day course of trimethoprim to treat dysuria?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - August 23, 2007 Tags: Causes Risks and Prevention Child health Renal & urogenital Treatment and Disease Management Women ' s health Source Type: info
Hospitals May Overfeed Newly Born Babies With Formula
