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Non-Profit Organization Helps Children of US Servicemen
 | 'Our Military Kids' provides grants for activities to children of National Guard or Reserve members who are at war or... |
Friday, July 4, 2008 2:12 PM
Ghana's Hard Drug Usage Spreads to Pregnant Women
 | Doctors in Ghana say they are noticing a very disturbing trend of more and more pregnant women getting addicted to... |
Friday, July 4, 2008 12:13 PM
Freed Colombian Hostages Reunite With Families
 | In Colombia and the United States, the 12 Colombians and 3 Americans - freed in a dramatic rescue operation by... |
Friday, July 4, 2008 12:13 PM
G8 Asked to Keep Promise on AIDS Funding
 | Next week, G8 leaders will hold their annual summit inHokkaido, Japan. Some observers say with climate change, the food crisis... |
Friday, July 4, 2008 12:11 PM
Bush Expects Miracles at New Walter Reed Medical Facility
 | President Bush led a ground breaking ceremony on Thursday for the new medical facility that will replace the troubled Walter... |
Friday, July 4, 2008 11:11 AM
US Teen Birth Rate Rises After Long Decline
 | Three years after having triplets, DeVanna First is a single mother. One of her daughters, Destiny, was born with a... |
Thursday, July 3, 2008 6:10 PM
Bush Attends Groundbreaking for New Military Medical Facility
 | The U.S. military is about to begin construction on a new state-of-the-art medical facility in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. VOA's... |
Thursday, July 3, 2008 4:09 PM
UN: 50 Million More People Hungry Due to High Food Prices
 | The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says the number of hungry people in the world increased by about 50 million... |
Thursday, July 3, 2008 3:09 PM
Zambian Officials Deny Reports Mwanawasa Has Died
 | Zambian officials say reports that President Levy Mwanawasa has died are false.InformationMinister Mike Mulongoti made a televised address Thursday tosay... |
Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:10 PM
American Red Cross Urges Blood Donation
 | Every year, more than 80 million units of blood are collected worldwideEvery few seconds,someone somewhere needs blood. It could be someone... |
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 5:10 PM
Magnetic Device Could Help Migraine Sufferers
 | When 62-year-old Carol Murphy gets a migraine, she can barely function.According to theAmerican Headache Society, 28 million Americans, mostly women,... |
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 4:11 PM
Wat, Tibs and Injera - An Ethiopian Eating Experience
 | Ethiopian cuisine is heavy in spices. Zed Wondemu , the owner of Zed's, says the right amount of nutmeg, rosemary,... |
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 4:10 PM
Kenyan Honey Project Helps Raise Income
 | Honey once played an important role in the economy and culture of the Pokot people of northwestern Kenya. Now, a... |
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 3:09 PM
WHO-led Group Unveils New TB Testing Plan
A coalition of international health organizations has launched an initiative to make rapid tuberculosis tests available in poor countries, in...
Monday, June 30, 2008 11:09 PM
Companies Offering Home Genetic Tests Come Under Fire in US
 | The tests usually require a sample of salivaAnew industry claims to let you peer into your medical future and see... |
Monday, June 30, 2008 7:09 PM
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Dutch Ban Tobacco, But Marijuana Still Allowed
 | As of July 1, The Netherlands becomes the latest European nation to ban smoking in restaurants, cafes and all public... |
Monday, June 30, 2008 6:09 PM
Diabetes Reaches New High in US
 | With diabetes, the body does not produce enough insulin or does not use the insulin it can produce. Insulin is... |
Friday, June 27, 2008 3:11 PM
New Research Shows Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Health Risks
 | A person generally receives vitamin D from two sources: vitamin-fortified milk and exposure to the sunAwave of new research shows... |
Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:09 PM
Home Monitoring, Internet Advice Help Patients Improve Blood Pressure
 | Monitoring blood pressure on a regular basis helps doctors manage patients' medications A recentstudy finds that using the Internet to... |
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:10 PM
Anti-Ulcer Drug Used to Induce Abortion Safe If Taken Orally
Since the 1980s, abortion using medications taken by mouth - or'medical abortion' - has been available in a number of...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:10 PM
Diabetes and Depression Go Hand in Hand
Around the world, rates of diabetes are on the rise. The disease ismarked by high blood sugar that, over the...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:10 PM
Researchers Get Better Understanding Of How Amoebas Give People Dysentery
Amoebic dysentery is a type of diarrheal disease that affects millionsaround the globe annually. Passed around by contaminated water,amoebas get...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:09 PM
Cuba Announces Lung Cancer Vaccine
Cuban scientists have announced a new vaccine they say extends the lives of lung cancer patients by up to five...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:09 PM
New Guidelines to Increase Safety of Surgeries
 | A new study for the first time puts the number of surgeries performedglobally each year at just over 234 million,... |
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:08 PM
Diarrhea Treatment Shows Potential in Laboratory Tests
Researchers at the University of Texas say they have found a chemical compound that may lead to a new treatment...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:09 PM
Skin Cancer Vanishes With Experimental Treatment
 | Melanoma is the least common form of skin cancer, but it causes the majority of skin cancer deaths. It starts... |
Monday, June 23, 2008 3:10 PM
Pakistan Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak
Pakistani authorities have reported a new outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in the country's northwest.Theauthorities said Sunday...
Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:09 PM
US Inspectors Visit Florida, Mexico in Tainted Tomatoes Probe
U.S. investigators are visiting farms in Florida and Mexico thisSaturday and Sunday as they narrow their search for the source...
Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:09 AM
Manchester United Players Team Up with UNICEF for AIDS Awareness
Three players from England's Manchester United Football Club havejoined forces with UNICEF for a multi-media AIDS awareness advertisingcampaign in Sierra...
Friday, June 20, 2008 11:09 PM
Hong Kong Bans Sale of Live Poultry to Combat Deadly Bird Flu
 | Authorities in Hong Kong, battling theworst outbreak of avian flu in five years, have ordered the slaughter of alllive birds... |
Friday, June 20, 2008 5:09 PM
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We survived, too! Double mastectomy surgery not uncommon
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Lack of sleep can raise teens' blood pressure
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Aug 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AM The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON -- A good night's sleep really is important, and a lack of sleep can actually raise teens' blood pressure and lead to cardiovascular disease later in life, according to the American Heart Association. A lack of sleep also can...
Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:01:18.390 AM
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:01:24.937 AM
Researchers Question If HPV Vaccine Is Worth the Risk
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Gardasil's High Cost and Effectiveness Come Under Fire By SHARYN ALFONSIAug. 20, 2008 FONT...
Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:01:30.218 AM
Hospital death rates for key conditions unveiled
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Story Highlights Government Web site adds information on death rates for individual hospitals Data for pneumonia-related deaths join info on heart attack, heart failure Death data are "risk-adjusted," taking into account patients' previous condition Hospital Compare is run by Centers...
Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:01:31.750 AM
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:01:33.015 AM
Addiction drug reverses obesity in
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Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:08pm EDT | | Share | | [] [] By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating...
Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:01:34.031 AM
Experimental Drug Shows Early Promise Against Cystic Fibrosis
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:01:35.406 AM
Preeclampsia Raises Risk of Serious Kidney Disease
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:01:37.296 AM
Bone Growth Protein Also Promotes 'Good' Fat
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:47:23.921 PM
Preeclampsia raises kidney failure
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Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:02pm EDT | | Share | | [] [] By Gene Emery BOSTON (Reuters) - Preeclampsia, which produces high blood pressure and other problems in 5 percent of pregnancies, can significantly...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:47:24.828 PM
Skin Cancer Carries Its Own Scent
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Researchers hope to develop noninvasive test to detect malignancies Posted August 20, 2008 By Alan MozesHealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) --...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:47:26.234 PM
Counties Accused Of Violating EPA Standards
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Addiction Drug Causes Rapid Weight Loss in Rats
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:47:28.937 PM
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Diabetes Drug Byetta(R) the Focus of California Lawsuit
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SAN DIEGO, Aug 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----A Virginia man yesterday filed what is believed to be the first personal injury lawsuit stemming from injuries associated with the use of...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:47:29.921 PM
Scott County reports hepatitis case
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By Times staff | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:11 PM CDT | A worker at a Davenport McDonalds has been diagnosed with the infectious Hepatitis A, but health department officials do not believe customers are at risk.A news release from the Scott...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:47:32.250 PM
Report: Wisconsin down in obesity rankings
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More Wisconsin adults are obese now than a year ago, but residents of America's Dairyland aren't gaining weight as fast as other Americans. So says a report issued Tuesday by the and the...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:47:34.406 PM
Statins: No Cancer Risk
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Study Shows Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Not Guilty of Cancer Risk By WebMD Health News Reviewed by Aug. 20, 2008 -- -lowering statin drugs do not increase cancer risk, says Tufts University's Richard Karas, MD, who last year warned of a...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:47:42.234 PM
Researchers Question Wide Use of HPV Vaccines
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Two vaccines against are being widely used without sufficient evidence about whether they are worth their high cost or even whether they will effectively stop women from getting the disease, two articles in this...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:47:44.109 PM
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