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Carvedilol Shown To Have Unique Characteristics Among Beta Blockers
In a new study, researchers report that a class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful, or harmful,...
 
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Tufts Questionnaire Study Reveals Half Of Barn Workers Surveyed Experience Cough Or Other Ailments
The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to...
 
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A Mobile Phone Or An MP3 Player Tells If You’re Sleeping Soundly
MSc (Tech) Väinö Virtanen has developed a method for analysing snoring sounds by using a PC with a microphone connection and...
 
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Neuroeducation Book Released By Dana Foundation And Johns Hopkins
The Dana Foundation released Neuroeducation: Learning, Arts, and the Brain, its newest free education resource. The book, the...
 
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Abbott To Develop New Heart Failure Test On ARCHITECT® Immunochemistry Diagnostics Platform
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and BG Medicine, Inc. announced a development and commercialization agreement for galectin-3, a novel...
 
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November Is Diabetes Awareness Month, But Independence Blue Cross Fights This Growing And Devastating Disease Every Day
IBC received one of the top corporate team awards from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) after mobilizing a team of...
 
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Pelosi Statement On House Passage Of Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on legislation that would permanently reform the broken Medicare...
 
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Medication Compliance Is A Key Concern For Employers, According To New Survey
More employers are taking steps to improve their employees’ health by making sure they take their medicines as...
 
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Reflux Esophagitis Due To Immune Reaction, Not Acute Acid Burn
Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of...
 
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‘Chemofog’ Takes Toll On Cancer Patients, Australia
A condition that affects the memory and concentration of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy is sustained in a subgroup of...
 
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EFA Highlights The Urgent Need For Change And A Comprehensive European Strategy To Fight Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
The European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations (EFA) today launched a book comparing and...
 
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Got The Flu? You Might Pass It On To Your Pet
Pet owners who contract H1N1 flu may pass the disease along to their pets, especially if the pet is a cat or ferret.“A...
 
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Patient Receives World’s First Delivery Of Intra-arterial Avastin Directly Into A Malignant Brain Tumor
Neurosurgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center performed the world’s first intra-arterial...
 
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USPSTF Mammography Recommendations Will Result In Countless Unnecessary Breast Cancer Deaths Each Year
If cost-cutting U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) mammography recommendations are adopted as policy, two decades of...
 
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AMA, AARP And MOAA Call For Passage Of House Medicare Reform Bill, Vote Expected This Week On H.R. 3961
Today, leading advocates for seniors, military families and physicians joined together to call for passage of legislation in...
 
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Last-Resort Lower-Body Amputation Effective In Extreme Cases Of Bone Infection
A landmark, 25-year review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down for...
 
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Award Recognises 30 Years Of Anti-Smoking Work
An international award has been given to the University of Adelaide’s Professor Konrad Jamrozik, who has spent the past...
 
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Angiochem To Present New Clinical Data For ANG1005 In Brain Cancers At Society For Neuroscience Meeting
Angiochem, Inc. a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing drugs that are uniquely capable of crossing the blood-brain...
 
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Common Surgical Procedure Effective Treatment For Sleep Apnea For Some Patients
According to research recently published by an Oregon Health & Science University scientist, a form of surgery called...
 
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Lowering Costs, Waiting Times For Colonoscopies
Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, leading to over 50,000 fatalities every...
 
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Communicating Person To Person Through The Power Of Thought Alone
New research from the University of Southampton has demonstrated that it is possible for communication from person to person...