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Saturday, January 05, 2008  
China offers unproven medical treatments (AP) (No Prescription)
China offers unproven medical treatments (AP)

Paralyzed after a diving accident almost a year ago, 15-year-old Celine Lyon receiving treatment at the Tiantan Puhua Hospital in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Tiantan Puhua, a joint venture between Asia's largest neurological hospital and American Pacific Medical Group, specialize in using stem cells injections to treat diseases ranging from stroke and spinal cord injuries to cerebral palsy and ataxia. Since opening its treatment to foreigners last year, the hospital has been attracting increasing interest from overseas patients, the latest breed of medical tourists. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America, they search the Internet for experimental treatments � and often land on Web sites promoting stem cell treatments in China.



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Online Pharmacy - China offers unproven medical treatments (AP)
China offers unproven medical treatments (AP)

Paralyzed after a diving accident almost a year ago, 15-year-old Celine Lyon receiving treatment at the Tiantan Puhua Hospital in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Tiantan Puhua, a joint venture between Asia's largest neurological hospital and American Pacific Medical Group, specialize in using stem cells injections to treat diseases ranging from stroke and spinal cord injuries to cerebral palsy and ataxia. Since opening its treatment to foreigners last year, the hospital has been attracting increasing interest from overseas patients, the latest breed of medical tourists. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America, they search the Internet for experimental treatments � and often land on Web sites promoting stem cell treatments in China.



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Cancer risk from toxic air drops by 17% in Southland - Los Angeles Times (No Prescription)
Cancer risk from toxic air drops by 17% in Southland - Los Angeles Times

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Cancer risk from toxic air drops by 17% in Southland
Los Angeles Times - 7 hours ago
An AQMD report cautions that many areas still have dangerously high levels of pollution. Diesel exhaust is the largest problem. By Janet Wilson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Cancer risk from Southern California's air pollution has declined 17% over ...
Air improves, but not enough OCRegister
Port air cancer risks still high Daily Breeze
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Hamill treated for breast cancer - Baltimore Sun

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Hamill treated for breast cancer
Baltimore Sun - 7 hours ago
By Candus Thomson | Sun reporter January 5, 2008 Olympic gold medal skater Dorothy Hamill is being treated for breast cancer at Johns Hopkins' Kimmel Cancer Center.
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Dead crows found off Upper Glen Avenue weren't poisoned - Hornell Evening Tribune

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Dead crows found off Upper Glen Avenue weren't poisoned
Hornell Evening Tribune - 9 hours ago
By ROB MONTANA - STAFF WRITER The initial belief was that the birds may have been poisoned, because DEC Environmental Conservation Officer Tom Flaitz said last week there was no evidence of the crows being shot.
Hundreds of crows die from viral infection Albany Times Union
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Friday, January 04, 2008  
Calf. study finds decline in cancer risk (AP) (Online Pharmacy)
Calf. study finds decline in cancer risk (AP)
AP - A study released Friday found the cancer risk from air pollution in Southern California is down 15 percent, but the good news was tempered by the reality that the region still has some of the dirtiest air in the country.
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Docs: Home care OK for kids' pneumonia (AP)
AP - Children with severe pneumonia can be treated just as effectively at home as in a hospital, according to new research. Doctors in Pakistan found that children taking antibiotics at home were as likely to survive serious pneumonia as those treated in hospitals. The study was published Friday in the British medical journal, The Lancet.
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Research Gets Closer to (Online Pharmacy) Origin of Parkinson's Disease (HealthDay)
Research Gets Closer to Origin of Parkinson's Disease (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The nerve cell death that helps drive Parkinson's disease may be triggered by a harmful modification in a particular nerve cell protein, new research reveals.
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Health Tip: Get Children Tested for Lead Poisoning (HealthDay) (Online Pharmacy)
Health Tip: Get Children Tested for Lead Poisoning (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) - Since exposure to even low amounts of lead among children can cause learning disabilities and behavioral problems, it's important for parents to prevent exposure at home.
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China reports bird flu outbreak in far west (Reuters)
Reuters - China has reported an outbreak in poultry of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in its far west Xinjiang region, Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
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Oklahoma City mayor puts city on a diet (AP)

Carrie Snyder-Renfro talks with a reporter while working out in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. Mayor Mick Cornett wants residents to shed 1 million pounds in 2008 and end Oklahoma City's dubious distinction as one of America's fattest cities.  (AP Photo)AP - With a button-popping spread of cornbread, sausage and gravy, chicken fried steak and pecan pie designated as Oklahoma's official state meal, it's no surprise that Oklahoma City's mayor wants to put the city on a diet.



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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 4, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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No Prescription - Putting smoking in cars to the test - Los Angeles Times
Putting smoking in cars to the test - Los Angeles Times

Putting smoking in cars to the test
Los Angeles Times - 12 hours ago
By Mary Engel, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Smoking a cigarette in a car makes the air inside 10 to 30 times more toxic than the air outdoors on one of Southern California's most polluted days.
Law prohibits smoking in car with kids abc7.com
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Online Pharmacy - State health reform plan faces delays - Greensboro News Record
State health reform plan faces delays - Greensboro News Record

Raleigh Chronicle

State health reform plan faces delays
Greensboro News Record - 6 hours ago
By Mark Binker RALEIGH - Cases of patient abuse and potential dangers at a new $120 million mental hospital were among the factors that prompted state officials to put key parts of North Carolina's mental health reform effort on hold.
A new look at mental facilities Charlotte Observer
Closing of 2 mental hospitals delayed Winston-Salem Journal
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New vaccinations give scientists hope of conquering flu pandemic - Times Online

BBC News

New vaccinations give scientists hope of conquering flu pandemic
Times Online - 3 hours ago
A vaccine that could help to control a flu pandemic has shown encouraging results in its first human trials. The vaccine, made by Acambis, based in Cambridge, should protect against all strains of influenza A, the type responsible for pandemics.
Universal flu jab works in people BBC News
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Oklahoma City mayor puts city on a diet (AP)

Carrie Snyder-Renfro talks with a reporter while working out in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. Mayor Mick Cornett wants residents to shed 1 million pounds in 2008 and end Oklahoma City's dubious distinction as one of America's fattest cities.  (AP Photo)AP - With a button-popping spread of cornbread, sausage and gravy, chicken fried steak and pecan pie designated as Oklahoma's official state meal, it's no surprise that Oklahoma City's mayor wants to put the city on a diet.



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Corrections proposes medicinal marijuana ban for state parolees - Helena Independent Record (Online Pharmacy)
Corrections proposes medicinal marijuana ban for state parolees - Helena Independent Record

Corrections proposes medicinal marijuana ban for state parolees
Helena Independent Record - 37 minutes ago
By MATT GOURAS - AP - 1/4/08 A Department of Corrections proposal to prohibit all people on parole or probation from obtaining medical marijuana, drinking alcohol or gambling brought stiff resistance from several groups at a rules hearing Thursday.
Corrections accused of ignoring medical marijuana law... | KXNet ... Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck
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Thursday, January 03, 2008  
Israel says H5N1 bird flu strain found in chickens (Reuters) (No Prescription)
Israel says H5N1 bird flu strain found in chickens (Reuters)

An Israeli worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant outside a kindergarten in the Israeli town of Binyamina January 3, 2008. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)Reuters - Israeli officials said on Thursday the deadly bird flu strain H5N1 had been found in dead chickens from a kindergarten pet zoo.



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Israel reports new bird flu outbreak in poultry (AFP)

A Palestinian veterinary examines a chicken at a poultry farm south of Hebron, 2006. Israel announced that it had detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu that is dangerous to humans in poultry near a kindergarten in a northern town on the Mediterranean coast.(AFP/File/Hazem Bader)AFP - Israel announced on Thursday that it had detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu that is dangerous to humans in poultry near a kindergarten in a northern town on the Mediterranean coast.



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Bird flu discovered in northern Israel (AP)
AP - Israeli authorities ordered fowl destroyed in an area of northern Israel Thursday after chickens kept at a kindergarten were diagnosed with a deadly strain of bird flu.
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Israel reports new bird flu outbreak in (No Prescription) poultry (AFP)
Israel reports new bird flu outbreak in poultry (AFP)

A Palestinian veterinary examines a chicken at a poultry farm south of Hebron, 2006. Israel announced that it had detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu that is dangerous to humans in poultry near a kindergarten in a northern town on the Mediterranean coast.(AFP/File/Hazem Bader)AFP - Israel announced on Thursday that it had detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu that is dangerous to humans in poultry near a kindergarten in a northern town on the Mediterranean coast.



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Possible Parkinson's trigger identified (Reuters)

A comparison of PET scans demonstrates the effects of Parkinson's disease on the brain in an image courtesy of the Department of Health. A glitch in the way cells clear damaged proteins could be the trigger for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers said in a finding that could lead to new treatments for the incurable condition. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - A glitch in the way cells clear damaged proteins could be the trigger for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers said in a finding that could lead to new treatments for the incurable condition.



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Bird flu discovered in northern Israel (AP)
AP - Israeli authorities ordered fowl destroyed in an area of northern Israel Thursday after chickens kept at a kindergarten were diagnosed with a deadly strain of bird flu.
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Israel says H5N1 bird flu strain found in chickens (Reuters)

An Israeli worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant outside a kindergarten in the Israeli town of Binyamina January 3, 2008. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)Reuters - Israeli officials said on Thursday the deadly bird flu strain H5N1 had been found in dead chickens from a kindergarten pet zoo.



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Breast Cancer Gene Might Extend Ovarian Cancer Survival (HealthDay) (No Prescription)
Breast Cancer Gene Might Extend Ovarian Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Ashkenazi Jewish women with ovarian cancer live significantly longer if they carry specific mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes known to raise risks for breast cancer.
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Registry may track egg, sperm (No Prescription) donors - Los Angeles Times
Registry may track egg, sperm donors - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

Registry may track egg, sperm donors
Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago
Rick Karl, left, and Bruce Steiger play with their daughter, Krystie. When Karl and Steiger decided to have a child, they hired a surrogate mother and used a donor egg.
Proposed National Registry May Expose ID Of Egg, Sperm Donors AHN
Egg donor registry considered United Press International
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Hunt on for those sitting near American Airlines TB traveler - Houston Chronicle

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Hunt on for those sitting near American Airlines TB traveler
Houston Chronicle - 16 hours ago
By JIA-RUI CHONG Health authorities have launched a nationwide search for 44 airplane passengers who were sitting near a California woman who flew from India to the United States with infectious multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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City to Spend $650000 on Needle Exchange Programs - Washington Post

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City to Spend $650000 on Needle Exchange Programs
Washington Post - 16 hours ago
By David Nakamura The District will invest $650000 in needle exchange programs to combat the spread of HIV-AIDS in the wake of Congress's decision to end a ban on the city's use of public money for such efforts, DC officials said yesterday.
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Possible Parkinson's trigger identified (Reuters)

A comparison of PET scans demonstrates the effects of Parkinson's disease on the brain in an image courtesy of the Department of Health. A glitch in the way cells clear damaged proteins could be the trigger for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers said in a finding that could lead to new treatments for the incurable condition. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - A glitch in the way cells clear damaged proteins could be the trigger for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers said in a finding that could lead to new treatments for the incurable condition.



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Bird flu kills 350 ducks in northern Vietnam - Reuters

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Bird flu kills 350 ducks in northern Vietnam
Reuters - 10 hours ago
HANOI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Bird flu has killed 350 white-winged ducks in northern Vietnam this week, the first outbreak in poultry detected this year, the government said on Thursday.
Bird flu hits geese farms in southern Vietnam - officials Forbes
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Younger adults quit smoking more - United Press International

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Younger adults quit smoking more
United Press International - 3 hours ago
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Compared with older US adults, young adults are more likely to come from smoke-free homes and more likely to try and successfully quit smoking.
Jump in state cigarette tax stirs debate on impact Green Bay Press Gazette
Smokers' anger to dissipate - expert Edmonton Sun
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Israel reports new bird flu outbreak in poultry (AFP)

A Palestinian veterinary examines a chicken at a poultry farm south of Hebron, 2006. Israel announced that it had detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu that is dangerous to humans in poultry near a kindergarten in a northern town on the Mediterranean coast.(AFP/File/Hazem Bader)AFP - Israel announced on Thursday that it had detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu that is dangerous to humans in poultry near a kindergarten in a northern town on the Mediterranean coast.



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Five-Year-Old Boy Feels 'Very Well' After Having Peach-Sized Brain ... - FOX News

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Five-Year-Old Boy Feels 'Very Well' After Having Peach-Sized Brain ...
FOX News - 6 hours ago
NEW HYDE PARK, NY - A 5-year-old Peruvian boy rushed to Long Island for surgery to remove a peach-sized brain tumor said he felt "very well" less than a week after the procedure.
Docs and pol team up to make sure boy gets urgent brain tumor surgery New York Daily News
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Bird flu discovered in northern Israel (AP)
AP - Israeli authorities ordered fowl destroyed in an area of northern Israel Thursday after chickens kept at a kindergarten were diagnosed with a deadly strain of bird flu.
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Fowl ordered culled after avian flu diagnosed in Israel's north - International Herald Tribune

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Fowl ordered culled after avian flu diagnosed in Israel's north
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
AP JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities ordered the culling of fowl in part of Israel's north on Thursday after chickens kept at a kindergarten were diagnosed with a deadly strain of avian flu, Israeli media reported.
Israel reports new bird flu outbreak in poultry AFP
Israel investigates suspected bird flu in chickens Reuters
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Breast Cancer Gene Might Extend Ovarian Cancer Survival (Online Pharmacy) (HealthDay)
Breast Cancer Gene Might Extend Ovarian Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Ashkenazi Jewish women with ovarian cancer live significantly longer if they carry specific mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes known to raise risks for breast cancer.
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Bird flu kills 350 ducks in northern Vietnam - Reuters (Online Pharmacy)
Bird flu kills 350 ducks in northern Vietnam - Reuters

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Bird flu kills 350 ducks in northern Vietnam
Reuters - 5 hours ago
HANOI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Bird flu has killed 350 white-winged ducks in northern Vietnam this week, the first outbreak in poultry detected this year, the government said on Thursday.
Bird flu hits geese farms in southern Vietnam - officials Forbes
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City to Spend $650000 on Needle Exchange Programs - Washington Post

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City to Spend $650000 on Needle Exchange Programs
Washington Post - 11 hours ago
By David Nakamura The District will invest $650000 in needle exchange programs to combat the spread of HIV-AIDS in the wake of Congress's decision to end a ban on the city's use of public money for such efforts, DC officials said yesterday.
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UK flu vaccine could help control pandemic - Times Online

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UK flu vaccine could help control pandemic
Times Online - 43 minutes ago
A new flu vaccine that could be stockpiled to help control a global pandemic without the need for costly annual updates has shown encouraging results in its first human trials.
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Metro Briefing | NEW JERSEY Trenton: Medicaid Payments Increase ... - New York Times

Metro Briefing | NEW JERSEY Trenton: Medicaid Payments Increase ...
New York Times - 11 hours ago
By AP Doctors who care for poor children in New Jersey are receiving an increase in Medicaid reimbursements for the first time in two decades, with payments more than tripling.
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January Is National Radon Action Month - Kansas City infoZine

January Is National Radon Action Month
Kansas City infoZine - 4 hours ago
The American Lung Association, the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, and Kansas Department of Health and Environment are urging residents to take a stand to protect their families by testing their homes for an odorless, colorless, ...
Environment Department offers free radon testing Bizjournals.com
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Five-Year-Old Boy Feels 'Very Well' After Having Peach-Sized Brain ... - FOX News

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Five-Year-Old Boy Feels 'Very Well' After Having Peach-Sized Brain ...
FOX News - 1 hour ago
NEW HYDE PARK, NY - A 5-year-old Peruvian boy rushed to Long Island for surgery to remove a peach-sized brain tumor said he felt "very well" less than a week after the procedure.
Docs and pol team up to make sure boy gets urgent brain tumor surgery New York Daily News
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Guilty plea in probe into NY cancer center research grants - Newsday

Guilty plea in probe into NY cancer center research grants
Newsday - 5 hours ago
WHITE PLAINS, NY (AP) _ A bankrupt cancer research center's former finance chief has admitted lying to FBI agents investigating whether the institution misused federal money.
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PM visits Royal Marsden fire victims - Times Online

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PM visits Royal Marsden fire victims
Times Online - 5 hours ago
Part of the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London was handed back to staff this morning after the renowned cancer treatment centre was damaged by fire in what was described by the Prime Minister as “one of the biggest emergencies that the health ...
Clean-up begins after fire at leading cancer hospital Guardian Unlimited
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Fund anti-smoking efforts - Rapid City Journal (Online Pharmacy)
Fund anti-smoking efforts - Rapid City Journal

Fund anti-smoking efforts
Rapid City Journal - 5 hours ago
By Journal Editorial Board Thursday, January 03, 2008 Congratulations to the state of South Dakota for the huge strides it has made recently in efforts to protect kids from tobacco use.
Connecticut Is Criticized on Spending on Smoking New York Times
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Rules back new hospital, fans say - Chicago Tribune

Rules back new hospital, fans say
Chicago Tribune - 3 hours ago
By Hal Dardick | Tribune staff reporter January 3, 2008 A new state law requiring that population projections for 10 years be considered in applications for new hospitals was ignored when Edward Hospital asked for approval to build in Plainfield, ...
Lawsuit filed over surgery center ruling Bizjournals.com
CON change challenged Albany Herald On-line
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Down Syndrome May Curb Cancer - WebMD

Canada.com

Down Syndrome May Curb Cancer
WebMD - 2 hours ago
By Miranda Hitti Jan. 2, 2008 -- New research shows that the genetic roots of Down syndrome may protect against cancer. The finding may lead to the creation of new cancer drugs, researcher Roger H. Reeves, PhD, a professor at Johns Hopkins University ...
Gargling Could Help Detect Cancer MedPage Today
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Jolt delayed in third of cardiac arrests (AP)

HOLD FOR RELEASE 5 P.M.; graphic shows survival rate of cardiac arrest patients by time of defibrillation; 1c x 3 7/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 98.4 mmAP - Just because you're in the hospital doesn't mean you'll quickly get treated if your heart stops beating. About one-third of patients don't get a potentially live-saving shock within the recommended two minutes, a new study found.



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State test points to dairy as germ source - Boston Globe

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State test points to dairy as germ source
Boston Globe - 2 hours ago
Coffee-flavored milk taken from a cooler at a central Massachusetts dairy carried germs identical to bacteria that killed two elderly men and made two other people sick, according to state test results released yesterday that investigators said left ...
No New Contaminated Milk Cases Reported Boston Channel.com
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State criticized on kids' well-being - San Mateo County Times

State criticized on kids' well-being
San Mateo County Times - 1 hour ago
By Neil Gonzales, STAFF WRITER An Oakland-based youth advocacy group gave low marks to the state of children's health and education in California today and urged leaders to boost funding and take other measures to dramatically improve in those areas.
State of the state's children isn't so hot, survey says San Francisco Chronicle
Report cites deficiencies in state's care for kids CHILDREN NOW REPORT Monterey County Herald
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City to Spend $650000 on Needle Exchange Programs - Washington Post

City to Spend $650000 on Needle Exchange Programs
Washington Post - 5 hours ago
By David Nakamura The District will invest $650000 in needle exchange programs to combat the spread of HIV-AIDS in the wake of Congress's decision to end a ban on the city's use of public money for such efforts, DC officials said yesterday.
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report AllAfrica.com
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Defibrillator shocks often late in US hospitals - Reuters

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Defibrillator shocks often late in US hospitals
Reuters - 5 hours ago
By Gene Emery BOSTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Nearly a third of patients with misfiring or quivering hearts in US hospitals do not get the life-saving defibrillator shocks they need within the critical first two minutes of cardiac arrest, a study published ...
Hospitals delay response to cardiac arrest USA Today
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