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Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell asks CDC for help controlling whooping cough …OregonLive.comBy Charles Pope, The Oregonian View full sizeThe Associated PressNurses Fatima Guillen, left, and Fran Wendt, right, give Kimberly Magdeleno, 4, a whooping cough booster shot, as she is held by her mother, Claudia Solorio, Thursday, at a health clinic …Wash. uses emergency cash [...]
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Vietnam seeks foreign help to beat mystery skin diseaseBBC NewsVietnam says it will ask for international help to find out what is causing a skin infection that has already killed 19 people. More than 170 people in the country's central province of Quang Ngai have reported symptoms. The disease begins with a rash …Vietnam: [...]
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Vietnam: Illness Stirs Appeal for HelpNew York TimesVietnam has asked international health experts to help investigate a mystery illness that has killed 19 people and sickened 171 others in Quang Ngai Province, an official said Friday. The infection has mostly affected children and young people.Vietnam seeks foreign help to beat mystery skin diseaseBBC NewsVietnam seeks [...]
Testosterone May Help Heart Failure Patients, Studies SuggestABC NewsTestosterone can ease shortness of breath and improve exercise endurance among patients with chronic heart failure, according to a combined analysis of four clinical trials. Some study participants experienced 50 percent improvements in their ability …Male Hormone May Help Heart Failure PatientsWebMDTestosterone May Have Benefit in Heart [...]
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Church to Help Kids With Autism Spectrum DisorderKPTM-TVOMAHA (KPTM) – New numbers released this week show kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder are on the rise. The Center for Disease Control updated its number to 1 in every 88 kids have the disorder. The number's used to be 1 in every 110.With autism, no [...]
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Take a hike with that IV pole! Hospitals change routines to help elderly keep …Chicago TribuneARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Bob Landorf walked miles during his hospital stay, dragging his IV pole along, on a mission to upend disturbing statistics for patients his age. At least one-third of hospital patients older than 70 leave [...]
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LSD could help treat alcoholismTimes of IndiaWASHINGTON: Taking hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) could help alcoholics give up drinking, according to an analysis of studies performed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. LSD is used mainly as an entheogen, recreational drug, …LSD 'helps alcoholics to give up drinking'BBC NewsLSD To Treat Alcoholism? [...]
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New Tool Could Help Pinpoint TBIMilitary.comAP|by Lauran Neergaard WASHINGTON – The soldier on the fringes of an explosion. The survivor of a car wreck. The football player who took yet another skull-rattling hit. Too often, only time can tell when a traumatic brain injury will leave lasting …Unseen damage: Doctors testing tool to find hidden [...]
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Parkinson's Drug May Help With Brain Injuries, Report FindsNew York TimesDaily doses of a drug used to treat Parkinson's disease significantly improved function in severely brain-injured people thought to be beyond the reach of treatment, scientists reported on Wednesday, providing the first rigorous evidence to date that …Study: Old flu drug speeds brain [...]
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Shipments From Abroad to Help Ease Shortage of Two Cancer DrugsNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Dire shortages of two critical cancer drugs — shortfalls that have threatened the lives and care of thousands of patients — should be resolved within weeks, federal drug officials said. The two drugs are Doxil and methotrexate, …FDA [...]
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Antibiotics no help against most sinus infections: studyReutersFeb 15 (Reuters) – Antibiotics don't help fight most sinus infections, although doctors routinely prescribe them for that purpose, according to a US study. Researchers whose work was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found …Antibiotics No Help for SinusitisMedPage TodayAntibiotics no help against [...]
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Help Cure Cancer Without Supporting Abortion – And ResponseThe ChattanooganRoy Exum points out the “Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure” Foundation has a tangled financial relationship with Planned Parenthood, a pro-abortion group. Fortunately, other cancer help groups do not choose to share their money with abortion providers.Internet Fury Spurs Komen ReversalBloombergAbortion politics and [...]
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Fat Doctors Are Less Likely to Help Patients Lose WeightCNNWould you take weight-loss advice from a doctor who hasn't got control of his own size? By Alice Park | @aliceparkny | January 30, 2012 | + It inspires confidence when a dentist has good teeth, or a hairstylist has a chic 'do, or when the [...]
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Avastin May Help Fight Early Breast CancerWebMDBy Brenda Goodman, MA Jan. 25, 2012 — Don't count out the drug Avastin as a breast cancer treatment just yet. But don't count it in, either. In November, the FDA took the unusual step of nixing Avastin's approval for advanced breast cancer, …Studies Reignite Debate over [...]
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Study: Magic mushrooms may help treat depressionUSA TODAYPsychedelic mushrooms may point to new ways to treat depression, suggest two small brain imaging studies that seem to show how psilocybin — the active ingredient in such mushrooms — affects the brain. Peter Dejong, AP Magic mushrooms are seen at the …"Magic mushroom" trips point to [...]
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Taking the pill could help ease menstrual painUSA TODAYBy HealthDay There's more evidence that use of the oral contraceptive pill can help ease the cramps, bloating and other pain some women experience during their period. The amount of discomfort from a woman's period with a combination birth control pill …Birth-control pills kill period painTimes [...]
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Nicotine Patches, Gums Fail to Help Smokers Stay Off CigarettesBusinessWeekBy Michelle Fay Cortez and Alex Nussbaum Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) — Nicotine-replacing gums and patches like those from GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Pfizer Inc. failed to help smokers who quit the habit stay off cigarettes, even when used with professional …Nicotine patches, gum won't help smokers quit [...]
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Diet may help prevent brain shrinkageUPI.comCORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 31 (UPI) — Elderly people with higher levels of vitamins B, C, D and E, and omega-3 fatty acids in their blood are mentally sharper, US researchers say. The study, published in the journal Neurology, also found the higher levels …Elderly brains stay sharp after low [...]
i’m a cross country runner and i want to know if creatine would help for the much longer/ harder runs…
I keep feeling like there is a connection between lupus and the foods we eat. I am a lupus patient myself and after reading the Natural Cures book by Kevin Trudeau I can’t help but feel organic is the way to go!