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CORRECTED-Data show new Roche leukemia drug may improve on Rituxan
Reuters(Corrects paragraph 12 to show Biogen has stake in new drug) By Bill Berkrot May 15 (Reuters) - An experimental leukemia treatment that Roche Holding AG hopes will improve upon its best-selling cancer drug Rituxan delayed disease progression twice as...Tags: Trials, Biogen Idec Incorporated, Health Treatments, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology
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Shrimp boil benefits pediatric patients
More than 200 people recently gathered beachside to enjoy great food while helping to raise money for a good cause. The fourth annual, Louisiana-style "Toes in the Sand" Shrimp Boil on the Beach, staged at the Lauderdale Surf Club in Lauderdale-by-the-...Tags: Renal cell carcinoma, Healthcare Provider, Heart Surgery, Human Interest, Diseases and Illnesses
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Two Bad Ways To Expand Workers' Comp
The state's former "heart and hypertension law" was a gold-plated albatross, a boondoggle for police and fire unions, a classic example of good intentions waylaid by bad science. Though the law was finally changed, the unions bring back some variation...
Tags: Social Security, Fires, Labor Legislation, Heart Attack, Justice System
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Combined supplements no better for cholesterol
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding a plant-derived compound called a sterol to the cholesterol-lowering agent red yeast rice doesn't make it work any better, according to a new study. "I expected to see a synergistic effect with red yeast rice, and I was...Tags: Melrose Park, Statins (drugs), IMS Health Incorporated, Elmhurst, Mediterranean Diet
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Warning didn't change for-profit dialysis drug use
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a strong warning from U.S. regulators in 2007, for-profit dialysis centers still gave their kidney failure patients more of a certain anemia drug than non-profit centers in 2008, says a new study. The researchers write...Tags: Amgen Inc., Government Health Care, Stroke, Renal Failure, Internal Medicine
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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...Tags: The New York Times, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Treatments, High Blood Pressure, Diseases and Illnesses
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Ovarian cancer fall sped up as hormone use dropped
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ovarian cancer rates in the U.S. began to decline faster in 2002 around the time many older women went off hormone replacement therapy, according to a new study. That year, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) found that...Tags: Health Treatments, National Institutes of Health, Symptoms, Menopause, Women's Health
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Is grief a mental illness? Psychiatrists, critics face off over revised diagnostic guidebook
AP Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild...Tags: Chemical Industry, Asperger Syndrome, Mental Health, Authors, Bipolar Disorder
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Health advocates urge people across the state to "Rev Your Bev"
WDBJ7 ReporterCould you trade your favorite soda for water? That's the challenge health advocates in Virginia are issuing today. The "Rev Your Bev" sponsored by Y Street and the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth asked people to throw out their sugary drinks and...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
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Weight just one factor to consider when measuring health
Tribune Media ServicesDEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is it possible to be 30 pounds overweight and still be healthy? My blood pressure and cholesterol are normal, and I have no health issues other than being overweight. ANSWER: Weight is one important measure of health. But it's not...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Mayo Clinic, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, Weight
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Ultra-low salt intake may not boost health: U.S. panel
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans at high risk for heart problems who have been told for years to sharply cut salt from their diet may not actually benefit from ultra-low sodium diets and could even face some harm, an independent panel of health experts...Tags: American Heart Association, Heart Problems, Food Industry, Diseases and Illnesses, Food and Drug Administration
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Scientists create human stem cells through cloning
ReutersBy Sharon Begley NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996:...Tags: Shinya Yamanaka, Chemical Industry, Trials, Colleges and Universities, Biotechnology Industry
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