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NIH Creates Global Health Program to Fight Chronic Diseases
The Fogarty International Center, the global arm of the National Institutes of Health, today launched a $1.5 million-a-year grant program to fund domestic and overseas training of researchers to fight chronic diseases in developing nations.

Progress made in HIV prevention - BBC News

BBC News

Progress made in HIV prevention BBC News - 51 minutes ago There have been significant gains in preventing new HIV infections in a number of heavily-affected countries, a United Nations programme report says. AIDS Deaths Fall With Help of Drugs, New Cases Rise, UN Says Bloomberg Worldwide AIDS death decline slightly, UN reports Reuters UK Reuters AlertNet - Inquirer.net - Irish Health - Accra Daily Mail all 14 news articles

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McKusick, pioneer in medical genetics, dies at 86 - Bangor Daily News

Los Angeles Times

McKusick, pioneer in medical genetics, dies at 86 Bangor Daily News - Jul 25, 2008 By BDN Staff Dr. Victor A. McKusick, a native of Parkman, considered to be the father of medical genetics, died Tuesday of cancer at his home outside Baltimore, Md. Obituaries in the news The Associated Press Victor A. McKusick, medical genetics pioneer The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com Scientific American - eFluxMedia - Washington Post - Los Angeles Times all 158 news articles

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9/11 Rescue Workers' Health
The largest study ever conducted of 9/11 rescue and recovery workers show widespread, persistent and, in many cases, chronic problems that are unlikely to improve, according to doctors at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

FDA faulted over unapproved uses of medications - The Associated Press

Albany Times Union

FDA faulted over unapproved uses of medications The Associated Press - 37 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) - When a state trooper pulls over a speeding motorist, the officer usually writes out a ticket on the spot. When federal regulators catch a drug company peddling prescription medications for an unapproved use, it takes them an average … CT scans can disrupt electronics, FDA warns Houston Chronicle Eisai pre-surgery sedative rejected by FDA Forbes Louisville Courier-Journal - FOXBusiness - Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) all 149 news articles

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Gut Reaction: An Ulcer-Causing Bug May Also Help Prevent Asthma [News]

A common belly bug once thought to be harmful may have beneficial effects early in life. Researchers at the New York University (N.Y.U.) Langone Medical Center have found that a lack of Helicobacter pylori–a microbe that thrives in the human stomach–may be linked to childhood asthma and other allergies.

They report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases that children ages three to 13 years were 59 percent less likely to have asthma and 69 percent less likely to have hay fever and other childhood allergies if they tested positive for the bacterium. The question is whether the benefits outweigh the potential risks later in life. H. pylori has been linked to the development of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer in adults after their third decade.

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Fact or Fiction: Antioxidant Supplements Will Help You Live Longer [Fact or Fiction]

If antioxidant supplement labels are to be believed, you should stop reading this article and gobble down some pills: Spurred by the rising sales of antioxidant supplements, Pom Wonderful, makers of pomegranate juice, now makes an antioxidant supplement that they claim has "extraordinary health benefits."

This proclamation is echoed by numerous health supplement ads in health food stores and on the Internet. For instance, Source Naturals Resveratrol advises on the General Nutrition Centers Web site that taking antioxidants "…may help prevent free-radical damage throughout the body and provide protective support to the cardiovascular system.*" Problem solved. Except a bit of a buzz-kill is delivered by the asterisked footnote: "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease."

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Cancer Docs Warn Staff Of Cell Phone Risks
The director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers plans to warn about 3,000 faculty and staff about the possible health risks associated with cell phone use.

Granite Countertops A Health Threat? - CBS News

New York Times

Granite Countertops A Health Threat? CBS News - 36 minutes ago (CBS) If you have granite countertops in your home, you might consider testing them for the amounts of radon gas they give off, experts say, due to the potential that those amounts are above levels considered safe. What’s Lurking in Your Countertop? New York Times Report: Granite countertops could pose health hazard WFIE-TV WFMY News 2 - Daily Green - WXYZ - Austin American-Statesman all 13 news articles

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Heather Locklear Exits Treatment Center
Actress was treated for anxiety and depression

Heather Locklear is out of the woods.

The Anti-Smoking Tag Team - Forbes

ABC News

The Anti-Smoking Tag Team Forbes - 17 hours ago Here’sa fantasy photo-op: At the Olympic opening ceremonies next month in Beijing, Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates mount a podium, grab bullhorns and start lecturing the chain-smoking Chinese about the evils of smoking. Video: Gates, Bloomberg Pool Riches to Fight Smoking AssociatedPress Health Buzz: A $500 million Antismoking Campaign and Other Health News U.S. News & World Report eFluxMedia - Reuters - dBTechno - Minneapolis Star Tribune all 684 news articles

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King of Prussia, PA, United States,PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR,Corporate
PAYROLL ADMINISTRATORJob Code: 1010 Facility: UHS of Delaware Inc - Corporate Office Location: KING OF PRUSSIA, PA US Travel Involved: None Job Type: Full Time Job Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Minimum Education Required: High School or equivalent Skills: Customer Service -Face-to-Face Support, Phone Support Category: Accounting /Finance FTE: 1.0 Position Summary:* Process payroll for Corporate Monthly/Biweekly and Universal Treatment Center payrolls (in excess of 1,000 employees) by keyi…

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NIH Awards More Than $33 Million to Fund State-of-the-Art Research Equipment
The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today that it will provide $33.3 million for 20 High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grants to fund the latest generation of advanced research equipment.

Minimally invasive treatment helps infertile men - Reuters

dBTechno

Minimally invasive treatment helps infertile men Reuters - 18 hours ago NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Swollen veins in the scrotum, known as varicoceles, are a common cause of infertility in men — now new research suggests that the problem can be effectively treated with a minimally invasive procedure called retrograde … Male Infertility Treatment Skips Surgery WebMD Non-Invasive Retrograde Venous Embolization Solves Male … eFluxMedia dBTechno - U.S. News & World Report - Medical News Today - Enews 2.0 all 46 news articles

Savage Loses Advertisers - New York Times

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Savage Loses Advertisers New York Times - 11 hours ago By JACQUES STEINBERG; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM A group of seven Mississippi talk radio stations owned by Telesouth Communications has dropped Michael Savage’s nationally syndicated radio program over comments the host made last week suggesting that … Video: Radio Host Angers Parents of Autistic Children AssociatedPress Hollywood reacts to Savage's autism slam MSNBC New York Daily News - Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Los Angeles Times - ABC News all 440 news articles

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Fact or Fiction: Antioxidant Supplements Will Help You Live Longer [Fact or Fiction]

If antioxidant supplement labels are to be believed, you should stop reading this article and gobble down some pills: Spurred by the rising sales of antioxidant supplements, Pom Wonderful, makers of pomegranate juice, now makes an antioxidant supplement that they claim has "extraordinary health benefits."

This proclamation is echoed by numerous health supplement ads in health food stores and on the Internet. For instance, Source Naturals Resveratrol advises on the General Nutrition Centers Web site that taking antioxidants "…may help prevent free-radical damage throughout the body and provide protective support to the cardiovascular system.*" Problem solved. Except a bit of a buzz-kill is delivered by the asterisked footnote: "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease."

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Older Women’s Sleep Patterns Influence Risk of Stroke - MedHeadlines

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Older Women’s Sleep Patterns Influence Risk of Stroke MedHeadlines - Jul 19, 2008 When all other risk factors are relatively equal, postmenopausal women who sleep between seven and eight hours each night are less likely to experience an ischemic attack, or stroke, than women of the same age group who sleep less than seven hours. The Amount Of Sleep You Get May Dictate Your Stroke Risk ChattahBox Study Shows Too Much, Too Little Sleep Increases Stroke Risk dBTechno U.S. News & World Report - WVLT - Enews 2.0 - iTWire all 63 news articles

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Vital Signs: Prevention: Rotavirus Vaccine Said to Be Working
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a marked reduction in incidence of rotavirus in the 2007-8 season compared with average seasons.

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