Mexico's reopening from flu lockdown faces hitches
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Mexico's emergence from a national shutdown hit snags as some high schools were not cleaned in time to open and students returned to class in others without swine flu checkups. Cases of the virus ...
Beetle, fungus threaten Florida's avocado industry
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A little beetle could cause big problems for Florida's multimillion-dollar avocado industry.
Double hand transplant patient recovering well
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Valarie Kepner was so excited at learning last fall that doctors might be able give her husband new hands that she called the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center without telling him first.
Stigma increases likelihood that drug users reoffend
May 08, 2009 |
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Punitive policies intended to reduce drug use by making life difficult for convicted users are counterproductive and actually lead to a vicious spiral of drug use and reincarceration. Research published in BioMed Central's ...
The cardiovascular benefits of daily exercise in school children are evident even after one year
May 08, 2009 |
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School children as young as 11 can benefit from a daily exercise programme in reducing their levels of several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. An ongoing study, which began four years ago in the German city ...
Malaria makes relapsing fever more serious
May 08, 2009 |
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Malaria and the Borrelia infection relapsing fever are diseases with similar symptoms that can occur simultaneously. In such cases, the malaria is moderated while the relapsing fever becomes more serious. This is shown in ...
Massive decline in rates of coronary death in Iceland are largely attributed to risk factor reductions in the population
May 08, 2009 |
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Decline attributable to lower levels of cholesterol (36%), blood pressure (26%), and reduced smoking (20%). In the 25 years between 1981 and 2006 mortality rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Iceland decreased by a ...
Study finds African Americans at greater risk after PCI
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A study from one of the largest public health systems in the country has found that African American patients experienced significantly worse outcomes after angioplasty and stenting than patients of other races, though researchers ...
