Talk about town: Another 'duh' factor story (The Town Talk)

Alcoholics with cirrhosis (scarring and dysfunction) of the liver have more brain function impairment than other alcoholics, according to new research.

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More News (Gazette.Net)

Human Genome Sciences Inc. of Rockville is to receive $40 million next month from Swiss pharma giant Novartis for completing a phase 2b trial of Albuferon. The drug is used to treat chronic hepatitis C, a viral liver disease.

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Discovery Could Help Stop Malaria At Its Source The Mosquito (Medical News Today)

As summer temperatures cool in the United States, fewer mosquitoes whir around our tiki torches. But mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the world's population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease malaria. [click link for full article]

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Discovery Could Help Stop Malaria At Its Source -- The Mosquito (Science Daily)

Mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the world's population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease -- malaria. Now scientists have found a key link that causes malarial infection in both humans and mosquitoes. If this link in the chain of infection can be broken at its source -- the mosquito -- then the spread of malaria could be stopped without any man, woman or child ...

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Second Chance at Life Raising Awareness for Liver Wellness, Organ Donors (Guilford Courier)

At about 3:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday, 2002, Allan Ekstrom was a given a second chance at life. In a near-comatose state from toxins building up due to a diseased liver, the Guilford man was in intensive care at Hartford Hospital when its transplant team learned a healthy organ was available.

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Madison County News (MainStreet Newspapers)

Alex Rebitch (center) is shown with his parents, Tony and Kara Rebitch, at their Hull home recently. Alex, 19, valedictorian of MCHS Class of 2006, is a full-time sophomore student at UGA, despite suffering from a rare autoimmune disease that will require him to have a liver transplant.

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Radical surgery may help combat diabetes (Daily Telegraph)

Radical surgery may hold the secret to curing Type 2 diabetes, scientists say.

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Could coffee protect your liver against alcohol? (New Scientist)

New research suggests coffee drinkers have a reduced risk of alcoholic cirrhosis than non-coffee drinkers, though the mechanism is unclear

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Discovery Could Help Stop Malaria at Its Source -- the Mosquito (Newswise)

As summer temperatures cool in the United States, fewer mosquitoes whir around our tiki torches. But mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the world's population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease -- malaria. Now an interdisciplinary team led by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has found a key link that causes malarial infection in both humans and ...

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Malaria cure may lie in the mosquito itself (ANI via Yahoo! India News)

Washington, Aug 30 (ANI): A new study has found an important link that triggers malarial infection in humans and mosquitoes. The researchers anticipate that if the link is broken then the disease can be nipped on the source, the mosquito, without any need for vaccine. The team found that humans and the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite have the same complex carbohydrate, heparan ...

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Sunnyvale, Saratoga teens educating peers about Hepatitis B virus (San Jose Mercury News)

Hepatitis B is known as the silent killer because an infected individual doesn't show any symptoms. In fact, an individual can appear perfectly healthy, says Jameson Lam, 20, of Sunnyvale, who is a summer intern at Stanford's Asian Liver Center.

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Discovery could help stop malaria at its source -- the mosquito (EurekAlert!)

Troy, N.Y. As summer temperatures cool in the United States, fewer mosquitoes whir around our tiki torches. But mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the worlds population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease malaria.

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S.African health minister hampering AIDS fight: activists (TODAYonline)

South Africa's embattled Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, seen here in 2006, was accused by AIDS activists of fuelling the country's HIV crisis by obstructing efforts to combat the disease.

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S.African health minister hampering AIDS fight: activists (AFP via Yahoo! News)

South Africa's embattled Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was accused by AIDS activists on Wednesday of fuelling the country's HIV crisis by obstructing efforts to combat the disease.

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She's young and sassy . . . and she has cancer (Boston Globe)

If feminism these days is all about sexiness as power -- vanquishing foes with a kiss -- then cancer might be the modern girl's ultimate challenge. Who better to conquer a dread disease than a hot chick with an attitude?

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How old are you really? (People's Daily)

He is an anti-aging expert, a best-seller author and an experienced internist. But Dr Michael Roizen does not care what people call him as he only has a single goal: To help motivate people to get healthier. Last week, still in high spir ...

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Scientists Reveal Actions of Key Player in Colorectal Cancer (Newswise)

Colorectal cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in the Western world. The tumor starts off as a polyp but then turns into an invasive and violent cancer, which often spreads to the liver. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute have now revealed the mechanisms that help this cancer metastasize.

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A Peel Of Good Health (Hartford Courant)

Flesh Of Fruits, Veggies Contains Properties Shown To Fight Cancer, Heart Disease Ah, the power of skin. We expose it for sex appeal. We wear skin-tight jeans to show off our curves. And now we are learning that the skin of our favorite produce may be showing off, too. It turns out that the skin is one of the healthiest parts.

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Hormone may be why some get diabetes (UPI)

A U.S. study found mice can overeat without developing insulin resistance or diabetes because of the hormone adiponectin.

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Drug study brings new hope in battle to fight off Alzheimer's (The Scotsman)

NEW evidence has been found to show cholesterol-lowering drugs can protect against Alzheimer's disease.

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How statins can help to protect from Alzheimer's (Daily Mail)

Statins, the anti-cholesterol drugs taken by three million Britons, can protect against Alzheimer's disease, researchers say. An analysis of brain tissue has provided the first direct evidence that statins

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How statins can help to protect from Alzheimer's (Evening Standard)

Statins, the anti-cholesterol drugs taken by three million Britons, can protect against Alzheimer's disease, researchers say.

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A gene for metastasis (EurekAlert!)

Colorectal cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in the Western world. The tumor starts off as a polyp but then turns into an invasive and violent cancer, which often spreads to the liver.

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Girls are catching up to boys in the fast lane (Inside Bay Area)

HISTORICALLY, YOUNG males have had a significant edge over girls in a wide range of risky behaviors, among them, binge drinking and not wearing seat belts.

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Patients reaching for stick-on solutions to problems (Inside Bay Area)

FORGET ABOUT popping pills. Today, many people are slapping on skin patches instead.

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Angelina suffering a disease (Moldova.org)

The most famous couple in Hollywood, Angelina and Brad is having a period of stressing time. This comes because of Anges disease. This is confirmed now by news that Angelina is in fact suffering from a chronic liver disease, possibly hepatitis, that is messing with her eating, her moods and her marriage. A source close to the couple claims that Brad eventually persuaded Angelina to go see a ...

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New Britneys song. Check it out! (Moldova.org)

Even if her career as an actress did not show some good results, the singer is back on her feet again and will do it again. The pop princess is finally back. September seems to become a new era for Britney. Starting with the VMAs on September 9th Britney has prepared for us a great show. Also, shes got already a new song. You can listen to it yourselves HERE. It put me to sleep in about 30 ...

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High cholesterol? Try lifestyle changes (Denver Post)

Last December, a routine non-fasting blood test revealed that my total cholesterol level, which had long wavered between 190 and 205 milligrams per deciliter of blood serum, was now 222 and flagged as "high" by the laboratory's computer.

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New Data Suggest Cymbalta Reduced Pain In Fibromyalgia Patients With And Without Depression (Medical News Today)

New data suggest that patients with fibromyalgia treated with 60mg or 120mg of Cymbalta (duloxetine HCl) experienced greater reduction in pain severity beginning one week after starting duloxetine than those taking placebo (sugar pill), as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory Average Pain Score (BPI). [click link for full article]

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Focus On Early Diagnostic Test For Pancreatic Cancer (Medical News Today)

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team of University of Georgia researchers aims to help physicians diagnose the disease early, when it's more easily treated.Funded by a $2. [click link for full article]

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Don't forget the folate (Portsmouth Herald)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released information that should be a red flag to women. Data they have collected suggest not only that American women are not getting enough folic acid in their diets, but that they are also...

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Fundraiser Helps Local Family (R News)

A community is showing its support for a local family facing a medical emergency. Michelle Blaakman's friends, family and co-workers organized a fundraiser at Mendon Ponds Park Sunday. She is donating part of her liver to her father who is suffering from liver disease.

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Fat mice gain protection against diabetes (News-Medical-Net)

The world's fattest mice can overeat without developing insulin resistance or diabetes thanks to a glut of a key hormone, a dichotomy that helps explain why not all obese people are diabetic, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.

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Dakota faces her toughest battle (Western Advocate)

Dakota Francis is not even 12 months old, but already she is facing a battle tougher than anything most of us will ever come up against. Little Dakota has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, and needs treatment to help her battle through her current condition.

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Baby Erins Baby Erinsgallant fight for life (The Manila Times)

MORE than anyone, it was Erin who kept us going, showing us that she wanted to live and someday, make us happy. Even when she was bleeding and continuously throwing up blood, she was trying to eat to keep herself strong for the transplant.

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Heat wave safety tips as temperatures soar (Mooresville/Decatur Times)

With the prediction of additional days of extremely warm weather, the Morgan County Emergency Management Agency is joining with the National Weather Service and the Morgan County Chapter of the American Red Cross, to help educate the citizens on heat wave safety.

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Key hormone may be reason why all obese people are not diabetic (New Kerala)

Washington, Aug 24 : A new study conducted on mice may help explain why all obese people are not diabetic. In the study conducted by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher, the 'world's fattest mice" can overeat without developing insulin resistance or diabetes thanks to a glut of a key hormone.

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New Data Redefining Laboratory Reference Ranges In Africa Released By IAVI, CDC And USMHRP (Medical News Today)

Leading researchers from the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (USMHRP) have presented final results from a collection of independent studies reexamining the medical criteria for including African volunteers in AIDS vaccine trials. [click link for full article]

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When a Child Truly Needs the Best (US News & World Report)

Informed last summer that the only hope for their son's Crohn's disease was to remove his colon, John and Brenda Ricci made good on a vow. "We always said if it ever gets real serious we would [switch] to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia," says Brenda of the life-altering surgery prescribed for John Paul, now almost 11, who was plagued by diarrhea and nasty side effects from steroids he had to ...

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Lifestyle Changes to Manage Menopause (ThirdAge)

A high intake of phytoestrogens (isoflavones and lignans) may help reduce your menopausal symptoms. They may also reduce your risk for diseases associated with estrogen loss.

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Fat Hormone Helps Obese Mice Avoid Diabetes, Researchers Show (Bloomberg.com)

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- An abundance of a critical hormone linked to fat cells helped obese mice avoid diabetes and may explain why not all overweight humans develop the condition.

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Key hormone may be reason why all obese people are not diabetic (ANI via Yahoo! India News)

Washington, Aug 24 (ANI): A new study conducted on mice may help explain why all obese people are not diabetic. In the study conducted by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher,he 'world's fattest mice" can overeat without developing insulin resistance or diabetes thanks to a glut of a key hormone. Consuming excess calories usually spurs insulin resistance and diabetes, but in ...

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Your current topic is drinking (Lifetime)

Q: I know I'm supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day. Can coffee and tea count toward my daily quota? What about juice and soda? Jess...

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World's fattest mouse appears immune to diabetes (New Scientist)

Genetically engineered obese mice, which overproduce a key hormone, store fat under the skin rather than in the liver, and thus retain normal sensitivity to insulin

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Researchers Set Sights On Early Detection Of Pancreatic Cancer (Science Daily)

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but new research aims to help physicians diagnose the disease early, when it's more easily treated. Researchers are studying the fluid secreted by the pancreas to determine if subtle changes in proteins and the sugars that adorn the proteins, known as glycans, can herald the presence of cancerous or precancerous cells. According to the ...

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Kolkata girl battles rare disorder (NDTV)

I feel so scared. Whether I'll be able to save her is what keeps bothering me every moment. What will happen next, this thought is killing me

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Rev up your engine for Cruise-In (The Grand Rapids Press)

The sixth annual Trendway Benefit Cruise-In is returning to Holland. The fundraiser -- set for 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 7 at Trendway Corp. -- will feature street rods, custom cars, motorcycles, trucks and restored vehicles.

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Woman facing liver transplant after third cancer battle (Shelbyville Daily Union)

By Karen Middleton THE NEWS COURIER (ATHENS, Ala.) ATHENS, Ala. Twenty-five-year-old Connie Ramos first memory of living with cancer was looking down at her right wrist and seeing a brace to hold intravenous tubes.

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Benefit Friday for woman facing liver transplant after third cancer battle (The Athens News Courier)

Twenty-five-year-old Connie Ramos first memory of living with cancer was looking down at her right wrist and seeing a brace to hold intravenous tubes.

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Obesity summit offers hope to teenager (The Des Moines Register)

National experts will gather on Saturday in Des Moines for a conference to address the condition.

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Study challenges claim on AIDS remedies (AP via Yahoo! News)

A study by South African scientists said Wednesday there was no evidence that foods such as garlic and beetroot were a substitute for AIDS medicine, disputing claims by the country's health minister.

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Foods rejected as AIDS medicines (Boston Globe)

CAPE TOWN -- A study by South African scientists said yesterday there was no evidence that foods such as garlic and beetroot were a substitute for AIDS medicine, disputing claims by the country's health minister.

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Obesity summit offers hope to teenager (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)

Heather Dawson is battling liver disease, depression, borderline diabetes, high cholesterol and ridicule, all a result of childhood obesity. The 17-year-old morbidly obese Carlisle High School student visited Blank Children's Hospital again Wednesday.

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New Health Meter Cat Litter Detects Common Kitty Diseases (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla.----Health Meter Cat Litter gives cat lovers the ability to know that their kitty has one of several common illnesses before it's too late. While cats will usually hide an illness until they are very sick, making their treatment more difficult and expensive, the unique color-changing Health Meter Cat Litter detects the disease by changing color.

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Kays Krew continues her Relay legacy (Clinton Herald)

CLINTON After being diagnosed with cancer, Clinton resident Kathleen Kay Schultz raised nearly $100,000 for the American Cancer Society through the annual Relay For Life before the disease claimed her life on July 18.

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New Data Suggest Cymbalta(R) Reduced Pain In Fibromyalgia Patients With And Without Depression (Medical News Today)

New data suggest that patients with fibromyalgia treated with 60mg or 120mg of Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) experienced greater reduction in pain severity beginning one week after starting duloxetine than those taking placebo (sugar pill), as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory Average Pain Score (BPI). [click link for full article]

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New Health Meter Cat Litter Detects Common Kitty Diseases: Save Your Cat's Life by Detecting Illness Early; Color ... (PRWeb)

Health Meter Cat Litter gives cat lovers the ability to know that their kitty has one of several common illnesses before it's too late. While cats will usually hide an illness until they are very sick, making their treatment more difficult and expensive, the unique color-changing Health Meter Cat Litter detects the disease by changing color. This change alerts the owner that a visit to the ...

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Half of Britain's cats and dogs are fat! (New Kerala)

London, Aug 20 : The time has come for the UK's cats and dogs to start shedding the pounds, for a new survey by the RSPCA has found that half of these pets are obese.

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Cutting Cholesterol, an Uphill Battle (New York Times)

There are dozens of such measures that, individually or together, can help to lower cholesterol.

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Here's Help (Rutland Herald)

AA Meetings: Rutland, Group meetings discussions for Alcoholics Anonymous and alcohol abuse, 775-0402; Bennington, 447-1285; Manchester, 362-3824; Middlebury, 388-9284. ACORN Support Group: Lebanon, N.H., Support for individuals infected or affected with HIV/AIDS, (800) 816-2220. ...

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Metabolic Pathway Could Boost 'Good' Cholesterol (iVillage Total Health)

U.S. researchers say they've spotted a key metabolic pathway controlling blood levels of HDL "good" cholesterol in mice.

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Anti-AIDS Program To Fund Circumcision (Washington Post)

JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 19 -- President Bush's $15 billion anti-AIDS program will begin investing significant money in making circumcision available to African men seeking to protect themselves from HIV, top U.S. health officials said Sunday.

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Circumcision offered to Africans (Boston Globe)

JOHANNESBURG -- President Bush's $15 billion anti-AIDS program will begin investing significant money in making circumcision available to African men seeking to protect themselves from HIV, top US health officials said yesterday.

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Promise of a normal life for diabetics (Guardian Unlimited)

It can be a life-threatening disease - but now a pioneering procedure could free all Britain's 250,000 type 1 sufferers from insulin dependency.

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A world of supplements (The Times-News)

ATLANTA - Every month Sydney Ferguson, 40, spends about $70 on specialty vitamins and dietary supplements because she wants to avoid the heart disease and diabetes that run in her family.

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Pet fat club launched by TV vet (BBC News)

A new slimming club to tackle pet obesity is being launched celebrity vet Joe Inglis in Southampton.

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Health data on Fernald to be shared (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

CROSBY TWP. - Nearly two decades of observations of thousands of people who lived near a Cold War uranium-refining plant will be shared by the University of Cincinnati with other researchers to further understand the health effects of low-level radiation.

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The slimming club for fat cats and dogs (Daily Telegraph)

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Get your fill of carrots today! (The Times of India)

Carrots are an excellent source of antioxidant compounds, and the richest vegetable source of the pro-vitamin A carotenes. Carrots antioxidant compounds help protect against cardiovascular disease and cancer and also promote good vision, especially night vision.

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Know it. Beat it (Sunday Observer)

Will HIV/AIDS patients be able to fight a lonely battle for survival? Most probably it will be losing one unless they get the support of the society.

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You can learn heart help in a hurry (The Globe and Mail)

New research finds that people learn as much in a 30-minute CPR course as in a traditional four-hour class

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Patients toast Ukraine's 'wine therapy' (BBC News)

A Ukrainian health spa is prescribing patients with a course of "wine therapy", the BBC's Helen Fawkes says.

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Back to school nutrition quiz (Hamilton Mountain News)

Let your child see you write and encourage them to help. Puberty is a time of accelerated growth, second only to infancy. For this reason, it's important for children to eat a healthful diet in and outside the home. But what do your kids know about eating the right things?

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The face of health (Khaleej Times)

EXPERTS BELIEVE our faces reflect our state of wellbeing, and that problems often dismissed as trivial, such as bloodshot eyes, could be a sign of something more serious.Here, with the help of leading medical practitioners, we look at the hidden health problems which may be revealed in the mirror.

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Killer T Cell Treatment Shows Promise Against Cancers In Transplant Patients, UK (Medical News Today)

Blood cell donations could be used to treat transplant patients with a particular form of cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK study reported in the journal Blood1 last Wednesday. A team of researchers at the University of Edinburgh generated killer T cells from healthy Scottish blood donors and injected them into patients with a type of blood cell cancer called PTLD2. [click link for full ...

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Vets Warn Of Potentially Fatal Disease Affecting Dogs (WMUR New Hampshire)

OMAHA, Neb. -- A fatal disease often found in hunting dogs has been infecting some backyard pets. Some dogs in the Midwest have been contracting leptospirosis, commonly found in hunting dogs who often come in contact with wildlife.

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Metabolic Pathway Could Boost 'Good' Cholesterol (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

THURSDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've spotted a key metabolic pathway controlling blood levels of HDL "good" cholesterol in mice.

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Patients love to learn (The Arizona Republic)

The start of the school year can be a drag for a kid. But for a handful of kids, going back to school was an event worth dancing for.

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We will keep up Margarets crusade to end cancer plague (EveningTimes Online)

The family of a mum who raised thousands for cancer charities only to be struck down by the disease herself are organising a dinner in her honour. Margaret Millar spent years fighting to help others - then faced her own battle when she was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer.

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BC Cancer Agency Scientists Discover New Gene That Suppresses Tumour Growth (Medical News Today)

BC Cancer Agency scientists, led by Dr. Poul Sorensen, have discovered a novel gene that suppresses the growth of human tumours in multiple cancers, including breast, lung, and liver cancers, as well as melanomas, lymphomas and sarcomas. [click link for full article]

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The long wait - Area man hoping for gift of life (The Times-Reporter)

Every day is a waiting game for the nearly 100,000 people in the United States on organ transplant waiting lists.

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Gene Found That Suppresses Human Tumor Growth In Multiple Cancers (Science Daily)

Scientists have discovered a novel gene that suppresses the growth of human tumors in multiple cancers, including breast, lung, and liver cancers, as well as melanomas, lymphomas and sarcomas. A gene, HACE1, has the ability to help cells deal with various forms of stress, including environmental cancer triggers that cause tumor formation. When the HACE1 gene is missing or inactive, cancerous ...

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A friend in need ... (Delta Democrat Times)

GREENVILLE - If you are looking for some good food and the opportunity to help out a fellow neighbor, the Greenville Higher Education Center is the place to be this Saturday.

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Program to share research on radiation (AP via Yahoo! News)

Nearly two decades of observations of thousands of people who lived near a Cold War uranium-refining plant will be shared by the University of Cincinnati with other researchers in an effort to further understand the health effects of low-level radiation.

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Another gorilla dies at the Calgary Zoo (CFCN.ca)

One of the Calgary Zoo's gorillas has been euthanized. 22-year-old Donge was put down on Friday afternoon after suffering for some time with chronic disease.

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Local dentist expanding study searching for link to heart disease, diabetes (Kirksville Daily Express)

KIRKSVILLE - A local dentist is recruiting patients for a large-scale study that may reveal a link between periodontal disease and to other health problems such as heart disease, strokes, and diabetes.

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HepaLife(TM) Bioartificial Liver: Analysts Forecast Artificial Liver Market to Surpass $2.7 Billion by 2010 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

BOSTON----HepaLife Technologies, Inc. , developing the first-of-its-kind artificial liver device, today announced that forecast data from a newly issued study on the worldwide market for artificial organs projects the artificial liver device market to exceed $2.7 billion in the upcoming 36 months.

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Pharma May be Failing Diabetics But New Research Says Certain Foods Can Help (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.----eFoodSafety.com - The warning alarm is sounding for over 15 million diabetics who use two of the most popular prescription diabetes drugs on the market today.

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New review suggests caution on drugs to raise 'good' cholesterol (EurekAlert!)

With 40 percent of all heart attacks and related cardiovascular problems occurring in people who have low levels of so-called good cholesterol, researchers have long sought medications to increase the amount of this type of cholesterol in the bodys circulation.

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There is hope, help for fibromyalgia syndrome (Asheville Citizen-Times)

Have you been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and are not feeling better, or were not informed of the cause of your condition? Were you just put on antidepressants or anti-inflammatory drugs?

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Saved by a stranger (The Salt Lake Tribune)

We have been blessed tenfold by this gift of life. . . . It has been one of the most spiritual experiences we have ever experienced in our lives." Terri Haverty, whose husband, Dan, donated part of his liver to Bishop William Weigand The nausea began in 1981,

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Rare Disease Has Community Rallying Around Sioux City Baby (KTIV Sioux City)

Being a first time parent comes with a lot of worries and sleepless nights. So, imagine learning just months after bringing your baby home from the hospital, that your little one has a disease so rare that doctors don't know where it came from or how to cure it.

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Growing health concerns prompt county to target tattoo parlors for regulation (Macomb Daily)

Macomb County officials are in the early stages of drafting a law to regulate tattoo parlors to protect people from contracting an infectious disease.

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Neighbors Help Family In Need (KTRE-TV East Texas)

Not even 3 years old and already dealt with more illness than most adults. Hannah Collie from Alto has a disease called HLHS. That means the left side of her heart is not fully developed. Now neighbors are stepping up to help.

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Popular chef recovering from liver transplant (Mobile Press-Register)

Popular Mobile chef Michael Ivy has spent the last few weeks in New Orleans recovering from a liver transplant, but said he expects to return to Mobile soon.

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Eating fish: good for heart, bad for environment? (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Doctors recommend a good dose of salmon or tuna in the diet because of its benefits to the heart. But is it good for the environment?

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Simple new test may help catch liver cancer early (New Kerala)

Washington, Aug 9: Researchers have developed a test to detect liver cancer in an early stage. The test developed by VIB researchers connected to Ghent University requires a simple blood sample.

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Rain, Flooding & Mud Stress Cattle (CattleNetwork.com)

CORPUS CHRISTI Recent rains and flooding have been hard on livestock, but producers can help them weather the unusually wet summer. The following tips from Dr. Joe Paschal, Texas Cooperative Extension livestock specialist, were written for cattle, but could apply to sheep and goats in most cases:

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Sex And Gender: Why Do Men And Women Respond Differently To The Same Disease? (Medical News Today)

More than 100 research scientists will examine hormones, gender and how they can interact to cause heart and kidney disease. The conference, entitled Sex and Gender in Cardiovascular-Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology, is being held August 9-12, 2007 in Austin, TX, and is hosted by the American Physiological Society (APS; http://www.The-APS.org). [click link for full article]

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Probiotics show promise (West Bloomfield Eccentric)

Ann Silverman, M.D., service chief for gastroenterology at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, director of the new Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and a member of the Henry Ford Medical Group, talks about probiotics.

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Simple new test may help catch liver cancer early (ANI via Yahoo! India News)

Washington, Aug 9 (ANI): Researchers have developed a test to detect liver cancer in an early stage. The test developed by VIB researchers connected to Ghent University requires a simple blood sample. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most prevalent primary liver cancer. The disease most often appears following a chronic inflammation of the liver as a consequence of a hepatitis B or C virus ...

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Fund to be set up in name of tireless worker (The Ham&High Network)

A MEMORIAL fund to raise money for research into a debilitating disease is being set up in honour of a Hampstead Garden Suburb woman who worked tirelessly for the cause.

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Are There Sex Differences in the Newborn Heart and Liver? (Newswise)

Two new studies (animals) may help explain sex-based health discrepancies found in some newborns: (1) study finds gender differences in the heart that may help show why infant girls are more likely to die following heart surgery; (2) the rapid accumulation of acid in newborn female livers may explain why pediatric liver transplants are less successful when the livers are donated from infant girls.

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Another health care injustice in Niagara (Niagara Falls Review)

We've seen this story before in this region. A Niagara resident is fighting a life-threatening disease, with the knowledge there is a treatment out there to help.

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Aetna Expands Early Access to Life Insurance Financial Benefit to Help Seriously Ill Members Meet Their Living Needs (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

HARTFORD, Conn.----In an effort to assist life insurance members who are seriously, but not terminally ill, Aetna now allows their Accelerated Death Benefit to become effective upon diagnosis of a specific medical condition.

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MP calls for action on liver disease (Yorkshire Post Today)

CALDER Valley MP Chris McCafferty has demanded Health Minister Alan Johnson take action to tackle hepatitis C. (06/08/2007 10:58:05)

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Clinical trials in spotlight in wake of death (Seattle Times)

Robb Mohr sat by his wife's hospital bed two weeks ago, trying to take it all in. His wife, Jolee Mohr, was breathing with the help of a...

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Gift of life Stamford man grateful for liver transplant (Greenwich Time)

For Michael Kirshbaum, there is more than one way to thank the person who saves your life, even when that person is a deceased, anonymous stranger.

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Entelos, FDA to Collaborate on Computer Model to Better Predict Drug-Induced Human Liver Injury (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Entelos, Inc. , a leading life sciences company building predictive computer models and "virtual patients" for drug discovery and development, today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S.

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Medical examiner sees all manner of death (Daytona Beach News-Journal)

N-J | Nigel Cook | BUY THIS PRINT "The favorite part is when I can find answers," says Volusia County Medical Examiner Dr. Marie Herrmann. She and her staff perform about two autopsies a day.

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Gift of life Stamford man grateful for liver transplant (Stamford Advocate)

For Michael Kirshbaum, there is more than one way to thank the person who saves your life, even when that person is a deceased, anonymous stranger.

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'Warm Springs' an intimate memoir from polio survivor (Contra Costa Times)

Our cultural fascination with illness derives in part from the impact that disease has on the social order -- the fears of contagion, the rush for a cure or a vaccine, the almost predictable ostracism that befalls victims (a rough moral insurance that it could never happen to us).

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Abnormal Silencing Of Tumor-Suppressor Gene Contributes To The Development Of Liver Cancer, Study Finds (Medical News Today)

New research shows how a particular small molecule blocks the activity of a cancer-suppressing gene, allowing liver-cancer cells to grow and spread.This molecule is a microRNA, a recently discovered class of tiny molecules used by cells to help control the kinds and amounts of proteins they make. More than 250 different microRNAs have been discovered, and several have been linked to cancer. ...

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Inside Medicine: Public Health (BBC News)

BBC News website meets Dr Alan Maryon Davis to talk about public health medicine

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Weight Gain May Be Rooted in Liver Enzyme Defect (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

FRIDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) --A genetic defect in the liver explains why some people become obese while others remain thin, a new study suggests.

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Another health care injustice in Niagara (St. Catharines Standard)

We've seen this story before in Niagara. A local is fighting a life-threatening disease, with the knowledge there is a treatment out there to help. But it's expensive, prohibitively so.

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Liberals pledge to reimburse organ donors (St. Catharines Standard)

Martyn Campbell has been undergoing dialysis treatments to fend off the effects of kidney disease for nearly four years. In that time, he has also been on a kidney transplant list. Doctors have told him it could take up to three more years until they find a match.

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Expert gives the lowdown on acid reflex (The Arizona Republic)

Dr. Eugene Tharalsonis a board-certified gastroenterologist at Banner Estrella Medical Center and a physician with Digestive Health Center of Arizona, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of digestive and liver disorders.

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Volunteers will continue environmental monitoring (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

EAST CHICAGO | The volunteer environmental monitors who said they discovered unexpectedly high levels of hazardous chemicals in the air of the city's far north side last month pledged on Thursday to continue their vigilance.

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Cebuano doctor endorses LiverMAX and KidneyMAX (Sun Star)

NUTRACEUTIKA Pilipinas Inc. announced Cebuano medical practitioner Dr. Randolph Libres as the endorser of their flagship brands LiverMAX and KidneyMAX Dietary Supplements.

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No proof that noni juice cures ailments (Honolulu Advertiser)

Q. Can Tahitian noni juice help control my diabetes?

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Molecule blocks gene, sheds light on liver cancer (PhysOrg)

New research shows how a particular small molecule blocks the activity of a cancer-suppressing gene, allowing liver-cancer cells to grow and spread.

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Avid youth sports supporter 'went out of his way' to help (Daily Herald)

Dave Fehlman ~ 19xx-2007 Dave Fehlman was never a man who called attention to himself.

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Molecule Blocks Gene, Sheds Light On Liver Cancer (Science Daily)

New research shows how a particular small molecule blocks the activity of a cancer-suppressing gene, allowing liver cancer cells to grow and spread. This molecule is a microRNA, a recently discovered class of tiny molecules used by cells to help control the kinds and amounts of proteins they make. More than 250 different microRNAs have been discovered, and several have been linked to cancer.

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Should You Take a Statin? (Newswise)

The cholesterol-lowering drugs have been shown to help prevent heart attack and stroke with minimal side effects.

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FDA seeks further testing of Wyeth drug (AP via Yahoo! News)

Federal regulators' demand for further testing of a nonhormonal drug for menopause symptoms should not delay approval of the same drug as a depression treatment, executives at drugmaker Wyeth said late Tuesday.

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Tamya loses cancer fight (Toronto Sun)

Community rallied to get 9-year-old treatment in U.S. -- but the disease came back

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