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August 2008 - Posts
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Authorities evacuating residents from New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Gustav are making amends with four-legged friends after thousands of pets perished Read More...
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Fish oil supplements may work slightly better than a popular cholesterol-reducing drug to help patients with chronic heart failure, according to new research Read More...
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In 1988, Terry Cottle shot himself and his heart was donated to another man. Nearly 13 years later, that man, who had gone on to marry Cottle's widow, Read More...
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Two St. Louis-area hospital emergency rooms are on lockdown after the arrival of patients who appeared to be exposed to chemicals. Read More...
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Every nation strives for an informed society and nothing broadens and improves the mind like good books. As a way of encouraging our fellow citizens to read, the StarMag team has compiled a list of their 51 favourite titles just for Merdeka Day. Not only Read More...
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Farmers in “America’s Salad Bowl” are turning into hunters — stalking wild pigs, rabbits and deer — to keep E. coli and other harmful bacteria out of their Read More...
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One person has died and 87 are sick with salmonella food poisoning from tainted cheese in Quebec, health officials said on Friday. Read More...
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Dysfunction in a portion of the brain may explain some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome, researchers suggest in a paper published in the Journal Read More...
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Laptops, textbooks and new jeans are among the must-haves for college students heading back to campus, but the most common back-to-school item may well Read More...
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The gooey, golden stuff that builds up inside your ears should stay there, according to newly released national guidelines on earwax removal. Read More...
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It’s easy to wax poetic about such august matters as cancer, heart disease and trauma. But we prefer the bit players on the medical stage – the unsung, Read More...
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New screening tests and effective vaccines from Merck & Co and GlaxoSmithKline make tackling cervical cancer in poor countries a real possibility for the Read More...
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Dr. Herbert Smitherman nervously monitors the city's fluctuating unemployment rate and sinking economy. Read More...
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It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain." But it worked, attracting a brave soul who's never Read More...
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Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in Read More...
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August 28, 2008 Asian Americans whose families experience a high degree of interpersonal conflict have a three-fold greater risk of attempting suicide when compared with Asian Americans overall, according to a new study by University of California, Davis, Read More...
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August 28, 2008 A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with a psychological Read More...
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Scientists for the first time have peered into people's brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer's Read More...
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Certain foods can help fight fatigue. Here are three top stamina sappers you may encounter, and what to eat and drink more of to stay sharp, focused, and Read More...
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Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, Read More...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1,440 people appears to be over. Read More...
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Can't help checking your partner's text messages on the sly? You're not alone, with an Australian survey showing one in three mobile phone users are text Read More...
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Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist worldwide, according to an independent World Health Organization commission. Read More...
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It wasn’t easy for Madeleine Robb to send an e-mail to another mom telling her that her baby might have a deadly eye cancer — but her warning may have Read More...
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Headaches associated with air travel appear to be a “huge and painful problem,” Israeli researchers report. Read More...
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In our blind obsession with erogenous spots are we missing the forest for the trees? Is technology ruining regular sex for women? Sexploration answer your Read More...
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The head of Canada's biggest meat processor said on Wednesday his company was fully accountable for a deadly nationwide outbreak of listeriosis food poisoning Read More...
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New Yorkers are contracting HIV at three times the national rate, the city health department said, attributing the difference to the city's large population Read More...
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Like Christina Applegate, more women are choosing prophylactic mastectomies when diagnosed with *** cancer. But does the radical procedure increase survival Read More...
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Simple tests of perceptual speed, spatial ability and verbal function showed that some cognitive skills begin rapidly fading nearly 15 years before death, Read More...
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Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies Read More...
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What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, Read More...
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Languages in many cultures have apparently made the task easy by creating words for mothers and fathers that feature patterns of repeating sounds, a new Read More...
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Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement Read More...
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Kaiser Permanente is telling 960 mothers that they and their babies may have been exposed to a San Francisco maternity ward worker diagnosed with active Read More...
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Dogs are increasingly proving they're able to sniff out various types of cancer and other ailments in people - often before their owners even know they're Read More...
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Asian-American/Pacific Islanders with early-stage stomach cancers have an overall median survival rate that is higher than those of other races or ethnicities, according to new research, Reuters Health reports.For the study, Barry Feig of the University Read More...
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For one 21-year-old muscle man, the quest to build a perfect body ended in grotesque, lifelong scars. Read More...
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A new TV commercial shows kids eating hot dogs in a school cafeteria and one little boy’s haunting lament: “I was dumbfounded when the doctor told me I Read More...
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Natural selection wants us to be crazy — at least a little bit. While true debilitating insanity is not nature's intention, many mental health issues may Read More...
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People who have had a normally non-fatal form of skin cancer have double the risk of developing other types of cancers, U.S. researchers said. Read More...
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Weight loss camps are inviting mom, dad and siblings to share the experience so they can stay motivated when they return home — where unhealthy temptations Read More...
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The 27-year-old Egyptian woman and her husband already had three children — all girls. They badly wanted a boy, so doctors gave her hormones. The startling Read More...
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The nation's poverty rate held steady as median household income edged upward and the number of Americans without health insurance decreased by more than 1 million people last year, according to annual census data released today . Read More...
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Acupuncture may bring some added pain relief to people with chronic headaches, a new study suggests. Read More...
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An Indonesian man dubbed the "tree man" because of gnarled growths on his body has returned from hospital after six kilograms (13 pounds) of warts were Read More...
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The Census Bureau reports that the number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Read More...
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Chronic childhood ear infections may damage a vital taste-sensing nerve in kids, perking a preference for rich foods and making them prone to weight gain Read More...
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Asian-American/Pacific Islanders with early-stage stomach cancers have an overall median survival rate that is higher than those of other races or ethnicities, according to new research, Reuters Health reports. Read More...
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Infections may play a bigger role in premature birth than doctors have thought, says a new study that found almost one in seven women in preterm labor Read More...
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Two new studies found that some people tend to consume more calories when junk food packages are smaller. For some, it's because they perceive small packages Read More...
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It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient Read More...
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Burning incense may create a sweet scent, but regularly inhaling the smoke could put people at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract, researchers reported Read More...
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paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum. Read More...
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Americans who go without health insurance for any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for health care and they will get $56 billion worth Read More...
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The heated vaccine debate has parents on both sides of the fence discussing the issues more and sometimes finding themselves in awkward or even acrimonious Read More...
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Is "Breakfast at Tiffany's" -- the lighthearted 1961 classic starring Audrey Hepburn -- a racist film that perpetuates negative Asian stereotypes? Asian-American activists think so, and Sacramento, Calif., Vice Mayor Steve Cohn agrees. Read More...
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Many students with Asperger's or other autism-like disorders face new challenges in a college setting. Read More...
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It's a fact of midlife: After 40, we're more likely to need certain medical tests to preserve our health. Here's what to expect during some of the most Read More...
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Kathy Hill, director of the Cincinnati Perinatal Outreach Project at Children's Hospital, joined the conversation "to learn from others and get ideas." Read More...
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Public health officials in Canada said Saturday they have linked a deadly bacterial outbreak that killed four people to recalled meat products from Maple Read More...
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Nestle Prepared Foods Company is recalling about 215,660 pounds of frozen stuffed pepperoni pizza sandwich products, known as Hot Pockets Pepperoni Pizza Read More...
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Nebraska’s new “safe-haven” law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes Read More...
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Gone are the days of simple cold cream and Swedish massage. Nowadays, ailments like sore muscles, lank locks and sallow skin are being remedied with the Read More...
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Parents share the personal experiences led them to immunization decisions, from a mother who lost a child to a preventable disease, to a mom whose toddler Read More...
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