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October 2008 - Posts
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A soup kitchen exclusively for dogs has opened its doors in Berlin providing pets of the homeless and unemployed with a free meal, the director of the Read More...
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A German doctor who was refused permission to live permanently in Australia because his son has Down Syndrome has promised to fight the decision. Read More...
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China has admitted melamine is regularly added to animal feed in the country, fueling fears the problem could be more widespread, affecting fish, meat Read More...
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China, accused in Japan of producing tainted frozen beans and dodgy dumplings, now says it has found toxic chemicals used in paint in Japanese mustard Read More...
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Giving children a type of "good bacteria" during their first 6 months of life doesn't reduce their risk of developing allergies in early childhood, researchers Read More...
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Americans are gulping down probiotic-infused foods that promise to treat everything from bad cholesterol and high blood pressure, but are probiotics more Read More...
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A new survey finds that 40 percent of women in the U.S. report sexual problems, most often lack of desire. But only 12 percent of those women say they're Read More...
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A Chinese mother who admitted poisoning and smothering her mentally ill daughter to death has been spared a jail sentence, state media reported Friday Read More...
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Women running for top offices need to appear competent and attractive, according to a new study. For male candidates, seeming competent may be enough. Read More...
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If you look at tracking polls before your first cup of coffee, you're not alone. How political-news junkies are preparing for campaign withdrawal. Read More...
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The government should ban the diabetes drug Avandia because of a wide variety of life-threatening risks, including heart and liver damage, a consumer group Read More...
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Max the Maltese is headed home to Florida after the small dog vanished several months ago and finally turned up 1,200 miles away, Read More...
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Researchers combing the human gene map have found four more areas that affect the risk of Alzheimer's disease and believe the studies are starting to point Read More...
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A popular antidepressant plus three months of psychotherapy dramatically helped children with anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric illnesses Read More...
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The Supreme Court is expected to decide whether people can sue under state law — or are pre-empted from doing so — for harm caused by a drug approved by Read More...
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The industrial chemical melamine is commonly added to animal feed in China to make it appear higher in protein, state media reported Thursday, in what Read More...
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The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the last 10 years, with the highest levels in the South, the government said Thursday Read More...
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Hot flushes, night sweats or painful joints may be good news for women taking hormone-based drugs for *** cancer — it may mean their tumors are less likely Read More...
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Doctors removed a tumor from an East Timorese baby that was almost one-third the child's body weight during a life-saving operation in New Zealand, officials Read More...
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What can you do to firm up flabby arms and slim down fat feet? How do you know if you’re injured — or just really sore? Smart Fitness answers your workout Read More...
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When it comes to food, price is becoming the No. 1 concern, a new study says. Msnbc.com's nutrition experts weigh in on how to eat well without packing Read More...
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Rising unemployment, higher food prices and dwindling savings may worsen the nation’s obesity problem as consumers turn to cheaper, more fattening foods, Read More...
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Top scientists and career employees at the FDA opposed agency regulations that weaken consumers' ability to sue drug makers, congressional investigators Read More...
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Some of the intense care given to the smallest premature infants may be a little too intense, suggested two studies published on Wednesday. Read More...
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Ghosts, goblins and creepy Halloween fare might be just what the doctor ordered for some kids. New research finds the best way for children to overcome Read More...
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Insurance companies are allowed to push doctors toward cheaper prescriptions, frequently by offering the physician a form of bonus. Read More...
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Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, Read More...
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BPA — a chemical used in food containers — is so widespread that most people have traces of it in their bodies. Read More...
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They show up on your fingers, your face and feet. On Halloween, they show up on witch masks. So, how do you get rid of warts? Read More...
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In the race to create the world's first fully functioning artificial heart, French scientists have turned to technology from satellites and airplanes. Read More...
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A local Chinese government acknowledged Wednesday that officials knew about melamine-tainted eggs for a month before the contamination was publicly disclosed Read More...
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A slight zap of electricity to the brain could make righties better at using their left hands, a new study shows. Read More...
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Grapes helped lower blood pressure and improve heart function in lab rats fed an otherwise salty diet, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Read More...
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Finding love is tough enough, never mind at age 33 with incurable *** cancer. Read More...
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An independent panel of science advisers is taking issue with the FDA’s assessment that a controversial chemical is safe. Read More...
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In a study conducted in Florida, researchers found that drugstores in the poorest areas charge more, on average, for four widely used prescription medications Read More...
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Doctors subconsciously favor whites over blacks, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a finding that may explain widespread racial disparities in health Read More...
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From screaming baseball fans to political rally-goers, groups that engage in boastful self-aggrandizing may be trying to mask insecurity and low social status. Read More...
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From screaming baseball fans to political rally-goers, groups that engage in boastful self-aggrandizing may be trying to mask insecurity and low social Read More...
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Fungus expert Joan Bennett did not believe in so-called toxic mold -- the cause of “sick building syndrome” and many lawsuits -- until her New Orleans Read More...
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A new antibiotic works well to reduce the misery of traveler's diarrhea, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Read More...
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Chile’s Health Minister is resigning amid an uproar over the government’s failure to notify people who had tested positive for AIDS. Read More...
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A new, injected influenza drug appears to reduce symptoms as well as rival drugs Tamiflu and Relenza, researchers reported. Read More...
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Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new U.S. study finds that cold sufferers often Read More...
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Wal-Mart pulled a brand of eggs from all its stores in China on Tuesday after tests in Hong Kong found they were tainted with the same toxic chemical blamed Read More...
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Smokers who are seeking medical treatment to give up cigarettes are more highly addicted to nicotine than smokers who sought help two decades ago, U.S. Read More...
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Sarah Mues, who lost her hands to an infection, has been accepted as a candidate to become the first woman in the world to get two transplanted hands. Read More...
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Nearly 15 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking medical care from the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department have suffered sexual trauma, from harassment Read More...
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The government is stopping part of a major study of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer — because the supplements aren't working and Read More...
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If a woman wants to drive the men wild, she might want to dress in red. Men rated a woman shown in photographs as more sexually attractive if she was wearing Read More...
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Half of U.S. doctors surveyed say they give patients placebos. But the bigger danger is the millions of off-label drugs doctors prescribe each year. Read More...
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Licking, chewing, spinning, tail-chasing and running after shadows or beams of light can be normal behaviors in dogs and cats, but in some cases they become Read More...
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Tourists traveling by plane and the growth of cities are combining to help new and old infections spread around the world, experts said. Read More...
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If fellow workers seem groggier or grumpier than usual in the mornings, they are probably losing sleep over the global financial crisis, according to new Read More...
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The following summarizes efforts that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. San Francisco: Asian Week on Wednesday profiled the partnership between Bristol-Myers Squibb and the San Francisco Hep B Free campaign, which aims to raise hepatitis Read More...
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Drug-resistant staph bacteria picked up in ordinary community settings are increasingly acquiring “superbug” powers and causing far more serious illnesses Read More...
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Americans with diabetes nearly doubled their spending on drugs for the disease in just six years, with the bill last year climbing to an eye-popping $12.5 Read More...
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Your 9-year-old's eyes hurt during homework? Your teen's a slow reader plagued with headaches? They may have a common yet often missed vision problem: Read More...
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Heart ailments, infectious diseases and cancer remain the world's top three killers, the U.N. health agency said Monday. Read More...
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Stress has been found to activate the immune system in the skin of mice, causing them to itch. The same likely holds true for humans, researchers say. Read More...
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A couple spent seven years raising their only child, a son — until he was joined by sextuplets, only the second set ever born in the city. Read More...
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The world's heaviest man has tied the knot. Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in Read More...
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During one of the most heated elections in U.S. history, party lines are dividing loved ones, including that close-but-often-contentious relationship: Read More...
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Hospital officials nationwide are being urged to consider hallway medicine as a way to ease emergency department crowding, and some are trying it. Read More...
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Two HIV drugs approved last year for patients who have developed resistance to older drugs also work well in new patients, according to the drugs’ makers Read More...
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Two experimental antibiotics appear to work safely against an increasingly common and dangerous form of infection called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Read More...
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A purple tomato genetically engineered to contain nutrients more commonly seen in dark berries helped prevent cancer in mice, British researchers said Read More...
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The discovery of excessive levels of melamine in Chinese eggs has prompted Hong Kong authorities to expand testing to include meat products imported from Read More...
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