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Human Papilloma Virus: FDA Okays Vaccine for Anal Cancer
CBS News (CBS) Doctors have a new weapon in the war on cancer, now that the FDA has green-lighted a vaccine to prevent anal cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). The Gardasil HPV vaccine, made by Merck, is approved for children and young adults … Anal cancer vaccine approved Merck's Gardasil nabs anal cancer indication; FDA reviews growth-hormone meds; Anal cancer vax gets FDA green light |
Dec 23 2010
Human Papilloma Virus: FDA Okays Vaccine for Anal Cancer – CBS News
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Dec 23 2010
Human Papilloma Virus: FDA Okays Vaccine for Anal Cancer – CBS News
CBS News |
Human Papilloma Virus: FDA Okays Vaccine for Anal Cancer
CBS News (CBS) Doctors have a new weapon in the war on cancer, now that the FDA has green-lighted a vaccine to prevent anal cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). The Gardasil HPV vaccine, made by Merck, is approved for children and young adults … Anal cancer vaccine approved Merck's Gardasil nabs anal cancer indication; FDA reviews growth-hormone meds; Anal cancer vax gets FDA green light |
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Dec 23 2010
Human Papilloma Virus: FDA Okays Vaccine for Anal Cancer – CBS News
CBS News |
Human Papilloma Virus: FDA Okays Vaccine for Anal Cancer
CBS News (CBS) Doctors have a new weapon in the war on cancer, now that the FDA has green-lighted a vaccine to prevent anal cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). The Gardasil HPV vaccine, made by Merck, is approved for children and young adults … Anal cancer vaccine approved Merck's Gardasil nabs anal cancer indication; FDA reviews growth-hormone meds; Anal cancer vax gets FDA green light |
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Dec 23 2010
Human Papilloma Virus: FDA Okays Vaccine for Anal Cancer – CBS News
CBS News |
Human Papilloma Virus: FDA Okays Vaccine for Anal Cancer
CBS News (CBS) Doctors have a new weapon in the war on cancer, now that the FDA has green-lighted a vaccine to prevent anal cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). The Gardasil HPV vaccine, made by Merck, is approved for children and young adults … Anal cancer vaccine approved Merck's Gardasil nabs anal cancer indication; FDA reviews growth-hormone meds; Anal cancer vax gets FDA green light |
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Dec 23 2010
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know – CBS News
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know
CBS News (CBS) Imagine your doctor gives you fake medication and tells you it's nothing more than a sugar pill. Would it still work? Incredibly, according to a new study of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, the placebo effect, even when patients were in … Knowingly taking a placebo helps, study finds Placebos Work Even When You Know Placebos work, even when patients are in the know, study finds |
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Dec 23 2010
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know – CBS News
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know
CBS News (CBS) Imagine your doctor gives you fake medication and tells you it's nothing more than a sugar pill. Would it still work? Incredibly, according to a new study of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, the placebo effect, even when patients were in … Knowingly taking a placebo helps, study finds Placebos Work Even When You Know Placebos work, even when patients are in the know, study finds |
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Dec 23 2010
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know – CBS News
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know
CBS News (CBS) Imagine your doctor gives you fake medication and tells you it's nothing more than a sugar pill. Would it still work? Incredibly, according to a new study of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, the placebo effect, even when patients were in … Knowingly taking a placebo helps, study finds Placebos Work Even When You Know Placebos work, even when patients are in the know, study finds |
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Dec 23 2010
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know – CBS News
The Guardian |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know
CBS News (CBS) Imagine your doctor gives you fake medication and tells you it's nothing more than a sugar pill. Would it still work? Incredibly, according to a new study of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, the placebo effect, even when patients were in … Knowingly taking a placebo helps, study finds Placebos Work Even When You Know Placebos work, even when patients are in the know, study finds |
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Dec 23 2010
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know – CBS News
The Guardian |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know
CBS News (CBS) Imagine your doctor gives you fake medication and tells you it's nothing more than a sugar pill. Would it still work? Incredibly, according to a new study of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, the placebo effect, even when patients were in … Knowingly taking a placebo helps, study finds Placebos Work Even When You Know Placebos work, even when patients are in the know, study finds |
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Dec 22 2010
Analysts view new insurer regulation positively – Bloomberg
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Analysts view new insurer regulation positively
Bloomberg By AP INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Analysts say a proposed new federal rule that requires health insurers to justify some rate hikes in the individual and small group markets is a positive for the industry. The Department of Health and Human Services said … Health insurers will be under government scrutiny Obama wants health insurers to defend large hikes Health insurers may have to justify large premium hikes |
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Dec 22 2010
Analysts view new insurer regulation positively – Bloomberg
Forbes (blog) |
Analysts view new insurer regulation positively
Bloomberg By AP INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Analysts say a proposed new federal rule that requires health insurers to justify some rate hikes in the individual and small group markets is a positive for the industry. The Department of Health and Human Services said … Health insurers will be under government scrutiny Obama wants health insurers to defend large hikes Health insurers may have to justify large premium hikes |
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Dec 22 2010
Cowden Syndrome Tied to Colon Cancer Risk – Doctors Lounge
 ModernMedicine |
Cowden Syndrome Tied to Colon Cancer Risk
Doctors Lounge Individuals who carry the genetic mutation that causes Cowden syndrome — associated with macrocephaly and an elevated risk of breast and thyroid cancers — are also at increased risk of colon cancer, according to a study published in the December … Germline KILLIN Methylation Common in Cowden Syndrome Epigenetic Alteration of KILLIN Linked to Increased Cancer Risk in Cowden Syndrome Gene that predisposes people to syndrome with high cancer risk identified |
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Dec 22 2010
Birthrate among teens hits record low – Washington Post
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Birthrate among teens hits record low
Washington Post The rate at which US women are having babies continued to fall between 2008 and 2009, federal officials reported Tuesday, pushing the teen birthrate to a record low and prompting a debate about whether the drop was caused by the recession, … Teen birthrate at lowest in decades Teenage Birth Rate Falls 6 Percent U.S. Teen Birth Rate Hit Record Low in 2009: CDC |
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Dec 22 2010
Senators press EPA on carcinogen in US tap water – USA Today
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Senators press EPA on carcinogen in US tap water
USA Today California's US Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, in a letter Tuesday to the EPA, said they will introduce a bill next year requiring the agency to set a standard for the chemical also known as chromium 6. EPA currently only limits total … Senators ask EPA to set chromium 6 standard EPA pledges to review chromium in tap water Water analysis raises safety issues |
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Dec 22 2010
Health insurers will be under government scrutiny – Washington Post
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Health insurers will be under government scrutiny
Washington Post By NC Aizenman The Obama administration issued rules Tuesday that will subject health insurers to unprecedented – if limited – government scrutiny of their rates, fleshing out a key provision of the health-care overhaul law. … Obama wants health insurers to defend large hikes Health insurers may have to justify large premium hikes New Regs: Health Insurers Will Be Required To Justify Large Rate Increases |
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Dec 22 2010
Health insurers will be under government scrutiny – Washington Post
Moneycontrol.com |
Health insurers will be under government scrutiny
Washington Post By NC Aizenman The Obama administration issued rules Tuesday that will subject health insurers to unprecedented – if limited – government scrutiny of their rates, fleshing out a key provision of the health-care overhaul law. … Obama wants health insurers to defend large hikes Health insurers may have to justify large premium hikes New Regs: Health Insurers Will Be Required To Justify Large Rate Increases |
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Dec 22 2010
Moms who take folic acid, iron have smarter kids – Reuters
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Moms who take folic acid, iron have smarter kids
Reuters A store worker walks past rows of herbal, vitamin and mineral pill products at a pharmacy in this file photo. By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Children in rural Nepal whose mothers were given iron and folic acid supplements during pregnancy … Iron and Folic Acid Help Kids' Brains Folic acid good for pregnant mums Folic Acid, Iron During Pregnancy Improves Children's Skills |
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Dec 22 2010
Early Alzheimer’s test ‘possible’ – BBC News
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Early Alzheimer's test 'possible'
BBC News UK experts say they may have found a way to check for Alzheimer's years before symptoms appear. A lumbar puncture test combined with a brain scan can identify patients with early tell-tale signs of dementia … Test 'can detect Alzheimer's early' Scientists discover new test that detects Alzheimer's before it takes hold Functional MRI Shows Early Connectivity Changes in Healthy APOE4 Carriers |
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Dec 22 2010
Scientists discover new test that detects Alzheimer’s before it takes hold – Daily Mail
Daily Mail |
Scientists discover new test that detects Alzheimer's before it takes hold
Daily Mail British scientists have found a new way of detecting those at high risk of Alzheimer's before symptoms develop. Tests offering an early indication of risk may allow treatments to be given when they might be more effective. … Early Alzheimer's test 'possible' Test 'can detect Alzheimer's early' Functional MRI Shows Early Connectivity Changes in Healthy APOE4 Carriers |
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Dec 22 2010
Teen birthrate hits record low – Washington Post
 Washington Post |
Teen birthrate hits record low
Washington Post The rate at which US women are having babies continued to fall between 2008 and 2009, federal officials reported Tuesday, pushing the teen birthrate to a record low and prompting a debate about whether the drop was caused by the recession, … Teen birthrate at lowest in decades U.S. Teen Birth Rate Hit Record Low in 2009: CDC CDC: Birthrates decline overall |
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Dec 22 2010
Threat to Cambodia HIV programmes – BBC News
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Threat to Cambodia HIV programmes
BBC News Health workers have warned that Cambodia's success in reducing its rate of HIV and Aids may be at risk. The US-based Results for Development Institute says that prevention and treatment programmes are too reliant … Cambodia's success in tackling HIV/AIDS threatened: study HIV testing hits record high, but CDC says more is needed CDC tries to make HIV testing routine |
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Dec 22 2010
Prenatal Micronutrients Tied to Increased Functioning – Doctors Lounge
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Prenatal Micronutrients Tied to Increased Functioning
Doctors Lounge In areas where the community diet may be lacking in iron, prenatal supplementation with iron and folic acid is associated with increased intellectual and motor functioning in offspring, according to research published in the Dec. … Moms who take folic acid, iron have smarter kids Iron, Folic Acid Support Children's Cognition Prenatal micronutrient supplementation boosts children's cognition in Nepal |
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Dec 22 2010
Health insurers may have to justify large premium hikes – Los Angeles Times
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Health insurers may have to justify large premium hikes
Los Angeles Times The Obama administration wants firms to explain increases of more than 10% a year and plans federal reviews if states can't scrutinize premiums, but the plan doesn't give authority to block hikes. By Noam N. Levey, Washington Bureau Moving to restrain … Insurer rate hikes to get fresh federal scrutiny Summary Box: Insurance Rates Face Fresh Scrutiny Sebelius's Price Controls |
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Dec 22 2010
Health insurers may have to justify large premium hikes – Los Angeles Times
Forbes (blog) |
Health insurers may have to justify large premium hikes
Los Angeles Times The Obama administration wants firms to explain increases of more than 10% a year and plans federal reviews if states can't scrutinize premiums, but the plan doesn't give authority to block hikes. By Noam N. Levey, Washington Bureau Moving to restrain … Insurer rate hikes to get fresh federal scrutiny Summary Box: Insurance Rates Face Fresh Scrutiny Sebelius's Price Controls |
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Dec 22 2010
Senators ask EPA to set chromium 6 standard – Washington Post
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Senators ask EPA to set chromium 6 standard
Washington Post AP LOS ANGELES — US Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein have called on the Environmental Protection Agency to protect the public from hexavalent chromium following a report that found the carcinogen in the tap water of 31 cities … Durbin, Kirk call for water testing Senators ask EPA to set chromium 6 standards Cancer Water: 10 Cities Threatened by Chromium-6 |
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