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5 hrs ago | CBC News

Seniors on antidepressants, other sedating drugs more prone to falls: study

Seniors who take certain medications like antidepressants and sleeping pills that have a sedating effect are at greater risk of falling, say researchers, suggesting that doctors need to take more care in prescribing such drugs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Canada, Long Term Care, Health, Arthritis, Science / Technology

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Young may feel little threat from flu, but it can be lethal

While nearly every young adult who contracts H1N1 flu sheds the virus without major complications, a handful have gotten seriously ill or died - shocking their friends and families.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, University of Georgia, Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Anderson Herald-Bulletin

County confirms first HB1N1 death

Madison County has received its first report of a death caused by the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as swine flu.

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Related Topix: Madison County, IN, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Pendleton, IN

Thu Nov 19, 2009

HometownSource

Outbreaks of flu-like illness decreases in Minnesota schools

"I am optimistic that we are on the downswing of our second wave," said Dr. Ruth Lynfield, state epidemiologist.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, Minnesota Government, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Gazette-Bulletin

Influenza activity remains high in state

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has released its most recent weekly report on the impact of influenza-like illness in Kansas.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Kansas, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Health Resources

Incidence of High Cholesterol Drops in U.S.

The good news is that a new report shows the percentage of American adults with high LDL cholesterol, the "bad" kind that clogs arteries, decreased by about one-third between 1999 and 2006.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Life, Food, Nutrition

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Bioscience Technology

Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists: A Practical...

Centrifugal devices with ultrafiltration membrane can solve common problems researchers face when working with proteins.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

UH students to get swine flu vaccine

Now that students in elementary and middle schools are getting the swine flu shots, the first shipments of the vaccine are arriving at University of Hawaii clinics, the state Department of Health said.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Education Etc., University of Hawaii Manoa, Chaminade University

Fri Nov 13, 2009

CNN

The latest on cholesterol-cancer link

Most people know that healthy cholesterol levels can help protect your heart. But new research suggests another potential benefit: a lower risk of developing some types of cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Prostate Cancer

Wed Nov 11, 2009

KITV-TV

Most HI Health Care Providers Without H1N1 Vaccine

More than half the Hawaii health care providers who ordered the H1N1 vaccine have not received a single dose yet, over a month after the vaccinations began arriving in the islands, state health officials said.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

National Post

Editorial: The power of misinformation and paranoia

Environmentalists have spent the last few years declaring that Fort Chipewyan, a town of about 900 located near Alberta's Athabasca oilsands, is an example of how industrialism can run amok and poison innocents.

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Related Topix: Canada, Medicine, Opinion

Tue Nov 10, 2009

New York Times

Recalculating the Tally in Swine Flu Deaths

About 4,000 Americans - rather than about 1,200 - have died of swine flu since the disease emerged in April, according to new figures being calculated by epidemiologists for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Drugs.com

Statins May Stave Off Gallstones

Long-term use of cholesterol-lowering statins appears to reduce the incidence of gallstones and the need for surgery to prevent the excruciating pain they cause, a new study indicates.

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Related Topix: Boston University, Medicine

Mon Nov 09, 2009

HeraldTribune.com

Signs that swine flu may have peaked

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10:54 p.m. Swine flu is still rampant across Florida, but signs show the virus might be easing up, and the worst of it may even be over.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Florida, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza, Sarasota, FL

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Journal

Loser's' Harper finds winner here

NBC's "Biggest Loser" health and motivational expert, Bob Harper came close to packing the former Middle School's auditorium Saturday night.

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Related Topix: New Ulm, MN, Minneapolis, MN, Medicine, Hypertension, Health

Omaha World-Herald

Flu sufferers get own Omaha clinic

A Douglas County health official hopes the H1N1 flu is easing off in the Omaha area after hitting a peak in October.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Omaha, NE, Douglas County, NE, Medicine, Nebraska, Seward County, NE

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

State health officials push the H1N1 vaccine

State health officials encourage vulnerable groups to be inoculated for H1N1 as medicine becomes available By Helen Altonn POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 06, 2009 About 75,000 children and at least 10,000 staff and faculty members have been vaccinated in this year's seasonal flu school clinics, and state health officials hope to see the turnout ...

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Wed Nov 04, 2009

MedlinePlus

Doctors Overprescribing the Pap Test

In 2002 and 2003, screening guidelines for the cervical cancer-detecting Pap test were changed significantly, yet fewer than one-third of U.S. primary care physicians follow those guidelines, according to a recent study.

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Related Topix: Cervical Cancer, Health, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charitable Organizations, Bethesda, MD

Tue Nov 03, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

Low cholesterol may shrink risk for high-grade prostate cancer

Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer - an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Medicine, Oncology

Mon Nov 02, 2009

NBC Dallas - Fort Worth

Collin County Sees H1N1 Vaccine Shortage

Some parents hoping to protect their children from H1N1, or swine flu, are frustrated over a lack in the vaccine in Collin County .

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Collin County, TX, Medicine

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