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The ideal of a big fat roly-poly infant may no longer be the ideal. In fact, new studies suggest that more babies today than ever are packing on so many pounds, it's putting them at risk of future health problems. Comment?
Part 2: The two-way street between heart and health. Courtesy of Harvard Health November 12, 2009 If there were such a thing as the heart bone, it would be smack in the middle of each line of the old spiritual, " Dem Bones." Once thought of as a solitary, aloof pump, the heart is now known to affect, and be affected by, all parts of the body. Comment?
Exercise has many benefits, including lowering your risk of getting type 2 diabetes, a chronic disease in which your body either doesn't manufacture enough insulin or the insulin doesn't allow glucose to enter your body's cells. Comment?
What better way to beat Walking Pneumonia than by chilling at the movies, hopped up on Zithromax, Mucinex and Milk Duds? And, dare I say, checking out Cameron Diaz' box. Comment?
Glaxo Reports Higher Revenues in Third Quarter
GlaxoSmithKline, plc reported third quarter income of 92 cents per American Depository Share , 3 cents below the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Comment?
Pharmacist - A a D' once a day will keep the Dr. away
Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. Dear Pharmacist: I read your Facebook post about vitamin D and how it works better than diabetic medications. Comment?
Early H1N1 treatment can save lives: WHO
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Nikki Shindo, a medical officer with WHOa s Global Influenza Program. Early medical treatment for H1N1 can mean the difference between life and death for people with underlying conditions as well as otherwise healthy people whose symptoms do not improve within three days, World Health Organization officials said Thursday in releasing updated ... Comment?
H1N1 a 'dud' pandemic, Ont. health official says
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The increasing cost of the H1N1 immunization campaign is attributed in part to an unexpected surge in demand late last month. Comment?
Swine flu means worst flu season in 12 years in US
Swine flu is causing the worst flu season in the United States since 1997, when current measurements started, and has killed at least 1,200 people, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. Comment?
Convicted drug dealer arrested again
A convicted drug dealer was arrested again Wednesday for allegedly selling his prescribed pain medication. Comment?
Chattanooga: Former medical examiner arrested by TBI
Bradley Countya s former medical examiner and pathologist was arrested today by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Comment?
Report Shows Pfizer Fudged Drug Studies
Clinical trials are supposed to answer a specific, predetermined scientific question, but a comparison of Pfizer ... [ News Source ] Posted in Neurontin lawsuit Comment?
Review: Reports on Pfizer Drug Studies Misleading
LINDA A. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc. Comment?
Common Heart Drug Works for Men, too
Clopidogrel is a drug commonly prescribed to prevent and treat heart disease in women, but new research may boost its popularity in treating male patients. Comment?
It's common knowledge that all women's oral contraceptives carry a percentage risk of health complications. Comment?
Survey on the swine flu
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You won't find people with masks on their faces in Yerevan, despite the fact that there are already six swine flu cases registered in the past week. Comment?
97-year-old undergoes surgery on infected toe
Ninety-seven-year-old Cora Hughes was transported from Ennis' Claystone Nursing facility to a local hospital due to a protruding bed sore on her left middle toe. Comment?
Burnley family: We want justice for Sean
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THE family of a man who was found dead in undergrowth after going missing from his home have vowed to continue their fight for a justicea for the 36-year-old. Following the discovery of window cleaner Sean Coupe in bushes near Lowerhouse Lodge, Burnley, in May 2006, his mother Kathleen has been critical of police investigations into his demise. Comment?
Massaging the Data for Neurontin?
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Derek Lowe, an Arkansan by birth, got his BA from Hendrix College and his PhD in organic chemistry from Duke before spending time in Germany on a Humboldt Fellowship on his post-doc. He's worked for several major pharmaceutical companies since 1989 on drug discovery projects against schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, osteoporosis and other ... Comment?
Plan at last to tackle 'liquid cosh' dementia drugs new
Twelve years after the Royal College of Physicans warned about the practice of "switching the patients out with the lights" in old people's homes, and a decade since the Alzheimer's Society first demanded an end to the use of the "liquid cosh", the Government yesterday announced an action plan to tackle over-prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to ... Comment?