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Health Buzz: Popular Osteoporosis Drugs Linked to Cancer Risk

U.S. News & World Report - Angela Haupt - ‎2 hours ago‎
Drugs taken by millions of Americans to help strengthen weak bones may raise the risk of esophageal cancer, new research suggests.

Employees Pay More and Get Less from Medical Coverage

MedPage Today - Emily P. Walker - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON -- Workers are paying 14% more for their employer-sponsored plans than they did last year as a bigger chunk of healthcare costs shifted from employers to employees, according to a ...

Salmonella outbreak spurs push against industrial farms

USA Today - Elizabeth Weise - ‎43 minutes ago‎
By Anne Ryan, USA TODAY By Anne Ryan, USA TODAY By Anne Ryan, USA TODAY By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY PEARL CITY, Ill. - There is nothing small scale about Pearl Valley Eggs, deep in the heart of Illinois farm country.

4.7 Million Uninsured But Eligible Children Not In Medicaid Or CHIP

Medical News Today - ‎49 minutes ago‎
There are still about 4.7 million uninsured American children who are eligible for CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) or Medicaid and are not enrolled, says a new report published in the journal Health Affairs.

Health Highlights: Sept. 3, 2010

BusinessWeek - ‎1 hour ago‎
An experimental anti-malaria drug that appears to be more powerful than current treatments may soon be ready for human clinical trials, according to scientists.

Smoking Indonesian boy quits the habit

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎1 hour ago‎
A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after intensive therapy. Ardi Rizal, who lives in the South Sumatran fishing village of Musi Banyuasin, appeared on the internet in May, drawing attention to ...

Catherina Zeta-Jones Angry at Doctors Over Husband's Cancer Diagnosis

CBS News - Jessica Derschowitz - ‎2 hours ago‎
Actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones attend the The 2009 Women of the Year hosted by Glamour Magazine at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 9, 2009, in New York.

West Nile virus kills 15 in Greece, health officials say

CNN - ‎4 hours ago‎
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- West Nile Virus has killed 15 people in northern Greece and sickened 158 others, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

Drinking and tanning for cancer research? Some call industry funding toxic

Seattle Times - Kristi Heim - ‎53 minutes ago‎
Should a nonprofit cancer research center partner with the maker of an alcoholic beverage to raise money for breast cancer? The more wine consumed, the more funds for fighting cancer, goes the logic.

NPR: America On (More) Drugs

WBUR - ‎1 hour ago‎
All news about the cost of care and the business of medicine from hospitals,' doctors' and patients' perspectives. What are the lawmakers, and other state and federal officials, up to when it comes to health reform laws?

Group: Half of Calif. health workers got flu shots

BusinessWeek - ‎3 hours ago‎
A consumer group has found that just over half of California health care workers received flu shots during the 2008-2009 flu season.

Indiana to get share of Botox settlement

BusinessWeek - ‎3 hours ago‎
Indiana's attorney general says a pharmaceutical company that makes Botox will pay the state nearly $636000 in a civil settlement.

Experimental TB Test Called Fast and Accurate

BusinessWeek - Steven Reinberg - ‎21 hours ago‎
THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental test that can diagnose tuberculosis in less than two hours, making only one doctor visit necessary before treatment starts, is being hailed as a potentially significant advance ...

Double Hand Transplant Patient Shows New Hands

NPR - ‎21 hours ago‎
by AP Enlarge AP Dr. Richard Edwards, left, is greeted by Dr. Joseph Kutz who shakes one of Edwards' new hands during a news conference at Jewish Hospital in Louisville Thursday, Sept.

Gene-Altered Salmon Won't Harm Other Fish, FDA Says

BusinessWeek - Molly Peterson - ‎2 hours ago‎
Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc.'s genetically engineered salmon are safe to eat and unlikely to harm the environment, said US regulators weighing whether to approve the first gene-altered animal for human ...
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A Rich Cognitive Life "Squares the Curve" of Decline Leading to Dementia

Medscape - Susan Jeffrey - ‎4 hours ago‎
September 3, 2010 - A new study finds that mentally stimulating activities may "square the curve" of cognitive decline by significantly delaying the onset of dementia, although the reprieve from symptoms may be followed by more rapid deterioration ...

PTSD May Be Risk Factor for Dementia

MedPage Today - John Gever - ‎1 hour ago‎
Note that if causality is eventually determined, it would have major implications as it would be possible that many other groups suffering from PTSD would also be at risk for dementia.

Schools ban bracelets promoting cancer awareness

USA Today - Jeff Martin - ‎Aug 31, 2010‎
By Devin Wagner, Argus Leader By Jeff Martin, USA TODAY SIOUX FALLS, SD - Cancer has ravaged several of Ann Aberson's relatives, so she doesn't have a problem with her two teenage daughters wearing bracelets to raise awareness of breast cancer.

Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer's Drugs

New York Times - Gina Kolata - ‎Sep 1, 2010‎
In a year when news about Alzheimer's disease seems to whipsaw between encouraging and disheartening, a new discovery by an 84-year-old scientist has illuminated a new direction.

Men With Insomnia May Have Higher Death Risk

WebMD - Daniel J. DeNoon - ‎9 hours ago‎
Sept. 2, 2010 - Men with insomnia have a fourfold higher death rate than normal sleepers who get at least 6 hours sleep a night, a 14-year study finds.
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