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Cholesterol, BP Control Does Little Good for Diabetics

ABC News - Crystal Phend, Peggy Peck - ‎7 hours ago‎
Research findings released today have dashed doctors' hopes that intensive blood pressure and blood fat management could drive down diabetics' higher risks of heart problems.

Abbott Heart Device Gains

Wall Street Journal - Jonathan D. Rockoff - ‎2 hours ago‎
An Abbott Laboratories device to repair damaged heart valves proved much safer than the open-heart surgery normally used, but was somewhat less effective, a pivotal study found.

Search for Better Diabetes Therapy Falls Short

Wall Street Journal - Ron Winslow - ‎2 hours ago‎
ATLANTA—New strategies to prevent and treat diabetes and heart disease failed to improve care in two major studies, frustrating researchers' efforts to find more-effective approaches to the world's burgeoning diabetes epidemic.

3 Rulings Find No Link to Vaccines and Autism

New York Times - Donald G. McNeil Jr - ‎Mar 12, 2010‎
In a further blow to the antivaccine movement, three judges ruled Friday in three separate cases that thimerosal, a preservative containing mercury, does not cause autism.

Experts say even Obama getting too many med tests

The Associated Press - Lindsey Tanner - ‎Mar 12, 2010‎
CHICAGO - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated.

More Evidence That Swings in Blood Pressure Raise Stroke Risk

BusinessWeek - ‎2 hours ago‎
SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) --Following on recent, similar research, a large five-year study points to fluctuations in blood pressure over time as a key indicator of stroke risk.

CPSC Cautions Infant Deaths Caused by Baby Sling Carriers

HealthCMI - ‎6 hours ago‎
The CPSC (US Consumer Product Safety Commission) has identified 14 deaths associated with sling-style infant carriers. Three infants died in 2009 and 12 deaths involved babies under 4 months of age.

Daylight Savings Time Calls for More Than One Change

KAVU - Audrey Castoreno - ‎2 hours ago‎
With the time change that occurred last night fire authorities are wanting to remind people to change their batteries in their smoke alarms.

Plavix gets new FDA warning

Reuters - Lisa Richwine, JoAnne Allen - ‎Mar 12, 2010‎
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The blockbuster anti-clotting drug Plavix will carry a new warning about patients who have a poor response to the drug because they do not break it down well, US regulators said on Friday.

Broward events to raise funds for cancer research

MiamiHerald.com - Eileen Soler - ‎20 hours ago‎
Thousands of Broward residents and friends will join a series of fun all-night fundraisers to defeat cancer. BY EILEEN SOLER Donna Biederman pushed her mother's empty wheelchair around a track in the recent Relay for Life at ArtsPark at Young Circle, ...
Relay goes for gold Pierce County Herald

Skyrocketing health premiums drawing scrutiny from states

American Medical News - Emily Berry - ‎4 hours ago‎
As criticism of insurers continues in Washington, DC, states introduce new rules aimed at curbing rate increases. By Emily Berry, amednews staff.

Roche's Prostate Cancer Drug Fails in a Trial

New York Times - ‎Mar 12, 2010‎
Roche Holding, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, said on Friday that its cancer drug Avastin did not help men with late-stage prostate cancer live longer in a clinical trial, another setback as the company tries to extend use of the blockbuster drug ...

Alzheimer's report sees growing problems

SW Iowa News - Tim Johnson - ‎19 hours ago‎
Alzheimer's disease continues to grow and place a heavy burden on families, government agencies and the healthcare system, according to a report published by the Alzheimer's Association.

Oologah Congregation Praying For Meningitis Victims & Families

News On 6 - Jeffrey Smith - ‎2 hours ago‎
"It's just tragic because (Andrew Thomas) was so young, because he had his whole future and his whole life ahead of him, and now that's gone," said Debra Henry, Youth Pastor at Oologah Assembly of God.

New Numbers for Swine Flu

New York Times - Donald G. McNeil Jr - ‎Mar 12, 2010‎
About 12000 Americans died from swine flu between its emergence last April until mid-February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated on Friday.

Surgeon to speak on prevention, treatment of colorectal cancer

Coldwater Daily Reporter - ‎4 minutes ago‎
By Anonymous Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The disease surpasses both breast and prostate cancer in mortality, and second only to lung cancer in numbers of cancer deaths.

Free dental care offered in Middletown today

Middletown Press - ‎10 hours ago‎
MIDDLETOWN - Thousands of people showed up to get free dental care Friday and Saturday as the Connecticut Mission of Mercy offered a two-day clinic in the city.

SF judge gives prosecutors a week to retest drugs

San Jose Mercury News - ‎Mar 13, 2010‎
AP SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco judge has given prosecutors a week to retest drug samples in 35 pending narcotics cases following allegations that a technician at the police department's drug lab stole cocaine evidence.

Knee Replacements: Are You Too Young, Too Old, Too Fat, or Too Active?

U.S. News & World Report - Sarah Baldauf - ‎Mar 12, 2010‎
Getting a new knee because the original has worn out and may have become painfully arthritic is an increasingly common surgery in America.

Warnings of financial crisis at Jackson Health Trust went unheeded for months

MiamiHerald.com - Jay Weaver - ‎20 hours ago‎
A Miami-Dade Public Health Trust member warned the system's top financial officer of an impending `perfect storm' of failed finances.
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