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May24
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Mobile app helps doctors diagnose strokes

2, | Editor | May 24, 2011

When a patient suffers an acute stroke, the outcome often rests on how quickly they receive expert care. Now, by using a medical application for the iPhone or And...

May24
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What Your Hands Reveal About Your Health

1 | Editor | May 24, 2011

Our bodies are pretty good at sending out red flags when something’s wrong with our health—such as a fever due to infection or itchy hives from an allergic reaction....

May23
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Home births at highest level since 1990

1 | Editor | May 23, 2011

The number of women having babies at home increased 20% between 2004 to 2008 according to a new study in the journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care. The change is ...

May23
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Doctors: Electrical implants a big step in paralysis treatment

1 | Anna | May 23, 2011

(CNN) -- Electrical stimulation from a spinal cord implant, mimicking the signals the brain would normally transmit to move the body, has allowed a paralyzed patient...

May21
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Small steps for paralyzed man, giant leaps for treating spinal cord injurie...

1 | Sara | May 21, 2011

A device helps a man paralyzed from the waist down make an 'unprecedented' recovery, taking steps on a treadmill and regaining other key functions. The treatment cou...

May18
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Coffee ‘cuts prostate cancer risk’ US study suggests

1 | Edward | May 18, 2011

Those who drank six or more cups a day were found to be 20% less likely to develop any form of the disease - which is the most common cancer in men. They were also ...

May18
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Study: Third of hospital ERs have closed over past 20 years

1 | Editor | May 18, 2011

From 1990 to 2009, the number of hospital emergency departments in non-rural areas in the USA declined by 27%, according to a study in today's Journal of the America...

May17
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Chewing Tobacco Is Not Good For Health

1 | Anna | May 17, 2011

More than 80% of chewing tobacco products sold in England do not comply with legislation, according to a report seen by BBC News. Many chewing tobacco products do no...

May14
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Pfizer sets aside $772m for drug illness claims

1 | Sara | May 14, 2011

The drugs giant Pfizer has put aside $772m (£476m) to resolve the claims patients entered for its hormone replacement drugs that causes serious illness to many peopl...

May14
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Anti-retroviral drugs ‘help reduce’ HIV transmission

1 | Editor | May 14, 2011

Latest study about HIV said that if a person will take anti-retroviral drugs after the detection of HIV, its risks of spreading the virus to uninfected partners will...