AP – In a triumph for President Barack Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee Friday night and cleared the way for a September showdown in the House.
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Reuters – Diabetics who took the drug metformin, which makes the body process insulin better, had a 62 percent lower risk of pancreatic cancer compared to those who had never received it, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a triumph for President Barack Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee Friday night and cleared the way for a September showdown in the House….
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After a bruising struggle, Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of passage in a key congressional committee on Friday, clearing the way for a September showdown in the House on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority….
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AP – Democrats sought to limit increases in the cost of insurance sold under a sweeping health care bill Friday as they labored to clear the final committee obstacle to a September showdown on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.
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Reuters – African-Americans diagnosed before 2000 with a very rare kind of tumor found in or near the digestive tract were less likely than other races to receive surgery, and even when they did have surgery, they were more likely to die of the cancer. Today, however, African-Americans with these tumors have outcomes equivalent to [...]
Reuters – The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday it will increase testing parts of steaks and other meat cuts used to make ground beef as the government steps up efforts to reduce the spread of E. coli bacteria in food.
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Reuters – Some good news on some cancers: During the last decade, deaths from stomach cancer have declined in most areas of the world, according to a new study.
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Reuters – Women who live in counties with a mammography facility are three times as likely to have received the test in the past two years than women in counties without these facilities, new research in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows.
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Reuters – Democrats pushed healthcare reform legislation forward in a key congressional panel on Friday but the battle over President Barack Obama’s top policy goal looked ready to move outside Washington as lawmakers prepared for a month-long break.
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Reuters – Green tea is safe and may taste delicious, but if you’re counting on it to prevent cancer, you may want to reconsider: A new review of studies including more than 1.6 million people has found limited evidence that green tea might help prevent some types of cancer.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After a bruising struggle, Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of passage in a key congressional committee on Friday, clearing the way for a September showdown in the House on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority….
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Reuters – Children whose mothers had morning sickness during pregnancy may go on to have sharper minds than their peers, a small study suggests.
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Reuters – Preparing as much as possible for surgery would seem to make sense, but in one case — using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to plan breast cancer surgery – it may do more harm than good, according to a new study.
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Reuters – Plastic surgeons rely on their hands for a living, but not all of them are clear on how to best keep those hands clean, a small study suggests.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com:
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HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Children as young as 9 years
old can and should learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Austrian
researchers say.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are taking steps to limit annual price increases for insurance policies sold under a sweeping bill to extend health care to nearly all the 50 million uninsured Americans, officials told The Associated Press on Friday….
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — An estimated 50 million, or
42 percent, of the 120 million visits made in 2006 to U.S. hospital
emergency departments were billed to the Medicaid and Medicare programs,
according to a U.S. government report released Thursday.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Managing your child’s diabetes is
challenging enough, but it’s compounded when the youngster becomes sick
from something else.
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — A growing number of
Americans now have a positive opinion on psychiatric medications, a new
study contends.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — While most instances of constipation aren’t
serious, occasionally, cases of infrequent or difficult bowel movements
should be evaluated by a doctor.
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