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Cigna President Letter Regarding Liver Transplant Tragedy |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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"You have undoubtedly read or heard the tragic story of Nataline Sarkisyan, and we know that all of our hearts go out to her family and friends during this sad time. [click link for full article] |
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Uninsured Who Then Get Medicare Coverage Have Improved Health |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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People who were previously uninsured and then got Medicare coverage enjoyed better health, particularly people with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, says an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), December 26th issue. [click link for full article] |
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People Transient Neurological Attacks Have A Higher Risk For Stroke |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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If your suffer from temporary amnesia or confusion - transient neurological attacks (TNAs) - you may have a higher risk of developing a stroke, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), December 12 issue. TNAs are less than 24 hours long; they are episodes of temporary neurological symptoms. [click link for full article] |
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Hispanic Women Have Highest Breast Cancer Risk |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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Hispanic women in the USA have the highest risk of developing breast cancer while Asian American women have the lowest. A study of many US racial and ethnic groups found that Hispanic 3.5% of Hispanic women who were examined have the BRCA1 gene mutation which is linked to breast cancer, while the prevalence for Asian women in the USA is 0. [click link for full article] |
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Cyclists: Keep On Pedaling But Beware Below |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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More and more people are riding bicycles for exercise and recreation. Heightened interest in the sport brings along an increased possibility of lower body injuries. [click link for full article] |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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For men and women over age 80, hip replacement surgery may still be a viable option, according to a study published in the December 2007 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Patients 80 and older are experiencing hip replacement outcomes comparable to those of their younger counterparts. [click link for full article] |
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Inhaled Insulin - 'Transition' Programme Put In Place, UK |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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Following talks with Diabetes UK, Pfizer has announced that it is putting in place an extended 'transition' programme to supply Exubera (inhaled insulin) for a up to 12 further months, depending on existing stock levels and expiry dates. [click link for full article] |
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Raised Public Awareness Of Hepatitis C Leads To 10% Increase In Diagnoses |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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The number of newly diagnosed cases of hepatitis C infection in England reached 8,346 in 2006 - 10% higher than in 2005 - according to latest figures released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA). The HPA's annual report for 2007 on hepatitis C suggests that the effort to raise awareness of hepatitis C is encouraging more people to be tested. [click link for full article] |
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Skin Color Evolution In Fish And Humans Generated By Same Genetic Machinery |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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When humans began to migrate out of Africa about 100,000 years ago, their skin color gradually changed to adapt to their new environments. And when the last Ice Age ended about 10,000 years ago, marine ancestors of ocean-dwelling stickleback fish experienced dramatic changes in skin coloring as they colonized newly formed lakes and streams. [click link for full article] |
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English-Language Journal On Musculoskeletal Surgery Joins Springer's Expanding Orthopedics Program |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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Springer, one of the leading STM publishers, will begin publishing La Chirurgia degli Organi de Movimento: Musculoskeletal Surgery in December 2007. The journal is the official publication of the Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, one of the most renowned orthopedic institutes in Europe. It is published three times a year entirely in English. [click link for full article] |
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Forecasts Of Air Quality May Be Added To Weather Broadcasts |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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Weather broadcasts have long been a staple for people planning their day. Now with the help of NASA satellites, researchers are working to broaden daily forecasts to include predictions of air quality, a feat that is becoming reality in some parts of the world. [click link for full article] |
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Boston University Medical Center Researcher Honored |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, was recently awarded the 2007 Eli Lilly Lecturer Award from the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (CSEM). Holick, an internationally recognized expert in vitamin D and skin research, received the award for decades of pioneering work that elucidated the important role vitamin D plays in a wide variety of chronic health conditions. [click link for full article] |
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Humans May Differ From Most Primates In Experiencing A Lengthy Post-reproductive Period |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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A pioneering study of wild chimpanzees has found that these close human relatives do not routinely experience menopause, rebutting previous studies of captive individuals which had postulated that female chimpanzees reach reproductive senescence at 35 to 40 years of age. [click link for full article] |
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Bad Breath More Prevalent In Overweight People, TAU Study Finds |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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Now there's another good reason to go on that diet after the holidays. Tel Aviv University researchers have published a study that finds a direct link between obesity and bad breath: the more overweight you are, the more likely your breath will smell unpleasant to those around you.The research, led by breath expert Prof. [click link for full article] |
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Poor Americans In The United States Suffer Hidden Burden Of Parasitic And Other Neglected Diseases |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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Large numbers of the poorest Americans living in the United States are suffering from some of the same parasitic infections that affect the poor in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, says the Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. [click link for full article] |
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New Screening Strategy For Detection Of Chagas Disease In Children |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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A new targeted screening strategy could make the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease more feasible in low-resource settings, concludes a new study, publishing on December 26, 2007, in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. [click link for full article] |
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Supplemental New Drug Application For PREZISTA? Submitted To U.S. Food And Drug Administration |
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Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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Tibotec, Inc., announced it has submitted a Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the protease inhibitor (PI) PREZISTA?(darunavir), which seeks traditional approval and an expanded indication to include human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected, treatment-naïve adults. [click link for full article] |
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Oral Anti Diabetic Substance Discovered |
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Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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Research in the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Science and Science Education of the University of Haifa has discovered a substance that may become an oral treatment for diabetes and its complications. The substance, which is derived from yeast, is called Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF). [click link for full article] |
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Moss Is A Super Model For Feeding The Hungry |
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Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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One of the simplest plants on the planet could help scientists create crops to survive the ravages of drought.The moss Physcomitrella patens is a primitive plant, similar to the first plants which began to grow on land around 450 million years ago. Just one cell thick, these early plants had to adapt to withstand cold, heat and drought without roots or complex leaves. [click link for full article] |
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New Research Alters Concept Of How Circadian Clock Functions |
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Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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Scientists from the University of Cambridge have identified a molecule that may govern how the circadian clock in plants responds to environmental changes.The researchers have discovered that a signalling molecule, known to be important for environmental stress signalling in plants, also regulates their circadian clock. [click link for full article] |
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