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July 19: Midday Fix - Summer Colds
WGN NewsDr. Michael Pitt Children's Memorial Hospital Contrary to what we may often feel, the viruses that cause common colds don't have calendars. From a physiologic standpoint a cold is a cold is a cold. They are going to cause the same symptoms regardless...Tags: Discovery Communications, Inc., Symptoms, Physical Conditions, Nobel Prize Awards, Echinacea (dietary supplement)
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Eli Lilly withdrawals drug used to treat sepsis
Press ReleaseEli Lilly and Company announces the withdrawal of its Xigris product in all markets following results of the prowess-shock study, which showed the study did not meet the primary endpoint of a statistically significant reduction in 28-day all-cause...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Drugs and Medicines, European Union, Food and Drug Administration, Lilly Eli & Co
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Prostate Cancer Drug: New Lease on Life
The 33 NewsRoy Hoelscher was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1996--radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy couldn't stop it from eventually spreading to his hip, liver and chest. It's not the first time Roy has stared death in the face--he spent his 19th...Tags: Health Treatments, Cancer, Testosterone, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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MPT program gives wrong impression of Lyme disease
Dan Rodricks' article, "MPT's flawed decision on flawed film" (June 19) is on the button. Mr. Rodricks' article may have been about MPT, but it highlights what is wrong with our heath care system. The MPT film, "Under our Skin: A health Care nightmare"...Tags: Physical Conditions, Symptoms, Lyme Disease, Skin Lesion, Diseases and Illnesses
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Looking for strength in numbers
After 13 years of caring for her daughter, who woke up one morning when she was 5 with a headache and hasn't been able to walk or talk since, Pat Charleston has put her with about 300 others in a web registry of patients with mitochondrial diseases....Tags: Physical Conditions, Symptoms, Health Organizations, Stroke, Diabetes
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Lupron therapy for autism at center of embattled doctor's case
![Since Sam Wessels was diagnosed with autism at age 2, doctors have offered his mother a litany of drugs for the boy from Prozac and Ritalin to Metadate CD and Strattera, commonly used to treat ADHD. Other "alternative" medicine pitches have included special diets and even nicotine.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/62427218-16161837.jpg "Since Sam Wessels was diagnosed with autism at age 2, doctors have offered his mother a litany of drugs for the boy from Prozac and Ritalin to Metadate CD and Strattera, commonly used to treat ADHD. Other "alternative\" medicine pitches have included special diets and even nicotine.")
Since Sam Wessels was diagnosed with autism at age 2, doctors have offered his mother a litany of drugs for the boy from Prozac and Ritalin to Metadate CD and Strattera, commonly used to treat ADHD. Other "alternative" medicine pitches have included...Tags: Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Washington (U.S. state), Human Body
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Health Notes: Medical experiment or research study? They need you!
They're one and the same -- they're other names for clinical trials to determine the effectiveness of medication. They require volunteers -- usually paid a small sum for their participation -- and, according to Marvin Lipman, M.D., writing in a recent...Tags: Medical Research, Health, Diabetes, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Aromasin Cuts Risk Of Breast Cancer In Some Groups
ReutersThe estrogen-blocker Aromasin was found to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by 65 percent in post-menopausal women at high risk for breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday. A late-stage trial of 4,560 post-menopausal women who were at...Tags: Cancer, Breast Cancer, New York, Diseases and Illnesses, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Two new drugs extend survival for Melanoma patients
For the first time, patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer have two new treatment options that prolong survival, according to new research presented at a cancer conference in Chicago on Sunday. One drug specifically targets a mutated gene that...Tags: Cancer, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Breast Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Pennsylvania
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Our View: Releasing state inmates to county jails is least of our worries
It’s probably safe to say no one wants to see dozens, maybe even hundreds — frankly we have no idea the amount — of lower-level offenders released from state prisons and shifted to our county jail.
The county lock-up is an aging...Tags: Vehicles, California, U.S. Supreme Court, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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