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Health Notes: Some posit link between stress and cancer rates
New statistics from the American Cancer Society show a slight decline in cancer death rates between 2004 and 2008, but a few types of cancer are on the rise.
Figures released last week, in Jan. 2012, show a drop in cancer death rates of 1.8 percent...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Diseases and Illnesses, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Health Organizations, Obesity
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Fetal heart monitor also tracks oxygen level
A new fetal heart rate monitor goes one step further and tracks the baby's oxygen level too. This gives the physician more information so he can determine whether intervention is appropriate, experts say.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital is one of 14...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Cesarean Section, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Leslie Mann
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Is there a doctor in the house? Doctor shortage looming
CW33 NewsKim Nguyen’s childhood dream of becoming a doctor is within reach--she's one of the first 24 medical students to study at the Baylor-Dallas campus Texas A&M Health Sciences Center College of Medicine. It opened about a month ago because of the...Tags: Culture, Health and Medical Professionals, Culture, Internal Medicine, Medical Specialization
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NN students rewarded for fight against childhood obesity
Three groups of young people in Newport News have been awarded grants of up to $1,000 each for their efforts to raise awareness and action to reduce the numbers of obese children in Virginia. (Currently the national numbers hover around one in three is...Tags: Family, Diseases and Illnesses, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Obesity
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Win The War Over Vericose Veins
- An alarming 55% of all American women and 20% of American men suffer from some form of vein disorder. Whether it is unsightly, spider-resembling purple patches or bulging rope-like veins that protrude from the skin, veins can be painful, unsightly and...Tags: Liposuction, Acne, Music, Dermatologists, Music
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No rest for the weary
If you're short on time — and your goal is to burn fat — step away from the treadmill. Now get into the weight room and try supersetting your resistance training.
Supersets — a bodybuilding term gaining popularity in fitness centers &#...Tags: Music, Concerts, Music, Entertainment, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Hopkins, Lockheed aim to modernize the ICU
Johns Hopkins intensive care nurse Nelly E. Lopez spends so much of her workday monitoring patient distress alarms that she sometimes hears phantom beeps even when she is no longer on the job.
Hopkins doctors say Lopez's "alarm fatigue" shows what is...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Medical Specialization
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On medical marijuana, Maryland should go slow
With any new medical treatment, the primary consideration for doctors is the evidence — how effective is it, what are the side effects, what are the indications, what is the appropriate dose, and so on. That should go for lawmakers and regulators,...Tags: Symptoms, Frederick County (Maryland), Drug Trafficking, Symptoms, Health Treatments
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Science and censorship
![Albert Einstein once said the reason he was able to accomplish so much was because he had "stood on the shoulders of giants" like Newton and Galileo. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist's remark was a reminder how much scientists depend on discoveries made by others. The system depends on the free and unfettered exchange of ideas, which is why the government's effort to restrict publication of research that it says could be used by terrorists has sparked a controversy over how to balance the need for openness against concerns that certain kinds of information might be misused.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/67006335-27075952.jpg "Albert Einstein once said the reason he was able to accomplish so much was because he had "stood on the shoulders of giants\" like Newton and Galileo. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist's remark was a reminder how much scientists depend on discoveries made by others. The system depends on the free and unfettered exchange of ideas, which is why the government's effort to restrict publication of research that it says could be used by terrorists has sparked a controversy over how to balance the need for openness against concerns that certain kinds of information might be misused.")
Albert Einstein once said the reason he was able to accomplish so much was because he had "stood on the shoulders of giants" like Newton and Galileo. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist's remark was a reminder how much scientists depend on discoveries...Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Defense, Galileo Galilei, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vaccines
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New research shows successful treatment of gram-negative mastitis
MADISON, N.J. - Research from Cornell University, recently published in the Journal of Dairy Science,1 shows an 89 percent cure rate of mild or moderate Escherichia coli mastitis infections - characterized by the cow not being sick or off feed, but with...Tags: E. coli Infection, Cornell University, Research, Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration
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Animal Activists Protest Biomedical Research Facility
FOX 17 ReporterAnimal rights activists gathered in Muskegon Thursday in protest, outside of Northern Biomedical Research, Inc., 930 W. Sherman Blvd. The group is upset about the use of animals for medical testing. Northern Biomedical Research (NBR), said in a news...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, WXMI, Diseases and Illnesses, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Avastin shown to slow ovarian cancer
A new international study shows that treating ovarian cancer with Avastin delays the disease progression and may improve survival. The drug, generically called bevacizumab, seemed to keep the disease from returning for two months. It was delayed five...Tags: Chemotherapy, Diseases and Illnesses, Diseases and Illnesses, Oncology, Ovarian Cancer
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