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 Exercise May Cut Alzheimer's Risk
Want to keep this page handy for later? Click Save to My Home and we'll add it to your My Home area. by Christine Kennard Research published in the July 15 edition of the Medical Journal of Neurology, shows that people with Alzheimer's who are less fit ...
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 Woman Awakens From Surgery to Find Panty-Line Tattoo
A New Jersey woman has sued her orthopedic surgeon after awakening from surgery to find a temporary tattoo below her panty line. Elizabeth Mateo, of Camden County, NJ, filed her lawsuit Tuesday saying she found "a temporary tattoo of a red rose" below ...
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 DeBakey to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery
The burial service for Dr. Michael E. DeBakey will be held at 10 am on July 18, at Arlington National Cemetery. The memorial service is today at 1 pm at Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 1111 St.
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 Congress, Overriding Bush, Blocks Pay Cut for Doctors
Lawmakers backing the bill held a Capitol Hill rally on Tuesday before the veto override. By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a bill protecting doctors from a Medicare pay cut, but both houses of Congress swiftly overrode the ...
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 Drug Combo Improves Remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis
WEDNESDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis benefited from combining the drugs methotrexate and Enbrel (etanercept), new research found.
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 No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths
WEDNESDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Updated findings from an analysis of existing research continue to suggest that the oft-touted monthly breast self-exam may actually do more harm than good.
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 Genetic Trait Boosts AIDS Risks in Blacks
By Randy Dotinga WEDNESDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that people of African descent are much more likely to have a genetic trait that makes them more susceptible to infection with the HIV virus.
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 Signals a New Era; Pensions to Increase by $300 a Month
By VANESSA FUHRMANS and THEO FRANCIS General Motors Corp.'s move to eliminate retiree health benefits for salaried workers is a sobering signal to the rest of the US work force: Even those who are in or near retirement shouldn't count on keeping the ...
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 Bush administration drafting new limits on abortion
In a move that critics say is intended to further tighten restrictions on abortion, the Bush administration is considering a regulation that would allow any healthcare provider to refuse to deliver medical services that violate the worker's moral ...
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 New Advice On Breast Self-Exams
Doing a breast self-exam doesn't improve breast cancer survival, and it makes biopsies of benign breast lumps more likely, an updated research review shows.
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