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Pelosi gives health care bill’s main points before Sunday’s vote House Speaker Nancy Pelosi highlights the health care reform plan at the Capitol on Thursday. Washington (CNN) -- Democratic congressional leaders unveiled their long-awaited $940 billion compromise health care plan Thursday...
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How does the use of the emergency room figure into health care reform? BARACK OBAMA and allied supporters of Democratic health-care plans say that one reason the system needs change is that the uninsured find care anyway—via the emergency room—driving costs up. But is it true? A recently...
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Sensitivity to Warfarin determined by genetic test Doctors say it can take weeks of blood tests and dose adjustments to determine the right Warfarin dose for patients The clinical study led by two leading medical researchers -- Medco Research Institute specializing in pharmacy care, and the Mayo Clinic...
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Crime-fighters may someday track a suspect’s bacteria Steve Miller, CIRES A new technique developed at CU‑Boulder to identify individuals by the unique communities of hand bacteria they leave behind on objects they have handled may prove to be a valuable forensic tool in the future. CSIs may one...
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Abbott Laboratories shows the MitraClip, on sale in Europe Graphic shows a procedure that clamps a leaking heart valve This undated illustration made available by Abbott Laboratories shows the MitraClip extending into the left ventricle. The clip, a fabric-covered clothespin, inserted through a blood...
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WTC responders reach settlement with NYC Pool photo by Stan Honda Firefighters worked at the ruins of the World Trade Center in New York in Oct. 2001. A settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers at ground zero who sued the city over damage...
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Eprotirome may replace statins in the future The new pill is expected to do the same job as statins but without giving patients unpleasant side effects A cholesterol-busting pill that could cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes without the unpleasant side-effects of statins has been developed by...
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Canadian study: flu vaccine for school-aged children may be a key to “herd immunity” Vaccinating children against flu reduces influenza transmission in the wider community, a study carried out in Hutterite colonies in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba found. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press...
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Moderate drinking may help women stay thin David Silverman, Getty Images A new study published in the March 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine found that drinking alcohol in moderation may help women stay thin. Here, an Israeli woman tastes a red wine at an exhibition in Tel Aviv, Israel, last...
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University of Michigan scientists discover HIV hides in the bone marrow University of Michigan scientists have identified a new reservoir for hidden HIV-infected cells that can serve as a factory for new infections. The findings, which appear online today in Nature Medicine , indicate a new target for...