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Parkinson's treatment shows promise in patients, study says
Chicago Tribune - 4 hours ago
By Deborah L. Shelton | Tribune reporter Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease who received deep brain stimulation showed greater improvement in movement and quality of life after six months than those treated with medication, a new study shows.
Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's disease CNN
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's U.S. News & World Report
Reuters - Columbus Dispatch - USA Today - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Beijing Woman Dies of Avian Flu
Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago
By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH SHANGHAI -- A 19-year-old Beijing woman has died of bird flu, the first human case of the virus in China since February last year, the government said Tuesday, putting public-health officials on higher alert for a possible ...
Woman dies of bird flu in China CNN
Chinese woman dies of bird flu (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com
eTaiwan News - New York Times - Reuters - China Daily
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Health Buzz: Teens Using MySpace and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report - 20 hours ago
About 54 percent of adolescents who use the social networking website MySpace often discuss sexual behavior, substance abuse, or violence on the site, according to a pair of new studies published this month in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent ...
Doc Reaches Out to Misbehaving Teens on MySpace ABC News
Teens Behaving Badly? TIME
Washington Post - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - New York Times - CNN
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Healthcare spending growth rate slows in '07: CMS report
ModernHealthcare.com - 1 hour ago
Healthcare spending grew 6.1% in 2007, representing a slight decrease in growth from 6.7% in 2006 and the slowest rate of growth in nearly a decade.
Health Care Spending in US Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade Washington Post
Health Spending Slows, but Will It Last? WebMD
Reuters - Bizjournals.com - Los Angeles Times - Bloomberg
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New hope for failed obesity drug
Boston Globe - 3 hours ago
By Nicole Ostrow NEW YORK - Leptin, the appetite-suppressing drug that flunked tests for weight loss in people, is resurrecting hope with a study showing it worked better in mice when combined with other medicines.
Study raises hope for obesity treatment Reuters
Researchers Report Progress in Fight Against Fat Washington Post
Straits Times - Ivanhoe - Telegraph.co.uk - Science Daily (press release)
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Blue Shield to restore coverage for dropped Californians
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
In an attempt to settle investigations prompted by articles in The Times, the insurer agrees to reissue plans to almost 700 Californians and reimburse them for expenses that would have been covered.
Blue Cross foundation awards local grants Boston Globe
Calif. reaches settlement with Blue Shield San Francisco Chronicle
Sacramento Bee - Bizjournals.com - Central Valley Business Times - ModernHealthcare.com
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'Third-Hand' Smoke -- the Dust Finally Settles
ABC News - 15 hours ago
I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard a parent who smokes tell me, "But Dr. Spangler, I always smoke in the other room away from my children.
Warning over 'third hand smoke' BBC News
Study Captures Smoking Beliefs Harvard Crimson
Scientific American - KNWA - KLTV - Chicago Tribune
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Radon gas action needed across UK
BBC News - 11 hours ago
All new homes built in the UK should be fitted with measures to prevent the build-up of the potentially harmful gas radon, researchers have said.
1000 people die in the UK each year from easily prevented radon ... Telegraph.co.uk
Tribe Offers Free Radon Testing Fort Smith Times Record
NewsOK.com - ParamusPost.com - Science Daily (press release) - WJFW-TV
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Childhood Trauma Tied to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Washington Post - 16 hours ago
By Steven Reinberg TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are traumatized by sexual, physical or psychological abuse are more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, new research suggests.
CFS Linked to Childhood Trauma WebMD
Chronic fatigue, early trauma linked USA Today
BBC News - Bloomberg - The Tech Herald - Medical News Today
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Eat less, add flavor, lose the weight
Boston Globe - 15 hours ago
By Michael Saunders I wish the welcome belt tightening was due to my ninja-like willpower and fanatical devotion to exercise, but the reality is that I'm an eager lab rat for a clinical study that precisely calculated the amount of caloric energy ...
Some diets hurt more than they help The News Journal
What you eat can help the environment, too Atlanta Journal Constitution
Connecticut Post - USA Today - Tampabay.com - The Virginian-Pilot
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