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The Doctor's Corner: An early start on treating menopause
This is the first of a two-part series updating women of all ages on the use of hormones. It is a pleasure to be back putting pencil to paper with good news for women going through "the change." A Global Consensus Statement, hot off the press in the...Tags: Gynecology, Obstetrics, Colleges and Universities, Menopause, Harvard Medical School
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Official: Connecticut school gunman had no drugs or alcohol in system
Associated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An official says toxicology tests on the Newtown school shooter's body did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medication. Twenty-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Adam Lanza, Chemical Industry
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'Body of War' veteran who said he was ready to die says he will live on for now
The Kansas City StarKANSAS CITY, Mo. Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war veteran who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said that he has decided to live for now. "I decided I was going to hold on as long as I can until it becomes too unbearable for me,"...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Armed Conflicts, Iraq, Music, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Over 57-year career, pediatrician says, vaccines changed everything
The Orange County RegisterSANTA ANA, Calif. If you think today's world can be a perilous place for children, imagine life in the 1950s. Seat belts in cars were not widely used, much less required. A kid wearing a bike helmet would have been mocked mercilessly. The child-resistant...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Health and Medical Professionals, Orange County Register, Preventative Medicine, Human papillomavirus
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4 HIV babies born in Broward, PBC — first in years
In South Florida, home to some of the nation's worst AIDS rates, a trend worth celebrating came to a sad end last year when Broward and Palm Beach counties each reported two babies born HIV-positive. They were the first such cases since 2006 in Palm...
Tags: HIV, AIDS, Abusive Behavior, Health, Chemical Industry
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Health care concerns
I'm not statistician enough to know how much of the story U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster's editorial ("Time to repeal Obamacare," May 16) tells, but surely we agree that the existing health care system deserved overhaul. We are a sick nation, getting sicker,...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Bill Shuster, Chemical Industry
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Leapfrog health analysts hand out hospital grades
Florida's hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards and more than a third earned an A, according to a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. In the Sunshine State, 37...
Tags: Orlando Health, Kissimmee, Apopka, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), New Smyrna Beach
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Clearing the air about asthma
The Record, Stockton, Calif.Dr. Greg Bensch would like to see people change their thinking about asthma. Asthma is a chronic disease, but most people don't look at it that way. A chronic disease is a long-lasting health condition that can be controlled but not cured, such as...Tags: Diabetes, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu, Environmental Issues, Heart Disease
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Pharmacists seen as valuable members of health-care team
Tribune Media ServicesSearching for a health care career where you’ll be a trusted adviser and partner in helping improve the care of patients? Consider the field of pharmacy. Nearly three-quarters of Americans rate pharmacists as having high or very high honesty and...Tags: General Practitioners, Diabetes, Chemistry, Health and Medical Professionals, Science and Technology
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Some could have gaps in medical coverage under new law
When the national healthcare law takes full effect next year, millions of Americans risk disrupted health coverage because of common life events: getting married or divorced, having children or taking on a second job. As their family incomes change,...
Tags: Poverty, Social Issues, Diabetes, Health Insurance Cost, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Hyrdrocodone tops list as most-prescribed drug in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A powerful narcotic was the No. 1 prescribed drug among Medicare patients in West Virginia for 2010, and a Charleston neurologist was the top prescriber in the state. State doctors wrote 402,159 hydrocodone-acetaminophen...Tags: Acetaminophen (drug), Freedom of Information Act, Headaches, Omeprazole (drug), Lisinopril (drug)
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Changes to psychiatric manual ignite debate over grief, mental illness and faith
St. Louis Post-DispatchEach year 90,000 parents in the U.S. confront the profound suffering that follows the death of a child or adolescent. Some of those rely on faith to help them through their grief. Others look to psychiatrists, who offer therapy or prescribe...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatrists, Insurance, Science and Technology
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