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Proponents of the Massachusetts health insurance law "underestimated costs and overestimated revenue," which has "obliged the state to spend more to subsidize insurance" to keep the "law's promises," Alan Sager and Deborah Socolar, directors of the Health Reform Program at the Boston University Sch read more »
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Eating a half serving a day of soy-based foods could be enough to significantly lower a man's sperm count, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by norma 1 day 49 minutes ago (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com)
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Discover MagazineTobacco Plants Can “Grow” a Vaccine to Fight LymphomaDiscover Magazine - Jul 22, 2008Researchers say they have turned a tobacco plant into a living factory that can produce individualized vaccines to fight a type of cancer known as follicular lymphoma. read more »
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A new study shows that deep brain stimulation can improve life for those with treatment-resistant depression. read more »
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BBC NewsBig Names Team Up On TobaccoTampa Tribune - 44 minutes agoWASHINGTON - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Wednesday they will together provide $500 million to fight tobacco use around the world, especially in developing countries where smoking rates read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by ffnstuff 2 days ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
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In an ironic twist to the relationship between tobacco and human health, it would seem that the future of the plant may lie in growing vaccines against cancer. read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by oswegoguy 2 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com) | Health Tags: hiv
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year. read more »
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Viagra helpful to women on antidepressants, study findsLos Angeles Times - 1 hour agoIn a small study, 72% of those on SSRIs -- which can have debilitating sexual side effects -- reported improvement when taking the male impotence drug.Viagra offers help to some women Minneapolis Star Tribune read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by ffnstuff 3 days ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
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Scientists who develop new drugs are closely following the progress through clinical trials of a cache of drugs developed with counter-intuitive strategy that defies conventional wisdom, according to an article scheduled for the July 21 issue of Chemical & Engineering News. read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by webmatt 2 days ago (http://www.newsday.com) | Health Tags: salmonella salmonella strain food-borne illness
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Federal health inspectors have found a Mexican-grown jalapeño pepper in a Texas produce facility tainted with the identical salmonella strain linked to 1251 cases of food-borne illness nationwide. read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by ffnstuff 4 days ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
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Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in The Lancet (18 July) by researchers from Imperial College London. Emerging evidence suggests that particular drugs may benefit people f read more »
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Blood levels critical at area hospitalsMarshall News Messenger - 1 hour agoBy Staff Reports, News Messenger The daily demand for blood during the summer keeps blood centers working to collect donations apace with the need.Blood drive set for Aug. 1 Ennis Daily NewsStewart Center In Need Of Mor read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by oswegoguy 4 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com) | Health Tags: lung cancer
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Canadian researchers have taken steps toward developing a gene test to determine whether a patient's lung cancer is especially aggressive, or whether radical treatment can be avoided. read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by ffnstuff 5 days ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
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The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention is pleased to announce that its chief science officer, Darrell Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D., will be honored with the American College of Clinical Pharmacology's (ACCP) Nathaniel T. Kwit Memorial Distinguished Service Award at the 2008 ACCP Annual Meeting in Philad read more »
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Health News | Avatar Posted by webmatt 4 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
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The Money TimesPlans for Human Trial of HIV Vaccine CanceledNew York Times - Jul 17, 2008By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN Plans for a large human trial of a vaccine against the AIDS virus in the United States were canceled on Thursday because federal health officials said the vaccine was unlikely to prov read more »
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