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| Health Tip: Keep GERD Under Control
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| HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GERD)
occurs when a valve in the esophagus opens spontaneously, and stomach
contents rise up into the esophagus. It can be controlled with a doctor's
treatment plan, which is likely to include medication. -- read full article |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:03:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| NY considers creating 'organ-removal' ambulance
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| AP - Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve the body so that the organs might be taken for transplant. -- read full article |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:14:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs
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| HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials have
started a safety review of a class of drugs known as tumor necrosis factor
(TNF) blockers, which are widely prescribed to treat autoimmune disorders
such as rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's
disease. -- read full article |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:47:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Bladder and dementia therapy may be incompatible
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| Reuters - In a study of elderly nursing
home patients, those who took medications for dementia called
cholinesterase inhibitors and medications for incontinence
called anticholinergics at the same time had a 50 percent
faster decline in function than those who were being treated
only for dementia. -- read full article |
| Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:27:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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