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| Laparoscopic gastric bypass provides better results
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| Reuters - Performing gastric bypass
surgery to reduce the weight of morbidly obese patients using a
laparoscopic method, rather than the conventional more invasive
"open" abdominal method, reduces postoperative complications,
the need for a second operation, and shortens hospital stays,
new research shows. Nevertheless, laparoscopic gastric bypass
is more expensive. -- read full article |
| Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:15:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Physical fitness may slow Alzheimer brain atrophy
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| AP - Getting a lot of exercise may help slow brain shrinkage in people with early Alzheimer's disease, a preliminary study suggests. Analysis found that participants who were more physically fit had less brain shrinkage than less-fit participants. However, they didn't do significantly better on tests for mental performance. -- read full article |
| Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:43:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low
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| HealthDay - MONDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Only half of U.S. men and women
older than 50 are getting screened for colorectal cancer, despite the
success these tests have in reducing deaths linked to the disease, a new
report says. -- read full article |
| Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:47:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Group to demand US clear Mexican tomatoes
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| AP - Mexico's health secretary says a team of health and agriculture officials has traveled to the United States to demand that Mexican tomatoes be cleared of any suspicion in a recent salmonella outbreak. -- read full article |
| Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:42:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Physical fitness may slow Alzheimer brain atrophy
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| AP - Getting a lot of exercise may help slow brain shrinkage in people with early Alzheimer's disease, a preliminary study suggests. Analysis found that participants who were more physically fit had less brain shrinkage than less-fit participants. However, they didn't do significantly better on tests for mental performance. -- read full article |
| Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:06:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| New genetic mutation tied to Alzheimer's disease
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| Reuters - Scientists have found evidence
that a mutation in a gene called CALHM1 that results in
abnormal calcium signaling influences the risk of Alzheimer's
disease, a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects
nearly 18 million people in the world. -- read full article |
| Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:33:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Bassinets and bedsharing: both have risks
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| Reuters - From 1990 to 2004, 53 babies
died suddenly and unexpectedly in bassinets, according to a
review of data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. And
according to Drs. Jodi Pike and Rachel Y. Moon of Children's
National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the cause of death
in 85 percent of the cases was lack of oxygen. -- read full article |
| Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:45:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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