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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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