November 9, 2012 12:23 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some women who deliver by cesarean section may be able to check out of the hospital the next day without raising their risk of problems, ...
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November 7, 2012 1:35 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some concerns that medical studies involving children could make an ethically dubious shift to developing nations, a new study suggests that's not happening.It's really ...
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November 1, 2012 3:42 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The health clinics in pharmacies and other retail stores may be convenient, but they may also take a bite out of the traditional doctor-patient relationship, ...
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October 28, 2012 10:00 am by Norton, Amy | 2 Comments
There's no shortage of websites with information on prostate cancer treatment, but they may be well beyond the average person's comprehension, a new study finds.The study, of 62 such websites, ...
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October 27, 2012 9:58 am by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
Older women who regularly drink green tea may have slightly lower risks of colon, stomach and throat cancers than women who make no time for tea, a large study suggests.Researchers ...
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October 24, 2012 5:08 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An arsenal of hand sanitizers, hygiene education and good old-fashioned soap failed to prevent asthma attacks among school children in one Alabama county.For children with ...
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October 23, 2012 3:12 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Severe complications from childbirth are rare in the U.S., but they are becoming more common, a new government study finds. Between 1998 and 2009, the ...
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October 19, 2012 1:40 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women younger than 70 have a relatively low risk of abnormal growths in the upper part of the colon, a new study confirms - suggesting, ...
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October 18, 2012 12:36 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of Americans who are severely obese shot up by 70 percent in the past decade or so, though the increase has slowed down ...
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October 15, 2012 5:02 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. patients' used heart devices can be safely implanted in seriously ill heart disease patients in the developing world, a study out Monday suggests."These devices ...
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October 14, 2012 10:59 am by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
When doctors recommend chemotherapy to people with incurable cancer, many of those patients may not understand that the treatment won't save their lives, a small study finds.Cancer chemotherapy can have ...
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October 10, 2012 4:21 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Strokes are most common in old age, but new research suggests that lifestyle is putting young people increasingly at risk for stroke too.In a study ...
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October 9, 2012 2:28 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women suffering symptoms of a heart attack are more likely than their male counterparts to dial 911 - but there's a lot of room for ...
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September 26, 2012 4:08 pm by Norton, Amy | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of Americans getting pacemakers implanted has risen in the past two decades - and the recipients are increasingly older and sicker, a new ...
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September 25, 2012 1:59 pm by Norton, Amy | 1 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenage girls looking for birth control should be encouraged to consider the long-lasting "set and forget" methods, according to the American College of Obstetricians and ...
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