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Why Are So Many Infectious Diseases Jumping From Animals To Humans?
The first trench-to-bench
field guide for tracking
wild primate infectious
diseases provides integrated
information that could help
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Ban On Fast Food TV Advertising Would Reverse Childhood Obesity Trends, Study Shows
A ban on fast-food
advertisements in the United
States could reduce the
number of overweight
children by as much as 18
... > full story
Study Reveals Smoking's Effect On Nurses' Health, Death Rates
A new UCLA School of Nursing
study is the first to reveal
the devastating consequences
of smoking on the nursing
profession. The findings de ... > full story
14 Drugs Identified As Most Urgently Needing Study For Off-label Use
Physicians and policy-makers
know that drugs are
frequently prescribed to
treat certain diseases
despite a lack of FDA
... > full story
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Place Of Birth Contributes To Asthma Disparity
December 2, 2008 — Public health researchers report the possible role of nativity (place of birth) on asthma prevalence in a black population in the United States. The findings emerged unexpectedly from a ... > full story -
Children With Sickle Cell Disease Receiving Inadequate Care, Study Finds
December 1, 2008 — A new study finds that youth populations with sickle cell disease are receiving inadequate health care, and thus may fail to benefit from scientific advances. The study finds that the patients, ... > full story -
1/3 Of Farm Workers' Children Lack Health Insurance
December 1, 2008 — Children of farm workers are three times as likely as all other children and almost twice as likely as other poor children to be uninsured, according to a new ... > full story -
Behavior, Lifestyle Factors Influence Cancer Risk Among The Elderly
November 27, 2008 — Behavioral risk factors have a significant effect on cancer risk in the US elderly population, according to new research. Understanding these factors may allow clinicians to make specific ... > full story -
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Electronic Health Records May Lower Malpractice Settlements
November 27, 2008 — Use of electronic health records may help reduce paid malpractice settlements for physicians, according to a new study. The study showed a trend toward lower paid malpractice claims for physicians ... > full story -
Publication Bias Found Among Trials Submitted To FDA: New Study
November 26, 2008 — A quarter of drug trials submitted in support of new drug applications to the US Food and Drug Administration remain unpublished five years after the fact, says new ... > full story -
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Misleading Media Coverage Of Medicine
November 26, 2008 — Media coverage of clinical trials does not contain the elements readers require to make informed decisions. A comparison of the coverage received by pharmaceutical and herbal remedy trials, reported ... > full story -
Hypertension Develops Early, Silently, In African-American Men
November 25, 2008 — Young and healthy African-American men were found to silently develop hypertension earlier than their white counterparts, and this rise in blood pressure may go undetected unless young ... > full story -
Race Bigotry Falling In Britain, Study Finds
November 25, 2008 — Racial prejudice in Britain has been declining sharply in Britain since the 1980s thanks to the greater tolerance of younger generations, according to a new study. The research finds that social ... > full story -
Heart Pumps: High Cost, High Mortality In An Emerging Technology
November 25, 2008 — Ventricular assist devices, or VADs -- surgically-placed mechanical pumps that can support failing hearts or buy time to transplant -- are associated with high hospital costs and high rates of early ... > full story
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