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By Deborah L. Shelton | Tribune reporter Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease who received deep brain stimulation showed greater improvement in movement and quality of life after six months than those treated with medication, a new study shows. »»     Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:45:12 GMT

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By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH SHANGHAI -- A 19-year-old Beijing woman has died of bird flu, the first human case of the virus in China since February last year, the government said Tuesday, putting public-health officials on higher alert for a possible ... »»     Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:01:54 GMT

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About 54 percent of adolescents who use the social networking website MySpace often discuss sexual behavior, substance abuse, or violence on the site, according to a pair of new studies published this month in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent ... »»     Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:40:09 GMT

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By Steven Reinberg TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Due to slower spending on prescription drugs, health-care spending in the United States grew at the lowest rate in a decade in 2007, a new federal report found. »»     Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:19:22 GMT

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By Nicole Ostrow NEW YORK - Leptin, the appetite-suppressing drug that flunked tests for weight loss in people, is resurrecting hope with a study showing it worked better in mice when combined with other medicines. »»     Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:20:29 GMT

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Parkinson's patients who had electrodes implanted in their brains improved more than those who took only medicine, according to the biggest test yet of deep brain stimulation. »»     Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:00:31 GMT

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Power outages spurred by the combination of bad weather and utility shutoffs in a bad economy could boost cases of carbon monoxide poisonings this year, health officials fear. »»     Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:05:22 GMT

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A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in a Beijing hospital, the government reported , but the World Health Organization said the case did not signal a new public health threat. »»     Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:46:39 GMT

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Millions of children and adults have seizures in the U.S., but dying from one is rare. That only adds to the confusion and mystery surrounding the life and death of Jett Travolta »»     Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:47:08 GMT

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Spending on health care slowed slightly in 2007 as consumers turned more to generic drugs instead of brand-names to fill their medicine cabinets, the government reported. »»     Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:32:37 GMT

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The global plan to eradicate measles by 2010 is unlikely to come about say epidemiology experts because of high rates of infection in some partsof Europe where many children go unvaccinated. »»     Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

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Female patients with bulimia nervosa seem to respond more impulsively in psychological tests in comparison to patients without eating disorders, according to a report released on January 5, 2008 in Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. »»     Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

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Chronic fatigue syndrome is more likely to be developed in individuals who experience trauma in childhood, according to an article released on January 5, 2008 in the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. »»     Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

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Kawasaki disease is an uncommon illness that typically affects children between the ages of two and five and is a leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the United States according to the American Heart Association (AHA). »»     Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

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Cequent Pharmaceuticals, a pioneer in the development of novel products to deliver RNAi-based treatments to prevent and treat human disease, announced that the company has recently completed a successful toxicology study of its candidate CEQ501, an orally administered tkRNAi therapeutic targeting the primary oncogene (beta-catenin, CTNNB1) in FAP (familial adenomatous polyposis). »»     Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the Nationalnstitutes of Health, today released a research report, Comorbidity:ddiction and Other Mental Illnesses, summarizing the state of the scienceegarding the complex relationship between substance abuse and otherental disorders. »»     Mon, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:00 EST

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There is growing concern that military personnel returningrom Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing a range of difficulties, includingraumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),epression, anxiety, and alcohol and drug abuse. »»     Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:45:00 EST

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New research in mice and five independent collections of humanreast tumors has enabled National Cancer Institute (NCI) scientistso confirm that genes for factors contributing to susceptibility forreast cancer metastasis can be inherited. »»     Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:45:00 EST

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A team of scientists has discovered a new syndrome associatedith severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), a rare disorder in which childrenack sufficient infection-fighting white cells, and identified the geneticause of the syndrome: mutations in the gene Glucose-6-phosphatase, catalyticubunit 3 (G6PC3). »»     Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST

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A new online tool for calculating colorectal cancer risk inen and women age 50 or older was launched today, based on a new risk-assessmentodel developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI),art of the National Institutes of Health. »»     Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST

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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention »»     Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:15:15 EST

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But e-mail intervention may spur some adolescents to change, study finds Source: HealthDay »»     Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:00:00 EST

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Sildenafil appears to delay dangerous heart muscle expansion in mice. Source: HealthDay »»     Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:00:00 EST

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Care for aging people with the disease falls short, study findsbr /> Source: HealthDay »»     Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:00 EST

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Surgery could help them avoid long-term complications of blood sugar disease, scientists say. Source: HealthDay »»     Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST