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Death toll from virus reaches 32 in China
Health News - CNN - 1 hour ago
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- The death toll from China's outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 32 -- all of them children -- the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing provincial health officials. |
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Arthritis Hits More Than Half of Diabetics
Health News - Washington Post - 12 hours ago
By Steven Reinberg THURSDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Arthritis strikes more than half of the 20.6 million American adults who have diabetes, and the painful joint condition may be a barrier to exercise among these patients, a new government report ... |
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Hard Sell to Medicare Insurance Buyers Would Get Softer Under New ...
Health News - New York Times - 4 hours ago
By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON - The Bush administration proposed on Thursday to crack down on the aggressive marketing of private Medicare insurance plans by outlawing unsolicited visits and telephone calls to beneficiaries, regulating commissions paid to ... |
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77 New Cases of Hepatitis Are Identified in Las Vegas
Health News - New York Times - 4 hours ago
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Nevada health officials said Thursday that they had identified 77 new cases of hepatitis C among patients treated at a Las Vegas endoscopy practice, in one of the country?s largest outbreaks of the liver disease. |
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Armstrong urges Congress to renew war on cancer
Health News - The Associated Press - 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is calling on Congress to renew the nation's war on cancer. |
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Breast Cancer Tends to Grow Faster in Younger Women
Health News - Washington Post - 14 hours ago
By Steven Reinberg THURSDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- While the rate at which breast cancer tumors grow varies among patients, that growth tends to be faster among younger women, Norwegian researchers report. |
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Quick Benefit to Smoking Halt, With a Caveat, Study Finds
Health News - New York Times - May 7, 2008
By REUTERS CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women who stop smoking can enjoy major health benefits within five years, but it can take decades to correct respiratory damage and shed the added risk of lung cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday. |
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India children's health 'ignored'
Health News - BBC News - May 7, 2008
More than half of Indian children under the age of five do not get the health care they need, according to a report by Save the Children. |
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