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05/19/2008 11:31 PM
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Scientist at Work | Claudius Conrad: A Musician Who Performs With a Scalpel
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Claudius Conrad is investigating whether there is a hormonal parallel to music?s power to both stimulate and soothe.
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05/19/2008 11:49 PM
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Screening for Abuse May Be Key to Ending It
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Screening for domestic abuse in seemingly healthy women is nowhere near as widespread among doctors as testing for breast cancer or high cholesterol.
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05/20/2008 02:26 PM
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Well: Finding the Best Way to Cook All Those Vegetables
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Are there ways to get more from the vegetables you already eat?
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05/20/2008 02:30 PM
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Senator Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor
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Doctors said that Senator Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor that was discovered after he suffered a seizure over the weekend.
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05/19/2008 11:47 PM
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Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain
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New research suggests that memory lapses that occur with age might be a sign of a widening focus of attention.
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05/20/2008 02:00 PM
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Merck Agrees to Settlement Over Vioxx Ads
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The drugmaker has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement concerning advertising for the now-withdrawn painkiller.
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05/19/2008 11:53 PM
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Vital Signs: Hazards: Despite Dangers, Hookahs Gain Favor
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A new study finds that the use of water pipes may be on the rise among college students.
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05/20/2008 01:45 AM
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Vital Signs: Patterns: Craving Sweets? It May Be in Your Genes
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Researchers have found that people with a common variant of a gene that helps the body handle sugar are more likely to crave foods like soda and cake.
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05/19/2008 11:52 PM
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Regimens: Aspirin More Beneficial if Taken at Night
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People who take aspirin to keep their blood pressure down will get more benefit if they take it at bedtime, researchers say.
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05/20/2008 01:54 AM
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Global Update: Cervical Cancer Could Double by 2030 Where Screening and Vaccine Are Lacking
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Better screening and an affordable vaccine for girls could reduce the deaths from cervical cancer in Latin America, scientists say.
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05/19/2008 03:14 PM
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Media Talk: Web Game With a Message Debunks H.I.V. Myths
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Following the model of the Hot or Not Web site, Pos or Not uses a lighthearted tactic to serve a serious purpose.
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05/16/2008 12:36 AM
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Study Links Rise in Mastectomies to M.R.I. Detection
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New techniques for detecting breast cancer may be leading more women to have their entire breast removed.
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05/14/2008 01:13 AM
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Mammogram With Ultrasound Improved Detection of Cancers
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The study was designed to see whether ultrasound might improve the chances of finding breast cancer in high-risk women with dense breast tissue, which makes cancer harder to see on a standard mammogram.
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05/14/2008 12:34 PM
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Rough Transition to a New Asthma Inhaler
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For many people with asthma, the transition to CFC-free inhalers will not be a easy one.
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05/19/2008 02:06 AM
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For an All-Organic Formula, Baby, That?s Sweet
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A popular organic infant formula is sweetened with cane sugar, which babies may prefer but pediatricians do not.
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05/15/2008 12:29 PM
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Fitness for Every Body: O.K., Avatar, Work With Me
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Can Wii Fit, born of a best-selling gaming console, revolutionize exercise? Five testers weigh in.
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05/13/2008 09:26 AM
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Waist: Watch Your Girth
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Many studies suggest that for both men and women, it?s not how much you weigh that matters most, but where you carry those pounds.
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05/14/2008 12:47 PM
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Exercise May Protect Girls From Future Breast Cancer
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New research shows exercise during the teen years ? starting as young as age 12 ? can help protect girls from breast cancer when they?re grown.
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05/13/2008 02:53 PM
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Muscles: More Than an Exercise in Vanity
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Bulky isn?t necessarily better when it comes to muscles. What?s important is keeping them fit so they?ll provide power and strength as the body ages.
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05/12/2008 11:33 PM
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Vital Signs: Nutrition: Breast-Feeding Tied to Intelligence
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Researchers have found evidence that prolonged breast-feeding is associated with improved scores on some intelligence tests in childhood.
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05/19/2008 03:21 PM
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Doctors Say ?I?m Sorry? Before ?See You in Court?
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Some prominent medical centers are offering apologies and compensation to try to dilute patients? anger.
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05/17/2008 01:20 AM
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Report Assesses Blame in Hepatitis Cases
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The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada was found to have routinely mishandled injection equipment and medication vials, contributing to a large hepatitis outbreak.
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05/16/2008 02:10 AM
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Sanofi-Aventis Wants F.D.A. to Reconsider Heart Drug
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The company said it would resubmit its application for Multaq based on results from a study showing that the drug reduced both hospitalization and death in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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05/14/2008 11:29 PM
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Entrepreneurial Edge: If It?s Eye Care Technology, This Must Be Orange County
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Orange County, Calif., has become a center for small eye care device makers in much the same way that Silicon Valley is a center for technology.
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05/15/2008 12:36 AM
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Serious Deficiencies in Nursing Homes Are Often Missed, Report Says
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Nursing home inspectors routinely overlook or minimize problems that pose a serious, immediate threat to patients, Congressional investigators say.
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05/19/2008 11:56 PM
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Personal Health: Trying to Break Nicotine?s Grip
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Scores of experts on nicotine addiction have come to learn that willpower is rarely enough to enable a smoker to quit.
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05/19/2008 11:48 PM
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Really?: The Claim: Smoking Can Cause the Loss of Hair
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Will a message focused on hair instead of health convince smokers to quit?
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05/18/2008 12:24 AM
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Despite H.I.V., Fighting to Maintain Health and a Positive Attitude
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African-American and Hispanic women over 50 who are H.I.V. positive find support in Iris House, an AIDS service center in Harlem.
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05/12/2008 11:29 PM
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Cases: In Delusions of Romance, Genuine Comfort
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Schizophrenia offers a unique relief from the rigors of cancer.
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05/13/2008 11:57 PM
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A Conversation With Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa: A Surgeon?s Path From Migrant Fields to Operating Room
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Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa, 40, was an illegal immigrant working in the vegetable fields of the Central Valley in California before becoming a neurosurgeon.
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05/11/2008 06:06 AM
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?Mad Pride? Fights a Stigma
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Just as gay-rights activists reclaimed the word queer as a badge of honor rather than a slur, mental illness advocates are proudly calling themselves mad.
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05/09/2008 04:26 PM
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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After learning of a possibly fatal mutation lurking in her genes, Masha Gessen went in search of answers medical and moral.
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05/05/2008 11:27 PM
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Essay: Forcing Sobriety, However Imperfectly
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Alcohol-monitoring bracelets can help people get over substance abuse problems, but they are not perfect.
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05/05/2008 05:02 AM
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For Physician Assistant, Empathy Goes Two Ways
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John C. Welton, 60, who atrophied from the chest down after contracting polio as a boy, sees to dying patients at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
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