Archive for August, 2009

High Fat Diet May Trim Down Memory – 675th Edition

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

A junk food diet could be bad for your brain, as well as your body.
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Inhaled Medicine Could Fight Migraines – 674th Edition

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Doctors test a new way to treat the headaches and pain that come with migraines.
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Aspirin May Help Colon Cancer Patients – 673th Edition

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

A study suggests colon cancer patients who took the dirt-cheap wonder drug reduced their risk of death from the disease by nearly 30 percent.
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Breast-feeding Can Lower Mom’s Cancer Risk – 672th Edition

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Feeding a baby naturally appears to make women less likely to develop breast cancer before menopause.
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To Friendly Crowd, Obama Assails Health Care Foes – 671th Edition

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Braced for a fight he never got, President Barack Obama went on the offensive in support of his health care plan Tuesday, urging a town hall audience not to listen to those who seek to “scare and mislead the American people.”
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Heart Transplant Record Holder Dies Of Cancer – 670th Edition

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

A heart transplant recipient who lived a record 31 years with a single donated organ has died at age 51 of cancer, his heart still going strong, his widow said.
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Acupuncture Changes Brain, Study Shows – 669th Edition

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Using tiny needles and Eastern medicine to treat pain could make Western drugs work better, a researcher says.
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Swine Flu Spreads Through Troops In Iraq – 668th Edition

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Fifty-one U.S. troops in Iraq come down with swine flu, and 81 others may have it as well.
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Immune System Cancer Found In 9/11 Officers – 667th Edition

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

A small number of law enforcement officers who helped with the Sept. 11 rescue and cleanup have an immune system cancer.
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Natural Products Make Cleansing Spiritual – 666th Edition

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Cleopatra, one of the world’s great beauties, didn’t use synthetic chemicals on her skin. Learn some of her secrets.
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