When a patient has chest pains, doctors need to know quickly if it’s a heart attack. New tests get it right more often, studies say.
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Archive for August, 2009
Blood Tests Find Heart Attacks More Quickly – 762th Edition
Monday, August 31st, 2009Eating Carrots Can Brighten Your Smile – 761th Edition
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Eating more of a few foods can improve your oral health. Find out what foods can help whiten your teeth.
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Fair Officials Fret Over Pigs’ Health – 760th Edition
Saturday, August 29th, 2009No sow and piglets in the children’s barnyard at this year’s Caledonia County Fair. No baby pig chases, either.
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Pot May Protect Brain From Booze – 759th Edition
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Brain scans find that teenagers who drink and smoke marijuana have less brain damage than those who only drink.
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Swine Flu Rises At US Colleges – 758th Edition
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Colleges across the U.S. see spikes in the number of students with suspected cases of swine flu as dorms fill up and classes begin.
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List, Tips Can Keep You Thin While Shopping – 757th Edition
Friday, August 28th, 2009Being surrounded by food at the grocery can make it hard to stay true to your diet plans.
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Swine Flu Sends More Minorities To Hospital – 756th Edition
Friday, August 28th, 2009Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago.
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Don’t Panic About Swine Flu, CDC Says – 755th Edition
Friday, August 28th, 2009The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says talk of 90,000 deaths from swine flu is only in an unlikely worst-case scenario.
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Blood Tests Find Heart Attacks More Quickly – 754th Edition
Friday, August 28th, 2009When a patient has chest pains, doctors need to know quickly if it’s a heart attack. New tests get it right more often, studies say.
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Two-Thirds Get Radiation In Medical Tests – 753th Edition
Friday, August 28th, 2009“Super X-rays” and CT scans can help diagnose some medical conditions, but some worry about what the radiation doses do to patients.
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