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Sacramento Bee: HIV and AIDS patients find exercise improves their health
New York Times (login required): For Men, Relief in Sight
May 12 2008
Los Angeles Times: Comforted by 'Life in the Balance'
New York Sun (login required): Wheezing Hits Younger Siblings More, Study Says
New York Sun (login required): Cancer Doctor to Oversee Harlem Hospital–Columbia Affiliation
ABC News/World News Tonight With Charles Gibson: 'Power of 2': Ask Dr. Oz How You Can Extend Your Lifespan
New York Daily News: Caring career: Nurse need grows acute
Scientist Live (UK): Genetics of schizophrenia
May 11 2008
New York Times (login required): LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Buildings Rising, Buildings Tumbling Down
Associated Press: Nursery programs allow imprisoned moms, newborns to bond
Science Daily: Digging Deeper Into The Genetics Of Schizophrenia By Evaluating MicroRNAs
May 9 2008
United Press International: Birth order linked to asthma
May 8 2008
Time Magazine: Memory: Forgetting Is the New Normal
May 7 2008
Associated Press/Philadelphia Inquirer: Study links sleep habits to obesity, ill health
Wall Street Journal (login required): China's Delay In Reporting Outbreak Creates a Stir
Westchester Magazine: I'm Bipolar. He's Bipolar. You're Bipolar
MSNBC.com: The mystery of medications linked to suicide
WNYW-TV: Breast Cancer: The Next Generation
Atlanta Journal Constitution (login required): Virtual Reality Therapy May Help PTSD Patients
May 6 2008
Voice of America: The Politics of Rising Food Prices in Africa
Reuters: Adult teeth may come in early in diabetic kids
Associated Press/BusinessWeek: FDA panel rejects Cephalon pain drug on risks of misuse
Wall Street Journal (login required): Q&A: Does Height Make a Difference
USA Today: Inquiry: Hospitals couldn't handle terror attack
April 25 2008
Time Magazine (Special Edition): TIME 100: Mehmet Oz
May 6 2008
New York Times (login required): Lasers May Treat Cancers of the Larynx
May 5 2008
New York Sun (login required): Chinese Health Minister To Receive Honorary Degree From Mount Sinai
United Press International: Poverty formula needs review, group says
May 4 2008
Chicago Tribune (login required): Research group questions how U.S. measures poverty
United Press International: New York reports 700 'superbug' cases
May 3 2008
New York Times (login required): Germany, Congo, Darfur, Rwanda
The Oregonian: Get the bribes out of medicine
Newsweek: Who's A Good (Germy) Boy?
May 2 2008
U.S. News and World Report.com: Foreign Clinics Lure Americans With Unproven Treatments
Health Day News/Washington Post: Pregnancy and Work Can Work
Chicago Tribune (login required): More doctors recommending dose of God for their patients
NPR/Talk of the Nation: Peering into the Human Brain with fMRI Techniques
Reader's Digest: Save Your Own Life
May 1 2008
Bloomberg News: What's Abbott Xience Stent Worth? Rise to $70 a Share
BBC News: Tree-lined streets 'cut asthma'
The Daily Mail (UK): Children who live in streets lined with trees have a 'lower risk of asthma'
United Press International: Study: Trees may help curb asthma
April 30 2008
Reuters/National Post (Canada): Aspirin seen cutting risk of type of breast cancer
The Scotsman (UK): Tree-lined streets stave off asthma in children
NPR/Day to Day: Chemist Who Discovered LSD Dies at 102
Voice of America: Common Epilepsy Drug Causes Bone Loss in Young Women
WebMD: Epilepsy Drug Dilantin May Speed Bone Loss
WebMD: Hormone May Predict Age at Menopause
Medpage Today.com: Greener Urban Areas May Reduce Childhood Asthma Rates
The Independent (UK): Children in leafy suburbs 'less prone to asthma'
April 28 2008
Reuters: Phenytoin may cause bone loss in young women
April 29 2008
Newsday: Kids Face Risks Taking Antidepressants
April 28 2008
KGMB-TV (CBS affiliate, Honolulu): Drug Addiction: A Click Away?
Ivanhoe Newswires: Epilepsy Drug Bad for the Bones
New York Times (login required): Ban Urged on Gifts at Medical Schools
WCTV-TV (CBS affiliate, Tallahassee): HEALTH MATTERS: New Generation of Stents
Health Day News/Washington Post: Epilepsy Drug Linked to Bone Loss
Medpage Today.com: Epilepsy Drug Increases Bone Loss
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Phenytoin may lead to risk of bone loss
USA Today: School discipline rates escalate after Katrina
April 27 2008
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Ban on Freebies to Med Schools Urged
April 26 2008
WCBS-TV: CBS 2 News Saturday: Stroke Awareness
April 25 2008
WNYC Radio/The Leonard Lopate Show: Please Explain: DNA
ABC News: Meet the Surgical Pioneer Who Literally Fixed Broken Hearts
April 24 2008
CNN.com: Should you really take those drug samples?
New Scientist (UK): Does the Earth's magnetic field cause suicides?
Washington Post: Heart Pump Creates Life-Death Ethical Dilemmas
April 23 2008
Time.com: When What the Patient Wants Isn't Best
WebMD: Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Loses Steam
NBC News/The Today Show: VIDEO: Preparing children for a parent's plastic surgery
Atlanta Journal Constitution (login required): Are You At Risk For Breaking A Bone?
April 22 2008
WebMD: Drug-Coated Stent Fit for the Long Haul?
New York Times (login required): At Bedside, Stay Stoic or Display Emotions?
Health Day News/Washington Post: New Drug-Coated Stent Does Well in Early Trial
Insider Medicine.com: Certican Better Than Taxol in Drug-Eluting Stents
WebMD/TheHeart.org (login required): SPIRIT III in print: Less late loss and fewer 12-month MACE with Xience than Taxus
Medpage Today.com: Fewer Cardiac Events Seen with Everolimus-Eluting Stent
Reuters/Scientific American: Next-generation heart stent beats older device
April 21 2008
Las Vegas Review-Journal: EDITORIAL: Gone with the wind
Newark Star-Ledger: Sit back and dial a doctor
April 17 2008
WebMD/TheHeart.org (login required): Focus on STEMI management
Wall Street Journal (login required): A Pacemaker Without Wires or Batteries
Wall Street Journal (login required): HEALTH BLOG: Heartbeat Genes Could Provide Alternative to Pacemakers
Associated Press/Time.com: Gender Guides Preemies Survival
April 16 2008
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Mayo identifies Austin pork-plant disease
Chicago Tribune (login required): Oprah mulls bringing in a new doctor
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Stewart testifies on seniors' health
April 15 2008
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Report Urges Medical Schools to Train More Specialists in Geriatrics
Associated Press/Philadelphia Inquirer: Health system not ready for boomers
Reuters/National Post (Canada): Expert panel urges improvements in elderly care
Wall Street Journal (login required): Gut Check: Why Doctors Say Not All Fat Is Created Equal
Health Day News/Forbes.com: Health Highlights: Baby Boomers May Overwhelm Health System: Report
Miami Herald: Dengue fever rampant in Rio
April 14 2008
USA Today: Study: Boomers to flood medical system
Dow Jones Newswires: Heading Toward a Crisis in Geriatric Care?
United Press International: U.S. healthcare not ready for baby boomers
MSNBC.com: In search of the good old nervous breakdown
WebMD: Crisis Ahead for Elderly Health Care?
April 13 2008
Orlando Sentinel: Old skateboarders never die, they just ollie away
New York Times (login required): Witness in Track Doping Case Is Ready to Name Big Names
April 12 2008
Health Day News/Washington Post: Male Contraception: Progress Slow but Steady
April 11 2008
Associated Press: Drug Companies to Reveal Grant Practices
Medical News Today: Columbia University Begins Search For Causes Of Autism
Science Magazine (login required): PARKINSON'S DISEASE: Signs of Disease in Fetal Transplants
April 10 2008
Variety Magazine: Oprah auctions Dr. Oz show
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter: Oprah wants to give Dr. Oz his own talk show
Baltimore Sun: Medical Magnetism
April 9 2008
New York Times (login required): TV DECODER: Will Dr. Oz Become the Next Dr. Phil?
New York Post: Oprah Preps Dr. Oz
New York Sun (login required): Measles Warning Issued for Overseas Trips
Associated Press: Expert Backs Ohio's Method of Execution
April 8 2008
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Doctor says prisoners die worse than dogs
Los Angeles Times/Buffalo News: Working the graveyard shift can be hazardous to your health
Washington Post: You Gotta Have Art
New York Times (login required): LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Advocating Fetal Autopsies
WebMD/TheHeart.org (login required): No SEISMIC shift in outlook for stem-cell therapy
April 7 2008
Wall Street Journal (login required): HEALTH BLOG: Ob-Gyn Group Reconsiders Position on Abortion Referrals
Korea Times: Mechanism Behind Alzheimer's Disease Clarified
Associated Press/International Herald Tribune: Doctor testifies in challenge to Ohio's lethal injection, calls procedure unfit for animals
New York Sun (login required): Flabby Content Found in City's Calorie Push
New York Sun (login required): Dr. Oz Offers a Prescription for Breakfast at City Schools
Los Angeles Times: THE UNREAL WORLD: "Men In Trees" - Fuzzy Facts on Kidney Disease
Los Angeles Times: Private cord blood banking
Associated Press: Ohio's Lethal Injection Rules Questioned
April 3 2008
ABC News: VIDEO: Genes and Smoking
New York Sun (login required): Angioplasty Usage Up, While Mortality Rate Is Down
April 2 2008
Baltimore Sun: What drives parents to kill?
Wall Street Journal (login required): HEALTH BLOG: Say Hello to Dr. Nurse
Reuters/Scientific American: Sense of belonging key to suicide prevention
Ottawa Citizen: The Drinking Diet
United Press International: Study shows hormone directs brain links
April 1 2008
BBC News: Is size 0 really to blame?
April 2 2008
Wall Street Journal (login required): Making Room For Dr. Nurse
April 1 2008
NBC Nightly News: VIDEO: How patients deal with cholesterol after finding out Vytorin and Zetia apparently do not help as advertised
New Hampshire Magazine: Slow Fade to Blank
March 31 2008
NY1.com: Rangel Recovers From Illness, Returns To Work
Science Daily: Stigma Clings Stubbornly To Women Living With HIV/AIDS
New York Sun (login required): NY-Presbyterian Could Acquire Bankrupt Hospital
New York Times (login required): OP/ED: Inoculated against facts
March 30 2008
Wall Street Journal/Chicago Tribune: Men, too, should worry about their bone health
March 28 2008
Science Magazine (login required): SCIENCE AND COMMERCE: Science by the Masses
Science Daily: Coronary Calcium Testing Predicts Future Heart Ailments, Study Shows
Science Magazine (login required): Gene Regulation by Transcription Factors and MicroRNAs
March 27 2008
New York Times (login required): Michael Lesch, Who Helped Identify a Rare Disorder, Is Dead at 68
Associated Press/Newsday: Big Belly Boosts Risk of Later Dementia
New York Times (login required): WELL BLOG: What Not to Say to the Pediatrician
New York Sun (login required): Post-Smoking Ban, City Gains 10 Million Lbs.
Health Day News/U.S. News and World Report: Depression After Stroke Can Be Debilitating
Fox Business: Pegintron(TM) Plus Weight-Based Rebetol(R) Resulted in Higher SVR Than Flat Dosing
Science Daily: Growth Hormone Found To Have New Role In Development Of Brain's Smell Center
Dow Jones Newswires/CNN/Money.com: A Year Later, Courage Study Still Big Issue For Stent Market
New York Times (login required): CITY ROOM BLOG: Paterson Names Counsel and Senior Adviser
March 26 2008
CBS Evening News: VIDEO: Research shows link between belly fat and Alzheimers
Washington Post: Study Links Middle-Age Belly Fat to Dementia
March 25 2008
U.S. News and World Report: ON WOMEN: How to Prevent Preterm Birth
New York Times (login required): When the Disease Eludes a Diagnosis
Jerusalem Post: Virtual communities could trigger youth suicide clusters
March 24 2008
New York Times (login required): WELL BLOG: Prayer, Faith and Doctors
Business Week: Do These Clothes Help You Work Out?
Denver Post: Medicare stirs CT heart-scan issue
New York Times (login required): Unused Hospital Supplies Get Second Chance Overseas
United Press International: Ask questions if someone seems suicidal
March 21 2008
NBC Nightly News: Mind Matters
Miami Herald: Stroke checkup urged for Hispanics
United Press International: College: A time of mental illness?
Medical News Today: Asthma Risk In Women Reduced By Aspirin
March 20 2008
The Scientist (UK): Crystal Clear
Wall Street Journal (login required): HEALTH BLOG: The Economics of Good Oral Hygiene
New York Sun (login required): How Philanthropy Builds New York
Washington Post: An Epidemic No One Wants to Talk About
March 19 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Labor market smiles on women with good teeth
WebMD/Medscape (login required): Fasting Blood Glucose Levels in Diabetes Linked to Ischemic Stroke Risk
WebMD: Prenatal Acetaminophen: An Asthma Link?
NBC News/The Today Show: Today's Health: One of eight baby boomers is at risk for Alzheimer's disease
Guardian Newspapers (UK): What is the real death toll in Iraq?
New York Sun (login required): Diabetes Fight Gets a $28 Million Boost
NPR/Morning Edition: New Ob/Gyn Guidelines Stir Ethics, Legal Debate
March 18 2008
Wall Street Journal (login required): Doctors Use Estrogen to Treat Memory Loss in Older Women
New York Times (login required): Teenage Suicides Bewilder an Island, and the Experts
NBC Nightly News: VIDEO: Sight lost due to stroke, injury can be restored
WTVJ-TV (NBC affiliate, Miami): Survey: Jobs, Money Top Stressors In America
Associated Press/WNBC-TV.com: Chest Pain? Be Honest About Cocaine Use
March 17 2008
Health Day News/Forbes.com: Some Imperfect Hearts OK for Transplant
NPR/Justice Talking: Is There a Right to Health Care?
March 16 2008
Staten Island Advance: N.J. guilty of fouling Island's improving air
March 14 2008
Science Magazine (login required): Hiding From Biting Insects in Plain Scent
Nature Biotechnology (login required): Start-ups weigh benefits of corporate incubators
March 13 2008
ABC News: Waking During Surgery: Monitors May Not Help
March 17 2008
Business Week: Inside Drugmakers' War on Fat
March 13 2008
Hartford Courant: No Need To Panic Over Naturally Occurring Memory Loss
Medpage Today.com: Biology Role Cited for Racial Disparities in Uterine Cancer Outcomes
March 12 2008
WebMD: Caregivers' Hearts May Need Help
Health Day News/U.S. News and World Report: Caring for Heart Patients Can Strain Hearts
Fox News: Emergency Rooms in America: A Deadly Prognosis
March 11 2008
Science Watch: The Hottest Research of 2006-07
Palm Beach Post: 5 Minutes With Dr. Mehmet Oz
Associated Press/WNYC-Radio: Rangel Released from Hospital
Wall Street Journal (login required): Sorting Through the Choices for Menopause Hormones
NBC Nightly News: Scientists using new instruments to study Alzheimer's disease and develop drug for treatment
Medpage Today.com: Antibiotics Continue to Be Overprescribed After Gynecologic Surgery
USA Today: Study: Depression can exacerbate heart failure
Bloomberg News: Sex-Transmitted Diseases Afflict 26% of Teen Girls
March 10 2008
New York Daily News: THE DAILY POLITICS: Rangel Released From Hospital
Associated Press/1010 Wins.com: Former N.Y. Gov. Pataki Back Home after Surgery
NPR/Tell Me More: U.S. Doctor Aids North Korea's Afflicted
Fox News : FNC's Janice Dean Reveals Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis
March 9 2008
Congessional Quarterly: CQ POLITICS: Rangel Still In Hospital, May Not Return To Capitol This Week
New York Times (login required): A Science Prodigy in an Unlikely Place
March 7 2008
U.S. News and World Report: More on Hormones and Cancer
New York Sun (login required): Alzheimer's Patients Find Friends in the Arts
San Diego Union Tribune: OP/ED: Congress should enact coverage laws now
New York Times (login required): Pataki Has Surgery for Stomach Ailment
March 5 2008
WCVB-TV (ABC affiliate, Boston): DNA Test For Baldness Available
Newark Star-Ledger: Hopeless no longer
Newsday: Spitzer to unveil plan to lower malpractice costs
March 4 2008
LiveScience.com: House Calls Make Comeback
Washington Post: Inside Info About Eating Out
New York Times (login required): Watch Your Weight, Sure, but Don't Worry About It
New York Times (login required): Antibiotics Questioned in Care at Life's End
March 3 2008
Crain's New York Business (login required): Crain's 40 Under 40, Class of 2008: Maurizio Miglietta
New York Times (login required): OBITUARY: Peter B. Neubauer, 94, Noted Child Psychiatrist
The Daily Mail (UK): We love our mobiles... but are we being told all the facts about how safe they are?
Wall Street Journal (login required): Pristiq Approval Gives Wyeth New Armor
March 2 2008
New York Times (login required): Starving Themselves, Cocktail in Hand
Providence Journal: Money, marriage, sex & secrets
USA Today: Fate of your pate: DNA test tells odds of baldness
Toronto Star: Bone drugs iffy
March 10 2008
Newsweek: Stop Your Sobbing—Now
February 29 2008
Time Magazine: How Race Affects Smoking
Medical News Today: Mysteries Of Vitamin A Metabolism During Embryonic Development Unlocked
New York Times (login required): LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Muscular Dystrophy: Three Perspectives
Wall Street Journal (login required): HEALTH BLOG: Gene for ‘Woolly Hair' May Spur Hair Remedies
February 28 2008
Ivanhoe Newswires: Hair Texture Gene Discovered
February 27 2008
Dow Jones Newswires/FoxBusiness.com: Should We Push Everyone Into The Health Insurance Pool?
CBS News/The Early Show: Antidepressants Useless In Many Cases?
ABC News: Is Angelina Driven to Be a Compulsive Mother?
United Press International: Breast cancer drug tested on bladder
Associated Press/CBS News: Panel Approves Global AIDS Spending Hike
February 26 2008
United Press International: New hair texture, density gene ID'd
WebMD: Gene Clue May Spur New Baldness Drugs
NPR/The Bryant Park Project: Dinner Decodes the Mystery of Taste
New York Times (login required): A Review of Prostate Cancer Leaves Men in a Muddle
Chicago Tribune (login required): Russian health-care system badly ailing
February 25 2008
Forbes.com: Running For President Is Hazardous To Your Health
Associated Press/Time.com: Men Need Bone Tests Too
Bloomberg News: Early Baldness Genes Identified That May Lead to Treatments
Medpage Today.com: Probing Mitochondria for Statin Myopathy Mystery
USA Today: Drugmakers asked to reveal educational grants to doctors
KABC-TV (Los Angeles): Race may play part in quitting smoking
February 24 2008
Chicago Tribune (login required): Botox helps voices, spirits return
Boston Globe: Grape expectations: What wine can tell us about the nature of reality
Agence France Presse: Scientists find genetic keys to inherited hair loss
New York Times (login required): Vaccinating Boys for Girls' Sake?
February 23 2008
U.S. News and World Report: Health Highlights: Feb. 23, 2008
February 22 2008
The Daily Telegraph (UK): Study links daytime sleeping to stroke risk
Associated Press: Naps, Mammograms May Predict Stroke Risk
BBC News: Daytime dozing 'stroke warning'
United Press International: Daytime dozing linked to increased stroke
Science Magazine (login required): Tracking and Tackling Deprivation's Toll
Financial Times: Merck's Gardasil vaccine encounters skepticism
Medpage Today.com: Nodding Off During the Day Indicates Higher Risk of Stroke
February 21 2008
Reuters: Daytime dozing may be warning sign of stroke
U.S. News and World Report: Daytime Dozing Might Raise Stroke Risk
Time Magazine.com: Sleepiness and Stroke Risk
February 20 2008
USA Today: OPINION: Health care disconnect
February 19 2008
Dallas Morning News (login required): Calcium may play role in muscle exhaustion
New York Sun (login required): How Dr. Williams Sets Health Lessons to a Beat
New York Times (login required): Reports of Gunman's Use of Antidepressant Renew Debate Over Side Effects
New York Times (login required): Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers
Wall Street Journal (login required): Puff Power: Drug Warnings Speak to Nicotine's Sad Grip
Boston Globe: Technology's temptation
WebMD/CBS News: Good Parenting Raises Kids' Mental Skills
February 18 2008
Washington Post: Bush Heads to Africa, Scene of Successes on Health Policy
New York Daily News: Disfigured coed, 23, learns art of caring
United Press International: There may be no bisphosphonates, ONJ link
Newsday: North Shore-LIJ seeks remedy for insurance rates
February 17 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer: Tarnished View of Wonder Drugs
Philadelphia Inquirer: Sex ed led by teens is dividing parents
February 16 2008
The Globe and Mail (Canada): Diagnoses in little ones raise big questions
February 15 2008
Medical News Today: Race Matters For Patients Awaiting Lung Transplants
Health Day News/Forbes.com: Blacks Awaiting Lung Transplants Face Poorer Outcomes
CBS News: Flu Season Getting Worse By The Day
Reuters/Scientific American: Lung transplant wait seen favoring whites
The Times (UK): Scientists claim cure for tired muscles
February 14 2008
Associated Press: Hurricane victims angry over FEMA's handling of formaldehyde in trailers
New York Times (login required): A Long-Running Mystery, the Common Cramp
February 13 2008
Reuters/Scientific American: Many US medical schools lack industry money rules
New York Times (login required): LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Anxiety and Me
United Press International: Negative body image linked to more stress
February 12 2008
BBC News: Fatigue relief drug's heart hope
Health Day News/CBC News (Canada): Muscle Fatigue Drug May Fight Heart Failure
Science Now: The Tiredness of the Long-Distance Runner
Reuters/Scientific American: Attention to heart health good for the brain
New York Times (login required): Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles
New York Times (login required): Second Opinions, Through a Patient's Eyes
Medpage Today.com: Institutional Conflicts-of-Interest Policies Lacking in Many Medical Schools
February 11 2008
Science Daily: New Virus Responsible For Deaths Of Transplant Recipients In Australia, Scientists Confirm
New York Times (login required): Removing the N from Neglected Tropical Diseases
Nature.com (login required): Drug boosts stamina in mice
USA Today: Five-year-old took wrong medication for two months
WebMD: Leaky Muscles Sap Strength, Study Shows
February 10 2008
New York Times (login required): Making Sense of the Great Suicide Debate
February 25 2008
Forbes Magazine (login required): Cranking Up the Volume
February 10 2008
New York Times (login required): The Ethicist: Fathers and Sons
February 9 2008
New York Times (login required): Unforeseen Change of Course for Ailing Sailor
February 8 2008
New York Times (login required): When Doctors Become Patients
February 7 2008
Wall Street Journal (login required): When Mixing Medications Can Be Deadly
Guardian Unlimited (UK): Scientists hail spinal injury breakthrough
The Daily Mail (UK): Could a spinal 'bypass' reverse paralysis?
The Daily Telegraph (UK): 'Nerve bypass' offers spinal injury hope
New York Times (login required): Competition Doesn't Wait for New Device
Wall Street Journal (login required): HEALTH BLOG: Unexpected Deaths in Diabetes Study Raise Vexing Questions
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Organ donor had new deadly virus, scientists find
Nature.com (login required): Spine graft success story
Washington Post: Deaths Halt Part of Diabetes Study
February 6 2008
Esquire Magazine: X Rays, Calls of Nature, Dogs & Rainwater
Associated Press: Deaths Partially Halt Diabetes Study
Medpage Today.com: Extended HIV Treatment for Babies Reduces Breast-Milk Risk
Reuters/Guardian Unlimited (UK): Therapy not Avandia said to blame for trial deaths
WebMD: Deaths Prompt Halt in Diabetes Study
Health Day News/CBC News (Canada): Deaths Halt Part of Large Diabetes Trial
Bloomberg News: Intense Diabetes Therapy Tied to Higher Death Rates
USA Today: Genetic-mapping unveiled to test infectious diseases
Reuters: New tests find deadly new virus that killed three
Health Day News/CBC News (Canada): New Genetic Technology IDs Virus That Killed Transplant Recipients
WebMD: New Virus Tied to 3 Transplant Deaths
Health Day News/CBC News (Canada): Sucking Out Clot Debris Helps Heart Attack Patients
United Press International: Immigrant density lack linked to psychosis
Forbes.com: Valentine's Day Around The Globe
Medpage Today.com: New Molecular Technique Solves Mysterious Transplant Deaths
February 5 2008
New York Times (login required): Longer Drug Regimen Found to Help Babies Avoid H.I.V.
New York Times (login required): A Medical Mystery Unfolds in Minnesota
Bloomberg News: Lilly's Monthly Zyprexa Causes Sleepiness, FDA Says
Daily Telegraph (UK): Daily Telegraph Q&A: three-parent embryos
February 4 2008
New York Times (login required): Manhattan: Congresswoman Recovering
Washington Post: Guide to Evacuate Region Reveals Limitations
February 3 2008
USA Today: Addiction may be linked to hunger
February 1 2008
Bloomberg News: Medtronic Wins U.S. Approval for Stent; Shares Rise
New York Sun (login required): Hospital Closures About To Reach Dobbs Ferry
WebMD/TheHeart.org (login required): Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent gets market green light
New York Daily News: Committing mentally ill person ain't easy
January 31 2008
U.S. News and World Report: Vigorous Exercise Can Really Roll Back the Years
New York Times (login required): THE DEMOCRATS: The Final Two in a Multifront Battle
Medical News Today: Integration Of Host Tissue With Implants Boosted By Porous Structures
U.S. News and World Report: Attacking Alzheimer's
January 30 2008
Reuters: Gender, training influence quality of cancer care
Newsday: Cancer care appointment
ABC News: A Game So Good It Could Kill You
Reuters: Feeling fat may be worse for you than being fat
New York Times (login required): For Giuliani, Opening Note Stayed True
Science Daily: Porous Structures Help Boost Integration Of Host Tissue With Implants, Study Finds
U.S. News and World Report: Does Early Bone Loss Mean You Need Drugs?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (login required): Don't walk 'pasta' this story if you want to lose weight
Daily Telegraph (UK): Red wine-based drug may fight cancer
U.S. News and World Report: Three Steps To Stronger Bones
January 29 2008
San Francisco Chronicle (login required): No one knows what our city will look like in 2108. But why not have fun imagining?
Tampa Bay Business Journal: USF Health names chair of neurology
Health Day News/CBC News (Canada): Surgeons' Characteristics Influence Breast Cancer Care
New York Times (login required): WELL BLOG: The Sex of Your Surgeon May Matter
Newsday: Growing interest in yoga as health therapy
January 28 2008
St. Louis Business Journal: Alderson named dean of SLU School of Medicine
January 26 2008
New York Times (login required): No Apparent Link Between Two Fatal Cases of Meningitis, Health Officials Say
January 25 2008
Albany Times Union: At-risk groups spur HIV outreach effort
Wall Street Journal (login required): FDA Procedures Draw Scrutiny
Wall Street Journal (login required): The Hoarse Race: When Candidates Lose Their Voices
January 24 2008
BBC News: Unravelling the suicide clusters
New York Times (login required): F.D.A. Requiring Suicide Studies in Drug Trials
January 23 2008
Medical News Today: Studies Examine Effects Of Caffeine Consumption On Miscarriage Risk
New York Times (login required): Diabetes Study Favors Surgery to Treat Obese
AmNewYork: Exercise To Battle Depression
New York Times (login required): Smoking ups risk with radiation for breast cancer
January 22 2008
Oprah.com: Dr. Oz: The Latest Secrets to Quit Smoking
January 21 2008
WCBS-TV: Health Watch: Combination Depression Treatments
Associated Press: 45000 People Dying a Month in Congo
January 20 2008
New York Times (login required): Study Sees Caffeine Possibly Tied to Miscarriages
January 19 2008
New York Times (login required): Behind on the Rent, and Then a Baby Needs Surgery
January 18 2008
Medpage Today.com: Pet Cat Parasite Linked to Schizophrenia Risk
Medical News Today: Martin Luther King Day 2008: Experts Available To Discuss The Psychology Of Racism, Stereotyping, Social Change
CNN/Oprah.com: Skin care for every decade of life
United Press International: Antidepressant results skewed, report says
New York Times (login required): Virus Is Linked to a Powerful Skin Cancer
Newsday: Scientists make human embryo clone
Baltimore Sun: JHU professor to head Columbia U. school
January 17 2008
New York Times (login required): Antidepressant Studies Unpublished
New York Times (login required): $300 to Learn Risk of Prostate Cancer
New York Sun (login required): Columbia Names Mailman School Dean
Medical News Today: Stroke Patients Who Are Undernourished Tend To Have Worse Clinical Outcomes
New York Sun (login required): Future of Skybridges Up in the Air
January 16 2008
CNN.com: Surprising things that give you headaches
WebMD: Prostate Cancer Gene Test Coming Soon
NPR/All Things Considered: Combo Test Identifies Prostate Cancer Risk
Reuters: More genes linked to prostate cancer
Associated Press/Philadelphia Inquirer: Gene combo seems to raise prostate cancer risk, Swedish study finds
January 15 2008
Medpage Today.com: Poor Ischemic Stroke Outcomes Linked to Poor Nutrition
Miami Herald: The South Beach Diet doctor takes on cardio care
New York Sun (login required): Bloomberg Declines To Criticize Professors of Bloomberg School
New York Times (login required): A Stable Life, Despite Persistent Dizziness
January 14 2008
CNN/Money: Stent makers wage war over the heart
Boston Globe: A new way to help preemies breathe
January 15 2008
Washington Post: Too Much of a Good Thing?
January 14 2008
WebMD/CBS News: Survey: British Teens Most Sexually Active
Wall Street Journal (login required): Lancet Iraq Study Authors Reply to Editorial
WCBS-TV: Are You Getting Enough Light This Winter?
Associated Press/Canadian Press: BOOK REVIEW: Psychiatrist studies wounded healers
WebMD/Medscape (login required): Metabolic Syndrome Doubles Stroke Risk in Women, Hispanics
January 13 2008
Nature.com (login required): Ghost heart has a tiny beat
January 12 2008
Medical News Today: Drug Eluting Stents More Good Than Harm For Heart Patients?
January 11 2008
Newsweek: Annals of Filicide
January 10 2008
The Atlantic.com: BLOG: Iraqi Mortality Studies
Associated Press: Wartime Civilian Death Toll a Challenge
Associated Press/Detroit Free Press: War's estimated toll on Iraqis: About 151,000 dead
Guardian Unlimited (UK): 151,000 civilians killed since Iraq invasion
Reuters: Large survey reveals sex habits of teens
New York Daily News: Avoid winter weight with this meal plan
Washington Post: New Estimate of Violent Deaths Among Iraqis Is Lower
January 9 2008
Canadian Press/CBC New: New Iraqi, WHO study puts violent death toll in Iraq at 151,000 people
Wall Street Journal (login required): The Road to Universal Coverage
January 8 2008
Reuters: Effect of antidepressant warnings moderate-US study
United Press International: FDA antidepressant warnings modest effect
Wall Street Journal (login required): A New Tool for Predicting Schizophrenia
Wired News: California Study Finds No Link Between Vaccines, Autism
New York Daily News: Stem research gets 14M boost from gov
New York Times (login required): To Gephyrophobiacs, Bridges Are a Terror
New York Times (login required): Caution, Not Panic, Seen After Drug Warnings
January 7 2008
USA Today: Answers prove elusive as C-section rate rises
Health Day News/U.S. News and World Report: Research Gets Closer to Origin of Parkinson's Disease
Health Day News/U.S. News and World Report: Youth Suicide Warnings Are Slowing Antidepressant Sales
Medpage Today.com: Youth Antidepressant Warnings Had Desired Effect
NPR/Morning Edition: Supreme Court Takes Up Lethal Injection
NY1: State Awards $14.5 Million In Stem Cell Research Grants
WebMD/CBS News: Suicide Labels May Cut Antidepressant Use
January 6 2008
New York Times (login required): Who Will You Be This Summer?
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