US swine flu cases grow to nearly 18,000 (AP)
AP – Nearly 5,000 new U.S. swine flu cases have been reported in the last week, due partly to its continuing spread in the Northeast.
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Medicine News- Health Ministry administers almost 400,000 doses of H1N1 vaccineKUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry administered 371,185 doses of Influenza A(H1N1) vaccine to 194,743 frontline personnel and 176,442 people in the high-risk group up to July 28 this year, the Dewan Negara was told Thursday. […]
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- Health Ministry administers almost 400,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine
Congress sends Obama bill to regulate tobacco (AP)
AP – Congress sent legislation to the White House Friday granting the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate and restrict cigarettes, the single largest cause of preventable death.
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WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun, 1st in 41 years (AP)
AP – Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. Thursday’s announcement by the World Health Organization doesn’t mean the virus is any more lethal only that its spread is [...]
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New Research Into Treatment Availability For People With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, UK
OCD-UK, the leading national charity for people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with the support of a grant from Comic Relief has announced a year long research project to understand and evaluate if treatment guidelines have had a positive impact on providing treatment for people with OCD across the UK.
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The Importance Of Sleep In Regulating Emotional Responses
According to a research abstract presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, sleep selectively preservers memories that are emotionally salient and relevant to future goals when sleep follows soon after learning. Effects persist for as long as four months after the memory is created.
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New Family-Focused Model Of Depression Care Needed To Minimize Risks And Problems For Parents With Depression And Their Children
Health and social service professionals who care for adults with depression should not only tackle their clients’ physical and mental health, but also detect and prevent possible spillover effects on their children, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine.
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Link Between Depression, Suicidal Thoughts and Later Parental-Mandated Bedtimes For Teens
Earlier parental-mandated bedtimes could help protect teens from depression and suicidal thoughts by lengthening sleep duration, according to a research abstract presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. The study by James Gangwisch, PhD, of Columbia University in New York, examined data from 15,659 adolescents. [...]
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prevalent In Nonobese Patients
There is a high probability of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in non-obese, middle-aged patients, according to a research abstract presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Results confirmed that OSA in non-obese patients is most prevalent in middle-aged men with larger neck sizes. Fifty-four percent [...]
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Medical Industry Showers DOD With Free Travel
The health care industry funded “8,700 trips by Department of Defense personnel” from 1998 to 2007, at a cost of more than $10 million, the Center for Public Integrity reports.
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Lumbar Matrix(TM) Scan From SpineMatrix(R) Revolutionizes The Diagnosis Of Low Back Pain
A new technology that revolutionizes the way low back pain is diagnosed and treated, while also significantly reducing healthcare costs, has been introduced by SpineMatrix(R) Inc., an Akron, Ohio-based medical technology company that specializes in advanced spinal diagnostics. SpineMatrix’s new, non-invasive Lumbar Matrix(TM) Scan uses high-speed computer processing of thousands of bioelectric [...]
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