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Remote-controlled chip implant delivers bone drug

Medication via remote-control instead of a shot? Scientists implanted microchips in seven women that did just that, oozing out the right dose of a bone-strengthening drug once a day without them even noticing.

Government panel favors some WTC cancer claims

A $2.76 billion aid program for people sickened by World Trade Center dust should be expanded to include those who have at least some types of cancer, members of a government advisory panel said Thursday.

Ohio couple get 8 years each in son's cancer death

The parents of an 8-year-old boy who died from Hodgkin lymphoma after suffering for months from undiagnosed swollen glands were sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday following their guilty pleas to denying him medical treatment.

New malaria method could boost drug production

German scientists have developed a new way to make a key malaria drug that they say could easily quadruple production and drop the price significantly, increasing the availability of treatment for a disease that kills hundreds of thousands every year.

Jon Secada joins hepatitis C awareness campaign

Three-time Grammy winner Jon Secada wishes his father hadn't kept his chronic hepatitis C diagnosis a secret.

Mailbag: Will Angels have Kendry-Albert 1-2 punch?

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Your ringtone is making me stupid

UnitedHealth unveils patient info service for MDs

UnitedHealth Group's Optum business is launching a service that allows doctors to share information about patients over the Internet, as health care companies continue their push to improve care with better coordination.

Judge: DEA must explain Fla. shipment suspension

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to explain its rationale for trying to shut down a Florida pharmaceutical distribution center.

Trimming super-size with half-orders, plate colors

Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing.

WHO calls for final push against leprosy

The World Health Organization warned Monday that the battle against the age-old scourge of leprosy is not yet over, with more than 5,000 new cases reported yearly in the Western Pacific, where the disease was declared eliminated in 1991.

Injured boomers beware: Know when to see doctor

It happened to nurse Jane Byron years after an in-line skating fall, business owner Haralee Weintraub while doing "men's" push-ups, and avid cyclist Gene Wilberg while lifting a heavy box.

Cheerleaders sickened by norovirus

U. Mich.: Child porn case spurs outside review

University of Michigan officials said Friday they have ordered an outside review of campus security in the wake of a botched response to child pornography found on a medical resident's computer flash drive.

Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy

What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.

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Children's Community Mental Hell Update

Children's Community Mental Hell Overview: We have had several personal E-mail requests for an update for the original three sets of articles that we published regarding how many of our children with disabilities are being funneled through the criminal justice system i …

States attack 'Obamacare' with birth control bills

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How Target knows when its shoppers are pregnant - and figured out a teen was before her father did

Source: the Mail online

Hearing that stores like Target monitor their customers' spending habits to determine their future ones may not be much of a shock to most. What may be more of one is that Target's department for Guest Marketing Analytics is so in tune with their consumers based on their spend …

Why Your Race or Gender May Affect How Much Pain You Feel

Source: AlterNet.org

Pain isn't gender-neutral. Researchers have long known that women are far more likely than men to develop chronic-pain disorders such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and migraines.

Chinese men measure up below the belt

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Size not an issue ... although Italy out in front, study finds

The increasingly male face of caregiving

Source: Chicago Tribune

Alzheimer's/Dementia is a very cruel and sometimes long lasting and agonizing way to die.

D.C. group calls for closure of Heart Attack Grill

Source: USA Today

A Washington, D.C.-based anti-meat advocacy group is asking the owner of a Las Vegas restaurant that prides itself on unhealthy meals to shut down after a customer suffered a medical episode and was hospitalized. Officials for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine sa …

GM pigs could provide human organs 'by 2013' - Telegraph

Source: Telegraph

Now scientists say that a trial transplanting pigs' corneas into humans with eye problems could begin by 2013. Transplantation of larger organs, such as lungs, hearts and kidneys, is likely to take longer, due to problems with clots forming as well as too much bleeding, animal s …

Symptoms of Autoimmune Diseases: What to Watch For - MSN Health & Fitness - Rheumatoid Arthritis

Source: MSN

A lot of people are found to have some form of auto-immune illness. Perhaps this will be of some help to those in search of answers.

Common Foot and Ankle Problems in Children

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In previous posts, we have talked about common foot and ankle injuries that happen to men and  women. Now, we’re going to talk about common foot problems in children.

Study questions antidepressant-suicide link

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Indiana measles outbreak illustrates disease risk

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J&J recalls infant Tylenol due to bottle flaw

Source: Chicago Tribune

Johnson & Johnson said it was recalling its entire U.S.

W.Va. nursing mothers seek legal protections

Source: msnbc.com

State is one of the last 4 that do not protect a woman's right to breast-feed in public

Autism signs appear in baby's brains as early as 6 months

Source: msnbc.com

As the parent of an adopted child that suffers with Autism and was denied services until he was 15 because our Community Mental Health department did not want to provide the services he was entitled to, this article is hopeful for many families just trying to help their children.

DailyOM - Finding Deep Strength

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We have all faced moments in our lives when the pressure mounts beyond what we feel we can handle, and we find ourselves thinking that we do not have the strength to carry on.

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