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Country Elders Have it HardNatural

Country Elders Have it Hard

California policy makers fight to make rural settings healthier for elders

June 17, 2011·1 min read
Smoking Drug Chantix Risky for Heart PatientsFDA Alerts

Smoking Drug Chantix Risky for Heart Patients

FDA warns that Chantix linked to heart attacks

June 17, 2011·1 min read
Sleepy UnhappinessNatural

Sleepy Unhappiness

Lack of sleep can cause marital unhappiness

June 17, 2011·1 min read
DASH Keeps Girls Slim for LifeNatural

DASH Keeps Girls Slim for Life

More fruits and vegetables kept girls slimmer

June 17, 2011·1 min read
Radiation Helps Decrease Breast Cancer RecurrenceHealth News

Radiation Helps Decrease Breast Cancer Recurrence

Node-positive breast cancer responds well to radiation therapy

June 17, 2011·2 min read
ReVia Can Lead to Remission in Crohn's DiseasePrescription Drugs

ReVia Can Lead to Remission in Crohn's Disease

Vivitrol or ReVia enabled 50 percent of patients with Crohn's disease go into remission

June 17, 2011·1 min read
New Data Discovered in Blood Clot FormationClinical Trials

New Data Discovered in Blood Clot Formation

Blood clots could lead to new ways to prevent strokes, heart attacks

June 16, 2011·2 min read
Baseball Time of Day Stats Natural

Baseball Time of Day Stats

Biological clocks may impact baseball players

June 16, 2011·2 min read
The Silent Sufferers' DiseaseFeatures

The Silent Sufferers' Disease

Crohn's Disease Lifestyle

June 16, 2011·7 min read
Sugar's Role With HIVClinical Trials

Sugar's Role With HIV

HIV impacted by sugar-binding protein

June 16, 2011·2 min read
FDA: Chantix (varenicline) May Increase Cardiovascular RiskHealth News

FDA: Chantix (varenicline) May Increase Cardiovascular Risk

Cardiovascular adverse events in patients

June 16, 2011·4 min read
FDA Approves Nulojix For Kidney Transplant PatientsHealth News

FDA Approves Nulojix For Kidney Transplant Patients

Nulojix (belatacept) to prevent acute rejection in adult patients

June 16, 2011·3 min read
Calls for Vulnerable Plaque ResearchClinical Trials

Calls for Vulnerable Plaque Research

Stabilizing vulnerable plaques could cut need for invasive treatment

June 16, 2011·2 min read
A Sign of Kidney Failure to ComeHealth News

A Sign of Kidney Failure to Come

Kidney disease patients with high levels of hormone are at risk

June 16, 2011·2 min read
Who Does - and Doesn't - Seek Mental Health Care  Mental Health

Who Does - and Doesn't - Seek Mental Health Care

Mental health awareness predicts who seeks care

June 16, 2011·2 min read
Chronic Catnap ChallengesHealth News

Chronic Catnap Challenges

Insomnia patients are offered new hope for sleep with new brain cooling cap

June 16, 2011·1 min read
Impulsive People More Committed to Feel GoodMental Health

Impulsive People More Committed to Feel Good

Attention to details regarding positive memories are hard to ignore

June 16, 2011·2 min read
June Buggin' in the SummerNatural

June Buggin' in the Summer

Kids Eat Right program helps families stay healthy during the summer

June 16, 2011·4 min read
Arresting a Radiation RobberHealth News

Arresting a Radiation Robber

Surgical radiation therapy effectiveness could be improved

June 16, 2011·1 min read
Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea Produces ROINatural

Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea Produces ROI

Obstructive sleep apnea treatment increases employee productivity

June 16, 2011·1 min read
Tracking the DiseaseHealth News

Tracking the Disease

Crohn's, Ulcerative Colitis patients have a new way to communicate info to doctors

June 16, 2011·1 min read
Now Available: New Drug for DiabetesPrescription Drugs

Now Available: New Drug for Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes patients can now get Tradjenta for controlling blood sugar

June 16, 2011·2 min read
World Leaders Set Bold HIV GoalsHealth News

World Leaders Set Bold HIV Goals

HIV reduction a priority of the United Nations Assembly

June 16, 2011·2 min read
Soundly InterferingHealth News

Soundly Interfering

Hearing aids addressing sound interference

June 15, 2011·2 min read