Fitness : By LIZ ROBBINS : DARA TORRES, the 41-year-old Olympic swimmer with the impossibly chiseled abs who collected three silver medals in Beijing, has proved at the elite level that getting older doesn’t mean getting slower in the water. But put her aside for now.
Even outside the elite ranks, the 40-something (and older) swimmer […]
Posted on August 19th, 2008 by admin
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By PETER JARET : In Brief: Hepatitis C can take decades to show up as damage to the liver.
Chronic viral hepatitis is now the leading reason for liver transplants.
Current combination therapy can be individualized to cure chronic infections in 40 to 80 percent of cases.
Cancer, chronic infections, cirrhosis, gastroenterology, Health, hepatitis C, hepatology, immune […]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by admin
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS : NEW YORK (AP) — A report on three heart transplants involving babies is focusing attention on a touchy issue in the organ donation field: When and how can someone be declared dead?
For decades, organs have typically been removed only after doctors determine that a donor’s brain has completely stopped working. […]
Posted on August 14th, 2008 by admin
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By AMANDA SCHAFFER : In a bright studio at New York University, Natalie Jeremijenko welcomes visitors to her environmental health clinic. She wears a white lab coat with a rotated red cross on the pocket. A clipboard with intake forms hangs by the door.
Environmental, global warming, Health, health clinic, prescriptionsSocial Bookmarking
Posted on August 13th, 2008 by admin
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By LESLIE BERGER : Unveiled in 1960, the birth control pill revolutionized contraception. Yet despite an abundance of birth control options today, almost half the pregnancies in this country are unintended, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than in any other developed nation. What’s the reason?
birth control, Disease Control, Economics, […]
Posted on August 2nd, 2008 by admin
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Findings : By JOHN TIERNEY
For most of the year, it is the duty of the press to scour the known universe looking for ways to ruin your day. The more fear, guilt or angst a news story induces, the better. But with August upon us, perhaps you’re in the mood for a break, so I’ve […]
Posted on July 29th, 2008 by admin
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