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Cancer expected to overtake heart disease as number one killer
Cancer is expected to overtake heart disease this year as the number one reason people die in this country.Last year, there were one and a half million new cases, and over half a million people died. Now new research gives hope to patients with colon and...
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Clinic: Woman championed by Obama eligible for aid
(AP) CLEVELAND - A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated.With a self-reported annual income...
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British hospitals: No sitting allowed
(AP) LONDON - Britons trying to cheer up their hospitalized friends and relatives often have to do so standing up; sitting on the bed usually isn't allowed.In a commentary published Wednesday in the British medical journal BMJ, Dr. Iona Heath argues the...
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Sebelius confident health care bill will pass
(AP) CHICAGO - U.S.Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that she's confident the House will have the votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care legislation, possibly as early as Friday. 'I think we're on track for a vote sometime this...
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Doctor says heart groups too cozy with industry
(AP) ATLANTA - A prominent cardiologist accused leading heart organizations of being too cozy with industry and allowing those ties to influence its policies and education programs for doctors.Cleveland Clinic cardiology chief Dr. Steven Nissen criticized...
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Study: Gene testing helps get warfarin dose right
(AP) ATLANTA - Doctors are reporting an exciting win for gene testing and personalized medicine: Checking patients' DNA before starting them on a popular blood thinner helps get the tricky dose right and keep them out of the hospital.The drug is warfarin,...
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IMS: China to be 3rd largest pharma market in 2011
(AP) NEW YORK - Sales of prescription drugs in emerging markets will grow rapidly over the next few years, pharmaceutical market research firm IMS Health says, with China becoming the world's third-largest prescription drug market in 2011.IMS says...
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Arteries improve after smokers quit, study finds
(AP) ATLANTA - A new study shows that smokers who quit have healthier arteries a year later and probably will have less risk of heart disease as a result.Doctors say the improvement came even though people who kicked the habit gained an average of 9 pounds....
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Heart-shock device may disrupt quiet hospice death
(AP) WASHINGTON - If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off?Carol Filak had heard about painful, repeated shocks that people sometimes experience from those implants...
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Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery
(AP) ATLANTA - Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery.A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday. The...
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