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Iron-binding Drug Could Help Diabetics Heal Stubborn Wounds |
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Written by Stanford School of Medicine
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 |
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Stanford, California - A drug used to remove iron from the body could help doctors fight one of diabetes’ cruelest complications: poor wound healing, which can lead to amputation of patients’ toes, feet and even legs. |
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Updated CDC Travel Health Book Released |
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Written by IV Post
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 |
Atlanta, Georgia - The 2010 edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Yellow Book includes new or expanded sections on medical tourism, traveling safely with chronic diseases and conditions, and expert perspectives on popular travel itineraries worldwide. The updated book, which is a definitive guide for healthy international travel, is now available online.
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Study Estimates Medical Cost of Obesity May Be As High as $147 Billion Annually |
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 |
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Atlanta, Georgia - The health cost of obesity in the United States is as high as $147 billion annually, based on a new study from RTI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study which appears online today in the journal Health Affairs, was released at CDC’s Weight of the Nation conference in Washington, DC.
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FDA Issues Final Regulation on Dental Amalgam |
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Written by IV Post
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 |
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final regulation classifying dental amalgam and its component parts - elemental mercury and a powder alloy - used in dental fillings. While elemental mercury has been associated with adverse health effects at high exposures, the levels released by dental amalgam fillings are not high enough to cause harm in patients.
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Grant Aids Study of Lung Cancer in People Who Never Smoked |
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Sunday, 26 July 2009 |
Dallas, Texas - Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center are among an elite group of cancer scientists to share a $2 million grant to find biomarkers for lung cancer that develops in people who have never smoked.
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Curcumin May be Viable Supplement to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease - IBD |
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Written by University of Arizona
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Sunday, 26 July 2009 |
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Tucson, Arizona - Turmeric – the key ingredient in curry – has been used in India for thousands of years to help treat colds, inflammation, arthritis and even cancer. |
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Poverty Decreases Children Born Prematurely School Readiness |
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Written by University of Chicago
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Sunday, 26 July 2009 |
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Chicago, Illinois - Advances in neonatal care enable two-thirds of premature babies born with respiratory problems to be ready for school at an appropriate age, but those living in poverty are far less likely to be ready on time than their better-off peers, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the July issue of the journal Pediatrics. |
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