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Viagra helpful to women on antidepressants, study finds
Los Angeles Times - 10 hours ago
In a small study, 72% of those on SSRIs -- which can have debilitating sexual side effects -- reported improvement when taking the male impotence drug.
Viagra offers help to some women Minneapolis Star Tribune
Viagra May Boost Female Libido in Some Cases U.S. News & World Report
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Salmonella Outbreak Exposes Food-Safety Flaws
Wall Street Journal - 14 hours ago
By JANE ZHANG and JANET ADAMY The twisting road that led federal investigators to announce Monday that they found a single contaminated jalapeño pepper grown in Mexico and sitting at a distribution center in McAllen, Texas -- the smoking gun in the ...
Grocers stop selling jalapeno peppers after salmonella discovery Los Angeles Times
Found: Smoking Jalapeno Washington Post
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New York Daily News
Savage Loses Advertisers
New York Times - 13 hours ago
By JACQUES STEINBERG; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM A group of seven Mississippi talk radio stations owned by Telesouth Communications has dropped Michael Savage’s nationally syndicated radio program over comments the host made last week suggesting that ...
Aflac Pulls Ads From Radio Talk Show After Controversial Comments WRBL
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Telegraph.co.uk
Doctors, PHDs to edit new Wikipedia of medical information
Computerworld - 1 hour ago
By Heather Havenstein July 23, 2008 (Computerworld) A project launched today aims to create what is in essence a medical Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia focused on explaining conditions, drugs, procedures, medial facilities and other medical topics ...
MedPedia Is Wikifying the Medical Search Space Washington Post
Medpedia brings Wikipedia model to health, but with pros Los Angeles Times
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US Immigrants Bearing More of the TB Burden
Washington Post - 21 hours ago
By Amanda Gardner TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- In 2006, 57 percent of all tuberculosis cases in the United State were among foreign-born individuals and, as time passes, that population is under increased threat from the disease, ...
Immigrants to US From Africa, Asia Should Be Screened for TB Bloomberg
Health Agency Highlights Global Tuberculosis Problem RedOrbit
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Bush Administration Opposes FDA Regulation of Tobacco
Wall Street Journal Blogs - 1 hour ago
The Bush administration would “strongly oppose” a bill that would give the FDA the power to regulate tobacco, according to a letter Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt sent to House Republican Joe Barton.
Veto Seems More Likely in Battle Over Tobacco Bill New York Times
White House signals it will fight tobacco regulation effort Los Angeles Times
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Yakima case prompts local West Nile warning
The Wenatchee World Online - 1 hour ago
By Rachel Schleif WENATCHEE - A week after the West Nile virus showed up in nearby Yakima County, local health officials are warning Wenatchee Valley residents of the yearly threat.
Fears of West Nile virus rise with mosquito spike Boston Globe
San Diego man infected with West Nile San Francisco Chronicle
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Minimally invasive treatment helps infertile men
Reuters - 20 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Swollen veins in the scrotum, known as varicoceles, are a common cause of infertility in men -- now new research suggests that the problem can be effectively treated with a minimally invasive procedure called retrograde ...
Male Infertility Treatment Skips Surgery WebMD
A Fix for One Cause of Male Infertility U.S. News & World Report
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BBC News
Tobacco Hailed as Latest Plant-Based Vaccine
findingDulcinea - 3 hours ago
by Sarah Amandolare In an unlikely twist, tobacco plants are being hailed as a cancer cure, further evidence of the superiority of plant-based vaccines.
Using Plants to Grow Lymphoma Vaccines WebMD
Tobacco 'could help treat cancer' BBC News
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Lidocaine Gel May Ease Mammography Discomfort
Washington Post - Jul 22, 2008
By Serena Gordon TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- There's just no getting around the fact that mammograms are uncomfortable, but a new study suggests that applying a topical analgesic before the test could significantly ease the discomfort ...
Mammograms a Pain? Gel Helps WebMD
Taking the "ouch" out of a mammogram Los Angeles Times
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Family Meals Can Help Teen Girls Avoid Drugs, Alcohol
Forbes - 4 hours ago
WEDNESDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Eating meals together as a family can reduce a teen girl's risk of turning to alcohol or drugs, a new study suggests.
Family dinner is good for girls USA Today
There's a gender gap at the dinner table Minneapolis Star Tribune
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ABC News
A Government Threat to Birth Control
U.S. News & World Report - 20 hours ago
Sen. Hillary Clinton and other advocates of women's rights say a planned regulation could cut access to contraception By Deborah Kotz A new set of health laws that could be proposed by the government sometime in the next few weeks has women's health ...
Lawmakers Protest Bush Proposal to Protect Pro-life Health Care ... Christian Post
Lawmakers Urge Bush to Halt Abortion Proposal ABC News
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Goods Worth Millions Are Missing From Indian Agency
Washington Post - Jul 21, 2008
By Derek Kravitz Millions of dollars in equipment purchased by the Indian Health Service, including all-terrain vehicles and tractors, laptop computers and digital cameras, has been lost or stolen because of mismanagement, according to a report ...
Another federal agency accused of mismanagent Los Angeles Times
GAO Knocks Indian Health Service for Property Losses and Bat Dung Wall Street Journal Blogs
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Court's dilemma over cuts in Medi-Cal fees
San Francisco Chronicle - 11 hours ago
A federal appeals court that halted and then reinstated a 10 percent cut in Medi-Cal fees for prescription drugs has received a conflicting set of warnings: from pharmacists, who say the reduction means patients will lose access to vital medicines; ...
Medi-Cal Administrators, Pharmacists Charge Ahead in Pay Cut Suit California Healthline
Ruling hurts pharmacists Glendale News Press
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Loyola’s Medical School Slammed Over Mistreating Animals
eFluxMedia - 7 hours ago
By Anna Boyd Inspections of Loyola University ’s medical school run by the US Department of Agriculture revealed numerous violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, which resulted in the deaths of rabbits and dogs.
Animal activists slam Loyola lab experiments Chicago Sun-Times
Loyola's medical school mistreated animals, reports show Chicago Tribune
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Media General Washington Bureau
AHIP Launches Campaign in Ohio for Nationwide Universal Health ...
Kaiser network.org - 2 hours ago
America's Health Insurance Plans on Tuesday launched a new grassroots campaign designed "to build support for workable health care reform based on core principles shared by the American people: coverage, affordability, quality, value, ...
Insurers talk health care Columbus Dispatch
Health-care reform coalition rejects industry-led efforts Bizjournals.com
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The Associated Press
Medically unfit truck drivers still on roads
Newsweek - Jul 21, 2008
By HOPE YEN and FRANK BASS AP Writers | AP AP (WASHINGTON) Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver's licenses despite also qualifying for full federal disability payments, and some of those ...
Deadly Tolls: Sick truckers causing fatal wrecks The Associated Press
Unfit drivers put all of us at risk The Daily Advertiser
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Canada.com
Health Buzz: Calorie Counts in NYC and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report - Jul 21, 2008
Chain restaurants in New York City on Friday began posting calorie information on prominently located menu boards, the Associated Press reports.
Video: NYC Restaurant Chains Post Calorie Info AssociatedPress
NYC chain restaurants posting calories on menus Reuters
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Doheny named COO of Jewish Hospital Medical Center
Bizjournals.com - Jul 21, 2008
Brian Doheny has been named chief operating officer for Jewish Hospital Medical Center, which includes the 442-bed Jewish Hospital, the Rudd Heart & Lung Institute, the Outpatient Care Center and the Trager Pavilion.
Ft. Hamilton to expand cancer center Cincinnati.com
31 are finalists for heroes award Arizona Republic
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US NIAID Not to Go Ahead With HIV Vaccine Trial
RedOrbit - 16 hours ago
The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the NIH, has cancelled a large Phase IIb study planned for the development of a novel HIV vaccine.
AIDS Vaccine Testing Delayed, Not Cancelled eFluxMedia
Following NIAID Decision, Search For HIV Vaccine Continues ChattahBox
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