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A passenger on Northwest Airlines Corp. Flight 51 from Frankfurt to Detroit on March 10 has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Sunday. The passenger, whose name and nationality are being withheld, was detained at Detroit Metropolitan Airport by customs and border authorities, who...
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Seven-year-old Heather McNamara of Long Island, New York is
now able to go home after spending more than a month in the hospital recovering
from a high-risk surgery that allowed doctors to remove a large tumor in her
abdomen.
On Feb. 6, surgeons at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley
Children’s Hospital removed Heather’s stomach,...
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French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA said it is putting an end to all clinical trials of Acomplia, a drug aimed at fighting against obesity. “It's over,” the company’s spokesman Jean Marc Podvin said in an interview, referring to Acomplia, a drug that works by blocking receptors in the brain that help control food intake.On Wednesday, the...
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 A tuberculosis patient from San Bernardino was forced by the county authorities into medical isolation on Thursday because after he had received the diagnose of his disease, he didn’t take the medication properly and still continued to go to work, endangering other people to get the virus.Jim Lindley, County Public Health Director, and...
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Lighter lunches, less alcohol and even streamlined cutlery are on the menu on Asian airlines as they shed excess weight in scores of little ways in a bid to cut down escalating fuel costs.
With every gram carried on board equating to fuel, airlines are taking a closer look at what's on board and making some inventive changes to cut...
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Legislators in the German state of Bavaria elected a new premier, Horst Seehofer, 59, on Monday after the party he leads, the Christian Social Union (CSU), lost its absolute majority at the polls.
He comfortably won the vote by a 104-71 margin, though four members of the new state coalition, comprising the CSU and the small...
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia should restore Soviet-era alliances with Cuba, news agencies reported.
'We need to rebuild position in Cuba and other countries,' Putin said
during a meeting with his deputy Igor Sechin on his return from talks
in Havana. The head of Russia's federal security...
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Tributes to Soviet dissident author Alexander Solzhenitsyn poured in on Monday as the world mourned the death of one of Russia'sgreatest literary figures.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the Nobel literature laureate
as 'an outstanding writer and committed citizen,' in a letter of
condolence sent to Russian President...
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Sixty-six percent of adults and seventy percent of children
in the U.S. are
overweight. Eating too much and not exercising are the main causes,
but discoveries in the lab show that there is an explanation for the fact that some people
never succeed to get or to keep fit.
Specialists have long debated whether obesity can...
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 According to a recent report from the New York Times, blogging doesn’t just mean a job or a hobby anymore, as it is being turned into a lifestyle trend. And it seems that it isn’t such a healthy lifestyle to have. The long hours spent in front of the monitor, always reading, always writing, looking for information, thinking of ways to...
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 Influenza makes no special treatment and strikes celebrities
equally.
Flu’s last victim is Janet Jackson, who was forced to make a
visit to the hospital to alleviate her condition. The artist experienced “shortness
of breath,” as “Us Weekly” reported the first. The singer checked in shortly at
the Cedars-Sinai Medical...
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 Kirstie Alley has signed a TV development deal with Oprah Winfrey’s
Harpo Productions. As a result, the 57-year-old actress is going to host a show on the
talk-show queen’s new network channel, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network which is
going to launch in second-half 2009. According to Reuters the new channel is
going to be a joint venture...
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 Partnership between Kirstie Alley and Jenny Craig has come
to an end.
According to an official of the company, Alley would no
longer be spokesmodel for the weight-loss program. On Friday “People” magazine
reported that the vice president of marketing of Jenny Craig’s, Scott Parker announced
that Alley and the company decided to...
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A 25-year-old man was arrested Wednesday
after having been caught trying to get into the Jolie-Pitt’s Los Angeles house.
The housekeeper looking after the
couple’s house said a man, blocking the driveway, got out of his car and asked
where Brad Pitt’s house is. The housekeeper called the police. According...
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 Drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) is spreading faster than
medical experts had expected, according to a report the World Health
Organization issued on Tuesday.
In a survey involving 90,000 TB patients in 81 countries,
the WHO found that levels of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis were much higher
than expected.
The...
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 The second-largest group of doctors in the United States
has approved Friday the use of marijuana for medical purposes, issuing a policy
statement on medical marijuana this week.
The American College of Physicians, with 124,000 members,
asked the U.S. government to cancel the ban on using marijuana for treating
some patients or...
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 According to a new research study, a new obesity drug that
jams the biological trigger responsible for cannabis "munchies" is
effective even at low doses.
The drug, called taranabant, is the second in a new
generation of appetite-reducing weight loss medications.
It follows the lead taken by rimonabant, developed by...
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 Health officials say that the first over-the-counter
slimming pill to go on sale in Britain could be available in pharmacies as
early as next year. The drug, which has been marketed in the US under the name
Alli since June, is a half-strength version of a pill called Xenical that is
currently only available in Britain under...
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 Eli Lilly and Co. announced that it developed a new schizophrenia drug which doesn't have the unpleasant side effects of its current top-selling drug, Zyprexa (substance: olanzapine). Lilly sells billions worth of Zyprexa each year, but there are serious health concerns regarding it, some of which have been systematically played down by...
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 Do you remember that funny and sweet actress from “P.S. I Love You?” Beautiful Hilary Swank, two-times Oscar winner, suffered an operation to remove a benign tumor, as her manager reported on Thursday. Jason Weinberg, Hilary’s manager said that the 34-year-old actress was "experiencing some discomfort and went to see her doctor, who...
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 Valerie Bertinelli is coming clean about her errors in the
past, such as cheating and being on drugs.
Her autobiographical book “Losing It: And Gaining My Life
Back One Pound at a Time” reveals allegedly true details on her past,
disclosing also aspects of her 26-year old marriage to rocker Eddie Van Halen.
Bertinelli, who has...
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 For Kirstie Alley, Jenny Craig hasn’t represented just the
company whose spokesmodel she was or the diet program that helped her
lose 75 pounds. For Alley, Jenny Craig is inspiration.
Or at least this is what appears to be, after it was
reported that she is stepping down from being spokesperson for the company the
last week. The...
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 The happy couple has had enough with all their problems and decided to take some time off in St Lucia.Following the row of trouble involving her drug addiction and weight loss, the 23-year-old singer and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil are currently vacationing on the sunny shores of St Lucia known as the "Helen of the West...
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 Any exercise is good after suffering a heart attack, as long as you stick to it, new research appearing in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association concluded.The study looked at endothelial function – a measure of cardiovascular health – in 209 people who had suffered an acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack....
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 Cut calories, cut weight, this is, shortly, the main suggestion of a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. In other words, this goal of weight loss can be achieved by just cutting calories from diet. A team of researchers and experts from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and the Pennington Biomedical...
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 A new study on what it means to lose weight
and keep that weight off suggests that the best and healthier way to achieve
this goal is to choose a diet and to stick to it.
According to the study, conducted by
researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, there is no special diet
that could guarantee you weight loss; any diet...
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 According to a new study comparing diets,
it doesn’t matter what type of weight-loss diet you chose as long as you stick
to it.
For the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the
researchers compared a low-fat, average protein diet, a low-fat, high-protein
diet, a high-fat, average-protein diet, and a high-fat,...
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 A new report shows that GPs are failing to
help people who suffer from eating disorders such as anorexia, and bulimia. The
report released by the charity Beat found only 15% of patients considered that their
GP understood their disorders. The report was based on a survey of 1,500 people
with anorexia.
One young person who took...
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 According to a new study released by the University of California, San Francisco, diabetes are less likely than other people to lose weight so easily. Just like the people with larger stomach pouches, the diabetes find it hard to lose weight after gastric bypass surgery. The ones who suffer this kind of operations have their food intake...
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The cervical cancer is the malignant cancer of the cervix uteri or the cervical area and it may induce vaginal bleeding. Still, some symptoms can be discovered only after the disease reaches advanced stages. Surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy may help in the early stages of the cancer.Also treatments can help and the Pap smear...
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Sarcoidosis or Besnier-Boeck disease is characterized as an immune system disorder which consists of small inflammatory nodules that mostly arise in young adults. Scientists haven’t discovered the exact cause of the disease. Still, any organ could be affected even if granulomas often appear in the lungs or the lymph nodes.If the disease...
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 In a dieting experiment, overweight people lost about 6 to 10 pounds over two years, informs the New York Times.The study was published yesterday in The New England Journal of Medicine and its target was to establish which of three types of diet plans is better. But the findings outlined how difficult losing weight is and that the...
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 A study released on Thursday in The New England Journal of
Medicine was initially expected to establish which of three types of diets is
the most efficient. However, the findings emphasize the intricacy of weight
loss and the fact that most diets are not effective at all.
The research was carried out on 322 dieters, 277 men and...
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 Weight-loss surgery to control obesity may
also cut cancer risk for people who are overweight, two recent studies from Canada and Brazil suggest. The treatment for
obesity is already known to reduce heart disease and diabetes, but now Canadian
researchers reported that gastric bypass surgery decreases the incidence of
cancer by 80...
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 A new study by researchers from the University at Buffalo,
the State University of New York shows that limits imposed on television and
computer gaming help children eat less and lose weight easier.
The study was published in the current issue of Archives of
Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and it involved children aged 4...
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 A new study reports the fact that
older adults nowadays are less likely to suffer from memory loss and dementia
due to the fact that they are better educated, wealthier and benefit from a
better health care for cardiovascular disease.
The study, which was published
online Wednesday, in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia,...
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 According to a new study, smoking might be the cause of
age-related hair loss among men.
Doctors in Taipei found that the risk for the condition is largely genetic,
however some environmental factors may also play a role.
“Androgenetic Alopecia, a hereditary androgen-dependent disorder, is
characterized by progressive thinning of...
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 According to a new study due to appear in the October issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a connection between plastic surgery and self esteem cannot be found, shedding a whole new light on the myth that those with poor body image result to plastic surgery to "fix" themselves The study which involved 52,000 men and...
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 It has been know for quite a while now that exercise is a
great way to keep your diabetes under control, but the advice is anything but
exact.
Most patients ask what kind of exercises they should follow,
how often and for how long, leaving doctors unable to answer.
According to a study published in the Sept. 18 issue of...
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 Apparently, people are not motivated to lose weight for
themselves but will be happy to do so in exchange for a some money. A new work strategy
for overweight people is to motivate them to slim down by paying them little sums
of money.
Overweight employees who were paid lost more weight than
those who were not compensated for...
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 Two teams of scientists backed the use of gastric surgery to treat severe obesity, showing that weight loss surgery extended the lifespan of patients who suffer from the condition. Their independent studies were published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.The first study, by Ted D. Adams, Ph.D., M.P.H., and his team,...
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Apple's iconic CEO Steve Jobs on Monday issued a rare clarification about his state of health after prolonged concern about his unexplained weight loss caused a dive in Apple's shares.
In his statement, Jobs, who survived pancreatic cancer four years ago, explained that his gaunt look of late was due to a recently diagnosed hormone...
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 Bill Clinton was the original "comeback kid" in New Hampshire. Now, Hillary Clinton has done it too.
Rebounding from an opening loss to black candidate Barack Obama,
the former first lady righted her White House bid with a poll-defying
primary victory Tuesday in a small state that carries a lot of early
weight in the...
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 President Bush was treated for Lyme disease (Borreliosis) last year after showing specific symptoms, according to new revelations from the White House's annual medical report. The report was drawn up following the president's annual physical exam on Tuesday."It was the standard, recommended treatment for early, localized Lyme...
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 Although Advanced Micro Devices
Inc., or AMD – as this company is commonly known, has seemed to find its own
way in the industry, the financial reports for this year’s third financial
quarter have brought the same bad news as usually. AMD has reported its fourth
straight quarter of net financial losses and that is not a good thing!...
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 A federal expert panel voted unanimously, 14-0, against a controversial weight-loss drug manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis SA, on fears it increases the risk of suicidal thoughts, even in patients without a history of depression.The panel's decision effectively means the FDA will not, by most chances, approve the drug for the U.S. The drug...
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 Ricky Hatton felt just like home in Las Vegas with a friendly crowd full of his countryman, who came to see him take on Jose Lulis Castillo – the biggest fight for Hatton since he beat Australian Kostya Tszyu two years ago.The Englishman didn’t let his fans down and with a left hook to the body he knocked Castillo out in the fourth round...
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 American Shannon Briggs defended his World Boxing Organisation heavyweight title for the first time in last night’s fight against the Russian challenger Sultan Ibragimov.Ibragimov, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics, easily outpointed Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs throughout the 12 rounds despite the American’s weight...
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 According to the findings of a study published on Monday, women who are obese or overweight should reduce the number of calories by exercising an average of 55 minutes a day, five days a week. The team of researchers who worked at the study followed 201 overweight and obese women from 1999 to 2003. The women had to eat 1,200 to 1,500...
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 President Bush vetoed on Tuesday a bill through which doctors will be protected from a Medicare pay cut. But the Congress overrode the veto with majority, so the bill is now law. The Congress wants an elimination of a pay cut for doctors.Also the elderly who get health insurance through Medicare will observe some changes in their...
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 Many sugar-free chewing gums contain a sweetener called
sorbitol. Sorbitol is a laxative which is poorly absorbed by the small
intestine. An article in this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ) warns of the
dangers of excess sorbitol intake.
The warning comes after doctors came across two patients who had chronic
diarrhea,...
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 An experimental Merck & Co Inc obesity drug helped
patients lose weight and burn up calories, but at higher doses caused
psychiatric side effects similar to those that prevented U.S. approval of a
similar Sanofi-Aventis treatment, researchers said.
The findings, seen in mid-stage trials of Merck's taranabant,
were reported in...
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 According to the FDA, US Food and Drug Administration, the
apple flavored Baby's Bliss gripe water could possibly be contaminate with a
parasite that causes intestinal infection and thus strongly warns consumers to
stop using the product.
The gripe water carries the code 26952V and an expiration
date shown as 10/08 (for October...
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 The Federal Trade Commission announced a physician's advocacy group that a controversial ad campaign suggesting milk aids weight loss will soon end.
The FTC made the announcement via an open letter to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an organization promoting a vegetarian life style that had argued the ad campaign...
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