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Antidepressants 'work instantly'Scientists say they have discovered that antidepressants get to work immediately to lift mood, contrary to current belief.
BBC Monday, October 26, 2009U.S. healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a yearWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud,
according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Monday.
Reuters Monday, October 26, 2009Antibody 'fixes internal bleeds'US scientists say they have discovered an antibody that could minimise the damage caused by major traumas.
BBC Monday, October 26, 2009Diabetes: the basicsIn the United States, an estimated 23.6 million people -- or 7.8% of the population -- have diabetes, federal statistics #allages show. Of those, 5.7 million are undiagnosed.
LA Times Monday, October 26, 2009A BATTLE FOR CONTROLWithout a doubt, many patients require insulin. But some who have Type 2 disease resolve to
change their lives instead. Simply put, diabetes is a contest between people and their blood. For people whose bodies don't produce enough insulin to manage their blood sugar, the goal is a normal blood score, achieved through a balancing act of lifestyle and medication.
LA Times Monday, October 26, 2009Gastric bypass: Is it a diabetes fix?Within days of various weight-loss surgeries, blood sugar levels become easier to manage -- or are normal. The discovery came about by accident more than a decade ago: Weight-loss surgery often led to dramatic improvements in the control of Type 2 diabetes, often before patients had even left the hospital.
LA Times Monday, October 26, 2009South Korea stem cell scientist guilty of fraudSEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Monday found disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk guilty of fraud in a case that sent shockwaves throughout the scientific community. Hwang, once a scientist with rock-star like status in South Korea for his research that brought the country to the forefront of stem cell studies, was facing trial on charges of fraud, misusing state funds and violating bioethics laws.
Reuters Monday, October 26, 2009GAO: FDA Fails to Follow up on Unproven DrugsGAO finds FDA unwilling to pull drugs off the market, even when their benefits are unclear
ABC News Monday, October 26, 2009RI tracking swine flu through electronic recordsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State health officials are tracking the spread of swine flu through electronic prescription records, developing what they believe is a model that could help doctors more easily identify and respond to an outbreak of the illness.
Seattle Post Intelligencer Monday, October 26, 2009Death toll from swine flu doubles in month as virus kills two moreTWO more Scottish patients with swine flu have died, it emerged yesterday as a hard-hitting advertising campaign was announced to highlight the dangers of the virus.
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