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Amazon Friday, August 07, 2009FDA chief vows new, tougher stance on food, drug safetyThe Food and Drug Administration is
moving towards stronger, more aggressive and much faster responses to enforcing the laws ...
USATODAY Friday, August 07, 2009Loneliness is increasing -- and it can harm your healthBeing lonely isn't bad for you, but staying lonely is, a leading expert and author on loneliness told a session Thursday on ...
USATODAY Friday, August 07, 2009Scratching Surface of Itch[ The
following is an exact transcript of this podcast. ]A friend’s four year old daughter recently complained to me about how badly her mosquito bite itched. She was about to burst into tears. The fact that an uncomfortable itchy sensation can drive many of us to distraction led many
scientists to believe that the nervous system deals with itch much as it does pain. Others spent years looking, unsuccessfully, for neurons that tell us to scratch rather than that we just hurt. [More]
Scientific American Friday, August 07, 2009Schools may serve as swine flu immunization centersSchools across the USA could serve as mass vaccination sites this fall if swine flu makes a strong comeback, officials briefed ...
USATODAY Friday, August 07, 2009Bladder cells feel stretch(National Institute for Physiological Sciences) A Japanese research group led by Prof. Makoto Tominaga and Dr. Takaaki Sokabe, and Prof. Masayuki Takeda, Dr. Isao Araki and Dr. Tsutomu Mochizuki, found that bladder urothelial cells have a sensor for stretch stimulation. Their finding was reported in the Journal of Biological Chemistry published on Aug. 7, 2009.
Eurekalert.org Friday, August 07, 2009Guided care reduces cost of health care for older persons with chronic conditions(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) The nation's sickest and most expensive patients need fewer health care resources and cost insurers less when they are closely supported by a nurse-physician primary care team that tracks their health and offers regular support, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. A randomized controlled trial found patients in a primary care enhancement program called "Guided Care" cost health insurers 11 percent less than patients in the control groups.
Eurekalert.org Friday, August 07, 2009Democrats Weigh the Calculus of Public Health InsuranceAs Congress breaks for its August recess, the debate back home will center on Democratic proposals to create a government-run insurance option, which insurers and Republicans are casting as a step toward socialized medicine.
Washington Post Friday, August 07, 200940 people dead from swine flu but number of cases begins to fallFORTY deaths in the UK have now been linked to swine flu but figures showed a drop in the number of cases of the virus.
Scotsman Friday, August 07, 2009Heart attack twice as likely for angina men as womenMEN with angina are twice as likely to suffer a heart attack as women with the same condition, according to researchers.
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