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UW Hospital Suspends Student Volunteers Over H1N1 ConcernsStudent volunteers play a big role at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, but hospital officials have made the
decision to restrict access for student volunteers in an effort to limit
patients' possible exposure to the H1N1 virus.
Channel3000 Saturday, September 12, 2009How to Know It's Time to Dump Your DoctorSurgeon and Author Points to Red Flags, and
offers Tips to Help You Find a New One
CBS News Saturday, September 12, 2009Dangerous staph germs found at West Coast beachesSan francisco (AP) -- Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five
public beaches along the coast of Washington, and
scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem....
The Arizona Republic Saturday, September 12, 2009Seeking to Woo the Insured, Obama Cites Risk of Losing CoveragePresident Obama warned on Saturday that
nearly half of all Americans under age 65 could lose their
health coverage at some point in the next decade.
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Amazon Saturday, September 12, 2009For Organ Donation, Intent and Reality Don't AlignFar more say they'll donate than do, leaving long waits for transplants
Forbes Saturday, September 12, 2009Video: When to Dump your DocThere are many reasons why people want to look for a new physician. It is a
decision that might be harder than you think. Dr. Pamela Gallin speaks with Chris Wragge about when to dump your doc.
CBS News Saturday, September 12, 2009Flu season comes early; most are swine varietyWASHINGTON (AP) -- Influenza is circulating unusually early this year with cases in all 50 states -
nearly all the swine flu variety,
government health officials said Friday....
The Arizona Republic Saturday, September 12, 2009The Buddy System: How Medical Data Revealed Secret to Health and HappinessA revolution in the
science of
social networks began with a stash of old papers found in a storeroom in Framingham, Massachusetts. They were the personal records of 5,124 male and female subjects from the Framingham Heart Study. Started in 1948, the ongoing project has revealed many of the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease, including smoking and hypertension. In 2003, Nicholas Christakis, a social scientist and internist at Harvard, and James Fowler, a
political scientist at UC San Diego, began searching through the Framingham data. But they didn't care about LDL cholesterol or enlarged left ventricles. Rather, they were drawn to a clerical quirk: The original Framingham researchers noted each participant's close friends, colleagues, and
family members. "They asked for follow-up purposes," Christakis says. "If someone moved away, the researchers would call their friends and try to track them down." Christakis and Fowler realized that this obsolete list of reference
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