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Archive for January, 2008

Indonesian woman dies of bird flu near capital (Reuters)

Reuters - An Indonesian woman who lived near a
poultry slaughterhouse on the outskirts of the capital has died
of bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday, the latest
victim in a surge of cases this year.

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Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Adults with epilepsy who
have failed other treatments may be able to dramatically reduce their
number of seizures by following a modified Atkins-like diet, Johns Hopkins
researchers report.
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Medicare’s Drug Program Enrollment Up, Costs Down (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — The three-year-old
Medicare Part D drug program is seeing the number of its enrollees climb,
even as costs for the program fall, U.S. health officials announced
Thursday.
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Japan researchers put tiny camera in mouse’s brain (Reuters)

Reuters - Japanese researchers have implanted a
small camera inside a mouse’s brain to see how memory is
formed, in an experiment they hope to some day apply to humans
to treat illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease.

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Indonesia launches bird flu plan as death toll tops 100 (AFP)

AFP - Indonesia on Wednesday launched a new three-year plan to fight bird flu, just days after the confirmed death toll topped 100 in the country hardest hit by the H5N1 virus.

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