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US cancer deaths rose by 5,400 in 2005 (AP)
AP - U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday.
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Posted: February 19th, 2008 under NEWS.
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New York wants age limit on films with smoking scenes (AFP)
AFP - New York state health authorities launched a campaign Tuesday urging major film studio owners to protect children from seeing movies with smoking scenes.
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Posted: February 19th, 2008 under NEWS.
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Getting ‘off meds’ has consequences (AP)
AP - Psychiatrists say it’s a common scenario troubled patients stop taking their medicine, because of cost, side effects, the stigma, or delusions that they don’t need it. The consequences can be tragic, though rarely as horrific as the Valentine’s Day suicide-slaughter at Northern Illinois University.
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Posted: February 19th, 2008 under NEWS.
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Hospital ‘code blue’ deadlier at night (AP)
AP - Many hospitals call it “code blue,” a signal given over the intercom when a patient’s heart has stopped. When code blue works well, a team speeds to the bedside and revives the patient. The graveyard shift is the worst time to call code blue, a new study finds. Patients who go into cardiac [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2008 under NEWS.
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TV ads in Spanish may fuel kid obesity: study (Reuters)
Reuters - A siege of fast-food commercials on
Spanish-language television channels in the United States may
be helping drive an obesity epidemic among Latino youth,
researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Posted: February 19th, 2008 under NEWS.
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