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Bottoms Up Joe!Natural

Bottoms Up Joe!

Coffee helps patients with advanced hepatitis C and chronic liver disease

June 10, 2011·2 min read
High Tech Treasure Hunt Gets Teens OutsideNatural

High Tech Treasure Hunt Gets Teens Outside

Geocaching can help teens reach daily physical activity

June 10, 2011·2 min read
Head Injuries Can Lead to ViolenceMental Health

Head Injuries Can Lead to Violence

Traumatic head injuries can lead patients to violent behavior a year following trauma

June 10, 2011·2 min read
High-Risk Operations Less Risky NowHealth News

High-Risk Operations Less Risky Now

Surgery deaths decrease across the board for risky surgeries

June 10, 2011·1 min read
Preventing Children's Cancers From Returning Clinical Trials

Preventing Children's Cancers From Returning

Leukemias in young people now even more curable

June 9, 2011·2 min read
Hispanic Women Have Greater Heart RiskHealth News

Hispanic Women Have Greater Heart Risk

Hispanic women with gestational diabetes are at increased cardiovascular risk

June 9, 2011·1 min read
Experimental Treatments Tried in Wave of E Coli OutbreakHealth News

Experimental Treatments Tried in Wave of E Coli Outbreak

E. Coli antibiotic treatments are overly dangerous

June 9, 2011·1 min read
Global Wellness, LLC Conducts a Nationwide Voluntary Recall of VIA XTREME ULTIMATE SEXUAL ENHANCER Health News

Global Wellness, LLC Conducts a Nationwide Voluntary Recall of VIA XTREME ULTIMATE SEXUAL ENHANCER

Product contains sildenafil analogues

June 9, 2011·2 min read
US Nutrition Issues Allergy AlertHealth News

US Nutrition Issues Allergy Alert

Undeclared fish in Daily Multiple for women 50+ tablets

June 9, 2011·1 min read
FDA Drug Safety Communication: 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs)Health News

FDA Drug Safety Communication: 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs)

Propecia, Avodart may increase the risk of a more serious form of prostate cancer

June 9, 2011·4 min read
Kidney Cancer Cells BombedHealth News

Kidney Cancer Cells Bombed

Progression of kidney cancer slowed by radioimmunotherapy

June 9, 2011·1 min read
The High Cost of CholesterolFeatures

The High Cost of Cholesterol

Cholesterol: It's Just a Number. Or is it?

June 9, 2011·5 min read
Flaxseed Doesn't Help FlashingNatural

Flaxseed Doesn't Help Flashing

Mennopausal women do not have their hot flashes improved by flaxseed

June 9, 2011·1 min read
(UPDATE 12/15) FDA Announces New Safety Recommendations For High-Dose SimvastatinPrescription Drugs

(UPDATE 12/15) FDA Announces New Safety Recommendations For High-Dose Simvastatin

Increased risk of muscle injury cited

June 9, 2011·4 min read
Diabetic Teens Have Heart Problems TooHealth News

Diabetic Teens Have Heart Problems Too

Type 2 diabetes may affect heart function in teenagers

June 9, 2011·2 min read
High Phosphate Diet Bad for the HeartClinical Trials

High Phosphate Diet Bad for the Heart

Study Proves Link Between Phosphates and Cardiovascular Disease

June 9, 2011·1 min read
Dried Fruits Meet Fresh FruitsHealth News

Dried Fruits Meet Fresh Fruits

Health researchers say dried fruits should be considered as fruits

June 9, 2011·1 min read
Moral Reasoning Changes With AgeMental Health

Moral Reasoning Changes With Age

Children respond to moral situations differently than adults

June 9, 2011·2 min read
Treating Cancer Could Lead to DiabetesHealth News

Treating Cancer Could Lead to Diabetes

Prostate cancer therapy may increase type 2 diabetes risks

June 9, 2011·2 min read
Skin Cancer Vaccine in the WorksHealth News

Skin Cancer Vaccine in the Works

Metastatic Melanoma has a new vaccine in trials that is showing some success

June 9, 2011·2 min read
Depression - Another Kind of Attention DeficitMental Health

Depression - Another Kind of Attention Deficit

Depressed people can't stop thinking negative thoughts

June 9, 2011·1 min read
Losing Weight May Save the MindMental Health

Losing Weight May Save the Mind

Alzheimer's risks may be reduced through weight loss

June 9, 2011·1 min read
Epilepsy Drugs May Lead To Birth DefectsPrescription Drugs

Epilepsy Drugs May Lead To Birth Defects

Epileptic pregnant women are at greater risk when taking epileptic drugs

June 9, 2011·2 min read
Heart Attack Fear Leads to Worse PrognosisClinical Trials

Heart Attack Fear Leads to Worse Prognosis

Heart Attack Distress as Much Biology as Emotion

June 8, 2011·2 min read