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March 14, 2010
News outlets reported that Democrats seeking to pass a health bill next week got a boost from a Cabinet official, a key senator and the Catholic Health Association, while newly-elected Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., attacked the Democrats’ plans.
Wall Street Journal: “‘When the people of my state elected me in January, they sent more than a senator to Washington–they sent a message,’ The Massachusetts Republican said in the weekly Republican address. Brown castigates Democrats for focusing on health care over jobs and the economy for the past year and that the focus has been a ‘bitter, destructive, and endless… Continue reading
March 14, 2010
Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Go to Source… Continue reading
March 14, 2010
Because of the pressure exerted by the growing fetus on the hemorrhoidal veins, pregnant women are highly susceptible to developing hemorrhoids. Increased levels of the female sex hormones can also weaken vein walls to make them more prone to hemorrhoids. Furthermore, constipation due to poor diet and insufficient exercise can also aggravate hemorrhoids during pregnancy.
For some women, hemorrhoids can also develop during labor due to intense pushing. For others, complications after delivery can also lead to hemorrhoids. For example, vaginal and perianal tenderness may cause some women to postpone bowel movements, which leads to constipation and hemorrhoids.
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March 13, 2010
Maria Rodale, author "Organic Manifesto." Photo: Lifescript.com 03/12/10.
I am a newbie when it comes to natural products. Should I buy organic? Natural? What is the difference between them? Lucky me, I spent time talking walking the aisles of the “Natural Products Expo West” in Anaheim, California Friday. I went in armed with extra info provided from my interview earlier in the day with Maria Rodale, author of “Organic Manifesto,” a sort of bible for organic living.
I got up to speed quickly on how to size up an organic product – and saw firsthand how many different choices there… Continue reading
March 13, 2010
Women comprise more than half the population of the nation’s cities, are three times as likely as their male counterparts to live alone after the age of 65, and are primary caregivers for their families at all ages and stages of life. The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, with the International Congress of Women’s Health Issues, will host “Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspectives,” Wednesday, April 7, through Saturday, April 10, on Penn’s campus to examine how urban environments affect their health…
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March 13, 2010
Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Merck KGaA/Oncothyreon’s Stimuvax vaccine earns Decision Resources’ proprietary clinical gold standard status in 2013 and 2018 for the treatment of locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Available data from Phase II clinical trials of Stimuvax have shown promising median overall survival and tumor response rates in patients when the drug is used as a maintenance therapy following chemoradiotherapy…
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March 13, 2010
Results from a new online survey of more than 300 practicing endocrinologists and family medicine physicians1 show that a large majority of physicians (83 percent)1 indicated that using a team of specialists early in the course of type 2 diabetes (T2D) treatment can help prevent serious T2D-related complications. However, more than nine out of 10 physicians (93 percent)1 surveyed do not believe their peers are using this team approach. The online survey was supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and conducted by Sermo…
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March 13, 2010
Trillium Therapeutics Inc. (TTI), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative immune-based biologics, announced that it has entered into two definitive license agreements with University Health Network (UHN) and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, granting Trillium exclusive worldwide rights to commercialize two immunology programs in the areas of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cancer. “We are very excited to have strengthened our immunology franchise and to have reinforced our existing bond with Toronto’s world-class immunology community…
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