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AIDS treatment should start sooner, study finds
Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2008, 11:07 Uhr - 1 Monat her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) WASHINGTON -- People who have the AIDS virus should start drug treatments sooner than current guidelines recommend, suggests a large new study that could change the care of hundreds of thousands of Americans. |
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Vaccine slashes diarrheal illness in kids
Samstag, 25. Oktober 2008, 21:39 Uhr - 1 Monat her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) WASHINGTON -- A vaccine against rotavirus, the leading cause of diarrhea in infants, has led to a dramatic drop in hospitalization and emergency room visits since it came on the market two years ago, doctors reported Saturday. |
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Financial Meltdown Worsens Food Crisis
Samstag, 25. Oktober 2008, 21:00 Uhr - 1 Monat her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) SHANGHAI -- As shock waves from the credit crisis began to spread around the world last month, China scrambled to protect itself. Among the most extreme measures it took was to impose new export taxes to keep critical supplies such as grains and fertilizer from leaving the country. |
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Fresh Hopes and Concerns As Fetal DNA Tests Advance
Samstag, 25. Oktober 2008, 21:00 Uhr - 1 Monat her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Doctors have started using powerful new DNA tests to screen fetuses for a wider range of genetic abnormalities, spotting more problem pregnancies early but stirring fears that the results will increase abortions as well as confuse and needlessly alarm many couples. |
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Cellphones Drive Jump in 911 Use
Samstag, 25. Oktober 2008, 21:00 Uhr - 1 Monat her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Widespread cellphone use and the need for time-consuming language translation have caused workloads and costs to jump for emergency 911 dispatch centers across the nation at a time when the economic downturn is pinching tax receipts and local and state governments are looking for ways to trim... |
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Behind Milk Scandal, a Drop in Breast-Feeding
Freitag, 24. Oktober 2008, 21:00 Uhr - 1 Monat, 1 Woche her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) BEIJING -- Facing a classroom of anxious parents-to-be, the head nurse at Haidian Maternal and Child Health Hospital asked whether any of them had prepared milk formula. They all shook their heads. |
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Kennedy focuses from home on health care overhaul
Freitag, 24. Oktober 2008, 14:54 Uhr - 1 Monat, 1 Woche her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) WASHINGTON -- An ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy is trying to lay the groundwork for a breakthrough on health care reform next year, though many believe the enormous undertaking has been made even more difficult by the troubled economy. |
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Council Committee Tables Ambulance Fee in Montgomery
Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2008, 21:00 Uhr - 1 Monat, 1 Woche her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Montgomery County Council members yesterday shelved County Executive Isiah Leggett's plan to create an ambulance transport fee after an onslaught of opposition, particularly from senior citizens in the politically powerful community of Leisure World in Silver Spring. |
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The Ups and Downs of 'Yo-Yo' Dieting
Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2008, 21:00 Uhr - 1 Monat, 1 Woche her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) FRIDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- For some frequent dieters, weight loss is a vicious cycle. They're gung-ho in the beginning, and the pounds melt away, but not for long. Once they stray from their diet, all the weight that was lost makes a comeback. |
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Scientists try to Stop hunger with retooled foods
Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2008, 12:43 Uhr - 1 Monat, 1 Woche her - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) LONDON -- Want to lose weight? Try eating. That's one of the strategies being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full. |
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