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Worldwide Dementia Price Tag $604 Billion: Report
BusinessWeek
TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The global cost of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in 2010 is an estimated $604 billion, according to a report released Tuesday by Alzheimer's Disease International. The estimate includes direct costs of ...
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Surprise: FDA Panel Unable to Reach Conclusion on Genetically Modified Salmon
ABC News
By KIM CAROLLO, ABC News Medical Unit After two days of hearings, several members of an 11-member advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration found that there are not yet sufficient data to determine that a genetic modification that enables ...
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Cyber Bully Victims Often More Depressed Than Aggressors
BusinessWeek
TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Students who are victims of cyber bullying at school are more likely to suffer depression than their tormentors, according to researchers. Bullying, which traditionally involved physical violence, verbal harassment ...
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Sunless Tanning Products May Protect Skin From Cancer And Burns
Medical News Today
A recent study found that approximately 10% of American teens use sunless tanning products. An article in this week's Archives of Dermatology suggests promoting sunless tanning products to adult females may help reduce the risks of developing skin ...
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Insurers Announce Plans To Stop Writing Policies for Child-Only Coverage
California Healthline
Several large health insurance companies will halt their child-only insurance policies, just days before the federal health reform law would require the insurers to offer the plans to all children regardless of pre-existing medical conditions, ...
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Ahead of the Bell: Vivus rises on Qnexa study data
BusinessWeek
Shares of Vivus Inc. rose almost 12 percent in pre-market trading Tuesday after the company reported results from a two-year study of its obesity drug Qnexa, and said the data demonstrate the drug's safety. Vivus said the study results show there is no ...
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H1N1 Swine Flu Even Milder than Seasonal Strains
Food Consumer
The H1N1 flu was actually no more serious than most seasonal strains, according to a new study. H1N1 virus disproportionately affected children and young adults, but the symptoms and risk of complications were similar to those of seasonal influenza ...
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Amnesty for your unused prescription drugs
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Medicines in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse, the DEA says. Washington (CNN) -- The Drug Enforcement Agency wants people around the country to raid their medicine cabinets this week and get rid ...
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Swallowing Disc Batteries May Severely Injure Children
Medscape
September 21, 2010 — Children who swallow disc batteries may be severely injured and require emergency endoscopic removal, according to the results of a retrospective medical chart review published online today in the Archives of Otolaryngology–Head ...
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