Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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Panel Advises More Aggressive FDA Analysis of Engineered Salmon
New York Times
By PAUL VOOSEN of Greenwire ROCKVILLE, Md. -- While a genetically engineered salmon is almost certainly safe to eat, the government should pursue a more rigorous analysis of the fish's possible health effects and environmental impact, ...
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Do Private Health Insurers Have A Moral Obligation To Sick Children?
Forbes (blog)
By RICK UNGAR With just two days to go until health insurers are required to cover kids with pre-existing medical conditions, many of the major insurers, including Wellpoint, one of the nation's largest health insurance carriers, have announced plans ...
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Alzheimer's Has Hefty Global Price Tag
WebMD
By Katrina Woznicki Sept. 21, 2010 -- A new international report about Alzheimer's disease suggests that the global economic impact of dementia costs about $604 billion or 1% of the global Gross Domestic Product, indicating that the financial toll of ...
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Lasker Awards go to biologists for work on obesity, blindness
Ars Technica
By John Timmer | Last updated September 21, 2010 2:31 PM This morning, the Lasker Foundation announced its awards for biomedical research, prizes considered to be some of the most significant in the field. This year's prizes go to researchers who made ...
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Teens determined to tan, no matter what
msnbc.com
By Amanda Chan About one in nine teens uses sunless tanning products, according to a new study, but the products are being used in addition to tanning beds and lying out in the sun. The coupling of these safe and risky sun behaviors means that there is ...
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Intravenous Aspirin Effective And Safe For Migraines And Severe Headaches
Medical News Today
Patients who are hospitalized with severe migraine or headache may benefit from the intravenous administration of aspirin, say researchers in a study published in the medical journal Neurology. In the UK intravenous aspirin is only available on a ...
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Medical Bills, Cost Of Living Higher For The Obese
RedOrbit
Researchers have found that medical bills are higher for the obese, as well as the cost of living. Researchers at the George Washington University said that things like employee sick days, lost productivity - and even the need for extra gasoline - can ...
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Flu Season "Unofficially" Begins
WKBN/WYFX-TV
Fall officially begins Wednesday and, unofficially, the start of flu season arrives too. The push to get you vaccinated has already started and while last year's H1N1 flu caused quite a bit of concern, we wondered, how will this season be? ...
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