Thursday, December 2, 2010

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Importance of HIV Testing: CDC Vital Signs Report
Food Consumer
More than one million Americans are living with HIV and approximately one in five don't know it. Everyone should be tested for HIV and those at increased risk should be tested at least annually. CDC recommends routine HIV testing in healthcare settings ...
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Brain scan could detect autism in young children
msnbc.com
By Amanda Chan The way autism is diagnosed could become less subjective by using a brain-imaging-based test that is being developed by researchers and that, in early trials, was 94 percent accurate. Autism is now diagnosed through a symptom-based test: ...
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Mylanta Recall Adds to Johnson & Johnson Woes
ABC News
By LEE FERRAN Health care product giant Johnson & Johnson is adding to its growing list of recalls this year -- this time a dozen types of Mylanta and one Alternagel antacid. The wholesale and retail level recall was not done due to "adverse effects," ...
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ABC News
Autism Linked to Cellular Irregularity, Altered Energy Metabolism
eMaxHealth
Both genetic and environmental factors appear to play a role in the development of autism. Researchers are looking more closely at factors inside cells to learn more about the condition and have discovered that impaired mitochondrial dysfunction ...
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HHS announces new public health agenda
ModernHealthcare.com
By Melanie Evans HHS announced an expanded list of health topics and objectives for the nation's fourth 10-year public health and illness prevention agenda. Healthcare-associated infections were among newly added focus areas for HHS' Healthy People ...
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Higher Body Mass Index Linked to Greater Mortality Risk
ABC News
By KIM CAROLLO, ABC News Medical Unit It may not be true after all that being overweight protects people against certain types of mortality -- other than cancer and cardiovascular disease -- as some recent research has suggested. ...
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Loud Snoring Predicts Metabolic Syndrome
MedPage Today
By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Explain that patients with sleep symptoms such as difficulty falling asleep, unrefreshing sleep, and loud snoring are at higher risk for developing metabolic syndrome. Patients with sleep symptoms are at ...
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Employer Insurance Costs Rising for Workers
U.S. News & World Report
By Steven Reinberg THURSDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Although premiums for employer health insurance have risen 41 percent since 2003, new research says that employees are getting less bang for their buck. In addition, individual deductibles have ...
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Merck Agrees To Buy Diabetes Treatment Developer SmartCells
Wall Street Journal
Merck & Co. (MRK) has agreed to acquire SmartCells, a privately held diabetes treatment developer, in a deal that could top $500 million. The acquisition nets the drug giant some technology that may enable Merck to develop glucose-responsive insulins, ...
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