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June 14, 2006

MLB.com

South Africa: Blood Donors Celebrated for Saving Lives AllAfrica.com - 9 hours ago Many of the ill and injured owe their lives to people they will never meet, blood donors, and they were celebrated today on World Blood Donor Day. Self-donation of blood Health24.com Plea for summer blood donations Ireland Online Waterloo Chronicle - Health24.com - all 15 related

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Measles outbreaks at highest level for decade The Herald - 2 hours ago Confirmed outbreaks of measles in Scotland are at their highest level for at least a decade. Two dozen cases of the disease have been identified by specialists so far this year, compared to one during 2005. Charges hang over MMR doctor Times Online In the dock: the man who caused the great MMR scare Belfast Telegraph Telegraph.co.uk - Daily Mail - UK - Irish Examiner - ITV.com - all 42 related

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Africast

UN, Britain warn Malawi against complacency in HIV/AIDS fight People's Daily Online - 2 hours ago Top United Nations and British government officials have warned Malawi that any form of complacency in the country's national response to HIV/AIDS could lead to a total catastrophe. UN urges Malawi to do more to fight Aids Independent Online INTERVIEW - UN AIDS chief sees new openess on HIV in Africa Reuters AlertNet Kaiser network.org - Focus News - TODAYonline - all 13 related

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Dog Flu Diet and Diseases

Protein Linked to Insulin Resistance in Humans Forbes - 5 hours ago WEDNESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Lowering blood levels of a protein found in higher quantities among those with insulin resistance might cut the risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease, a new study suggests. Study Says A Protein May Be Key To Early Diabetes Diagnosis All Headline News Protein Predicts Diabetes Destiny WebMD all 18 related

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Drug Offers New Options for Leukemia Patients Howard Hughes Medical Institute - 6 hours ago Dasatinib, an experimental drug under development by Bristol-Myers Squibb, reverses the signs and symptoms of patients whose chronic myeloid leukemia has failed to respond to Gleevec, which is considered the standard of treatment for the disorder. 'Immediate Hope' for Leukemia Patients WebMD Analysis: BMS` Sprycel shows promise Monsters and Critics.com MedPage Today - Reuters - MSN Money - Melbourne Herald Sun - all 39 related

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Charities appeal over drugs ruling Guardian Unlimited - 40 minutes ago Charities will lodge an appeal over "penny pinching" recommendations against prescribing some Alzheimer's drugs on the NHS. Charities condemn 'unethical' Alzheimer's drugs rationing Daily Mail - UK Pfizer and Eisai appeal UK ruling on Alzheimer drugs Reuters.uk Scotsman - all 11 related

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Earthtimes.org

NIH Official Takes Fifth on Tissue Sharing Washington Post - 1 hour ago A senior National Institutes of Health researcher yesterday invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to answer a congressional subcommittee's questions about his alleged use of federally owned tissue samples for personal ... NIH Researcher Gave Samples to Pfizer, Pocketed $600,000 Los Angeles Times Medical Research For Profit CBS News Seattle Times - The Westfall Weekly News - Earthtimes.org - World Fitness - all 147 related

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Washington Post

LA doctors separate conjoined twins after marathon surgery San Jose Mercury News - 51 minutes ago LOS ANGELES - Ten-month-old conjoined twins attached from the lower chest to the pelvis were separated Wednesday after a daylong operation, a hospital spokesman said. Doctors prepare to separate twins in marathon operation Daily Mail - UK Separation Of Conjoined Twins Underway In California Medical News Today Irish Examiner - New York Times - WHBF - CBS 2 - all 328 related

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Sydney legionnaires' victims seriously ill Sydney Morning Herald - 1 hour ago Two people are seriously ill in hospital after being exposed to legionnaires' disease in Northbridge on Sydney's north shore, health authorities say. 10th case of Legionnaires' disease diagnosed at San Antonio ... Fort Worth Star Telegram 10th case of Legionnaires disease at San Antonio hospital News 8 Austin Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - KLTV - WHEC-TV - all 25 related

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INTERVIEW - UN AIDS chief sees new openess on HIV in Africa Reuters AlertNet - 9 hours ago Africans' increasing openess about HIV/AIDS is helping turn the tide against the epidemic although tens of thousands still die needlessly, the top UN AIDS official said on Wednesday. UN, Britain warn Malawi against complacency in HIV/AIDS fight People's Daily Online Senior UN, UK officials to start HIV/AIDS mission to Malawi AngolaPress TODAYonline - AllAfrica.com - all 13 related

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NHS faces brain drain, doctors warn Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago Doctors' leaders said yesterday that the profession faced a potential brain drain because of a shortage of posts being made available under controversial government reforms. '11,000 junior doctors could be out of a job' Daily Mail - UK NHS could lose thousands of junior doctors Life Style Extra Telegraph.co.uk - Reuters.uk - All Headline News - United Press International - all 10 related

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Analysis: BMS` Sprycel shows promise Monsters and Critics.com - 3 hours ago Bristol-Myers Squibb`s Sprycel may get a boost from a study released Wednesday that indicates the experimental drug improves ... New Leukemia Drugs Help Those Who Fail Gleevec Forbes New leukemia drugs show early promise Reuters MSN Money - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Melbourne Herald Sun - all 38 related

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Earthtimes.org

City on alert over suspected case of virus People's Daily Online - 45 minutes ago A man suspected to have contracted bird flu in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, remained in a critical condition last night. HK fears healthy-looking but H5N1 infected chickens Reuters China reports avian flu case near Hong Kong CIDRAP The Standard - Blogger News Network - Voice of America - OhmyNews International - all 39 related

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MLB.com

Self-donation of blood Health24.com - 16 hours ago While the risk of receiving contaminated blood by means of a blood transfusion is minimal, no blood is as safe as your own. This has prompted some people to self-donate blood before a major elective surgery where transfusion may be needed. Plea for summer blood donations Ireland Online Jays raise awareness on donor day MLB.com Health24.com - AllAfrica.com - all 15 related

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San Diego Union Tribune

Molecule Helps Turn Regular Cells Into Stem Cells Forbes - 6 hours ago WEDNESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- An embryonic stem cell's magic lies in its ability to grow into any type of cell in the body, offering a potential means of replacing or repairing damaged tissues. Crossing line on cloning Boston Globe Doyle, Green exchange stem cell salvos WTN News Buffalo News - Kaiser network.org - Reuters Canada - HealthCentral.com - all 36 related

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China reports avian flu case near Hong Kong CIDRAP - 1 hour ago Jun 14, 2006 (CIDRAP News) - A 31-year-old Chinese man from Guangdong province near Hong Kong has tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza, according to a Xinhua news report today. Alert on silent H5N1 carriers The Standard Countries Where Bird Flu Epidemic Started Prepare for a Pandemic Blogger News Network Voice of America - Viet Nam News Agency - OhmyNews International - News.gov.hk - all 38 related

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CNN

Report: CDC jet used most by HHS secretary Seattle Post Intelligencer - 10 hours ago ATLANTA -- A jet leased by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for use in emergencies has instead been used to shuttle the secretary of Health and Human Services to appearances and meetings at a cost of more than $700,000 since January, a ... Leavitt Chided for Using CDC Jet for Trips Forbes HHS Chief Uses Emergency Jet for Meetings: Newspaper HealthCentral.com ModernHealthcare.com - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Think Progress - WTVM - all 121 related

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Washington Post

Report: ER care in US at 'breaking point' MSNBC - 7 hours ago WASHINGTON - Half a million times a year - about once every minute â€-n ambulance carrying a sick patient is turned away from a full emergency room and sent to another one farther away. Report finds nation's emergency medical system severely taxed Charlotte Observer National Institute of Medicine Reports on ER Care WISH 6abc.com - all 157 related

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Facial Wrinkling in Smokers Underlines Increased COPD Risk MedPage Today - 3 hours ago Middle-age smokers with heavily wrinkled faces are five times likelier to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than ... Wrinkled Middle-aged Smokers At Higher Risk Of COPD Medical News Today Extra Wrinkles a Bad Sign for Smokers Forbes ABC7Chicago.com - FOX News - Reuters.uk - 13WHAM-TV - all 65 related

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Surgeons try to seperate LA conjoined twins Food Consumer - 2 hours ago Regina and Renata Salinas Fierros are conjoined twins undergoing a drastic and potentially dangerous change today, as doctors begin a surgery to separate the two infants. Doctors try to separate US twins BBC News Marathon separation for twins Melbourne Herald Sun WJLA - 7Online.com - WFIE-TV - KESQ - all 242 related

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DNA Vaccine For Alzheimers Deemed Favorable All Headline News - 23 hours ago The vaccine decreased levels of key amyloid proteins, believed to trigger the disease, up to 50 percent in some parts of the brain. DNA-based vaccine effective for Alzheimer's disease in mice: Study Earthtimes.org 'Gentle' Alzheimer's Vaccine WebMD KWTX - Jurnalo - WIS - ABC News - all 174 related

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MLB.com

Jays raise awareness on donor day MLB.com - 45 minutes ago Baseball is defined by its numbers, whether it's Hank Aaron's 755 home runs, Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, or Cal Ripken Jr. South Africa: Blood Donors Celebrated for Saving Lives AllAfrica.com Plea for summer blood donations Irish Examiner Health24.com - Health24.com - all 15 related

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World Fitness

DR Congo 'plague' leaves 100 dead BBC News - 8 hours ago A suspected pneumonic plague has killed 100 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to preliminary test results. Pneumonic plague kills 100 News24 Plague Kills 100 People From the Congo World Fitness CNN International - Independent Online - all 17 related

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BBC News

Early warning hope for diabetes BBC News - 49 minutes ago Raised levels of a protein in the blood may provide an early warning sign of the development of type 2 diabetes, research suggests. Single blood test could predict diabetes New Scientist (subscription) Protein Linked to Insulin Resistance in Humans drkoop.com Forbes - WebMD - News-Medical.net - all 9 related

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CNN

HHS secretary criticized for use of CDC plane ModernHealthcare.com - 2 hours ago HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt drew heat from lawmakers for traveling to promote the Medicare prescription drug benefit using a private jet earmarked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Progress noted in welfare reform Washington Times Leavitt Chided for Using CDC Jet for Trips Guardian Unlimited ABC News - Guardian Unlimited - all 119 related

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Washington Post

US Emergency Medicine on the Critical List Forbes - 7 hours ago WEDNESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- The US emergency medical system is in critical condition and on life support -- overburdened, under-funded, and highly fragmented, according to three new reports released Wednesday by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Report: ER care in US at 'breaking point' MSNBC Report finds nation's emergency medical system severely taxed Charlotte Observer WISH - 6abc.com - KWTX - Duluth News Tribune - all 156 related

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Lined faces may mean rotten lungs for smokers China Daily - 44 minutes ago LONDON: Smoking men may think their lined faces give them character, but according to researchers the wrinkles could be a warning of serious lung disease. Facial Wrinkling in Smokers Underlines Increased COPD Risk MedPage Today Lung Disease Warning Sky News Irish Health - ABC7Chicago.com - FOX News - World Fitness - all 63 related

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Washington Post

Emergency rooms in crisis: reports Reuters.uk - 5 hours ago US emergency rooms are understaffed, overwhelmed and could not cope with a crisis, whether a pandemic, attack or natural disaster, according to three reports released on Wednesday. Report: ER care in US at 'breaking point' MSNBC National Institute of Medicine Reports on ER Care WISH KWTX - The American Enterprise Online - Medscape (subscription) - San Luis Obispo Tribune - all 137 related

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Protein Predicts Diabetes Destiny WebMD - 1 hour ago June 14, 2006 - Blood levels of a vitamin-A-linked protein predict insulin resistanceinsulin resistance -- an early sign of type 2 diabetesdiabetes and a risk factor for heart diseaseheart disease. Protein Linked to Insulin Resistance in Humans HealthCentral.com Elevation of fat-derived molecule foretells early insulin ... News-Medical.net Forbes - New Scientist (subscription) - all 8 related

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MedPage Today

New Leukemia Drugs Help Those Who Fail Gleevec Forbes - 1 hour ago WEDNESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- The prognosis picture for people with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) has just gotten even rosier. 'Immediate Hope' for Leukemia Patients WebMD New leukemia drugs show early promise Reuters MedPage Today - Howard Hughes Medical Institute - MSN Money - all 26 related

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Washington Post

Los Angeles surgeons operate to separate conjoined twins CBC News - 3 hours ago Doctors in Los Angeles have begun a complex 24-hour operation to separate 10-month-old conjoined twins. The sisters, Renata and Regina Salinas Fierros, are joined at the torso and pelvis. Marathon separation for twins Melbourne Herald Sun Doctors prepare to separate twins in marathon operation Daily Mail - UK 7Online.com - HomeTown channel.com - Daily News (subscription) - all 234 related

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Earthtimes.org

Americans need lessons on salt News-Medical.net - 2 hours ago The American Medical Association (AMA) in an effort to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease, has passed new policies to help change the way Americans think about salt. Doctors want to pinch salt use Detroit Free Press Trim sodium in processed foods, AMA says Seattle Times Monsters and Critics.com - Food Consumer - TechNewsWorld - Washington Post - all 312 related

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Acupuncture Relieves Symptoms of Fibromyalgia, Mayo Clinic Study ... AScribe - Jun 13, 2006 ROCHESTER, Minn., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Evidence suggests acupuncture reduces the symptoms of fibromyalgia, according to a Mayo Clinic study. Acupuncture Relieves Symptoms of Fibromyalgia eMaxHealth.com Pamphlet boosts women's mammography knowledge Reuters People's Daily Online - United Press International - all 10 related

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Doctors sue hospital for race and sex bias San Francisco Chronicle - 7 hours ago Three female African American obstetricians sued Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Inc. on Tuesday, alleging that the hospital discriminated against them based on race and gender. Obstetricians accuse Alta Bates Summit of racial discrimination Inside Bay Area Doctors Suing Hospital For Racial Discrimination abc7news.com San Jose Mercury News - all 12 related