Decaffeinated coffee may lower diabetes risk - Daily Times
June 30, 2006

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Decaffeinated coffee may lower diabetes risk Daily Times - Jun 28, 2006 NEW YORK: The consumption of coffee, particularly the decaffeinated variety, is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Scepticism over study on coffee's diabetes link Gulf News Coffee's health benefits touted in new study KESQ News-Medical.net - 999 Today - UNI Northern Iowan - all 25 related

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Study Finds Weighted Toys May Help Kids Get Fit During Playtime All Headline News - Jun 29, 2006 New York, NY (AHN)-A new study suggests that adding weights to children's toys may help them improve their fitness during playtime. New weight loss secret for children? Canton Repository (subscription) Weighted toys, and other tricks, may help kids burn calories KESQ WISH - China Daily - all 187 related

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First Vio trial in state begins Monterey County Herald - Jun 28, 2006 Merck & Co. knew of potential harmful side effects of its drug Vio and failed to notify doctors, a lawyer for a man who claims the painkiller caused his heart attack said Tuesday ... Painkiller risk even greater Melbourne Herald Sun Testimony: Feds not told about tests that exposed Vioxx dangers San Jose Mercury News CNNMoney.com - Pittsburgh Channel.com - all 69 related

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Cadbury salmonella strain put three in hospital Telegraph.co.uk - Jun 29, 2006 The rare strain of salmonella that contaminated a Cadbury factory and led to one million chocolate bars and Easter eggs being recalled resulted in three people ... Poisoned patients and mystery samples - how food detectives traced ... Guardian Unlimited 3 sick in choc bug fears The Sun News & Star - Health24.com - The Observer Blog - Guardian Unlimited - all 33 related

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Potential mad cow case detected in Manitoba CTV.ca - 5 hours ago A Manitoba cow potentially infected with mad cow disease was caught by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. No part of the animal entered the food chain. UPDATE 2-Potential mad cow case detected in Western Canada Reuters Potential case of BSE reported in Canada Brownfield CBC Manitoba - CJOB - Wisconsin Ag Connection - CattleNetwork.com - all 32 related

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`India tops world in HIV, rabies` Business Standard - 8 hours ago Comparing HIV with rabies, UNAIDS today said that in both cases India topped the world and if rabies infections do not affect India’s world image, then neither should HIV infections. Govt to give free anti-AIDS drugs to 1 lakh Hindustan Times India offers free anti-Aids drugs BBC News 365Gay.com - Reuters - Hindu - Hindu - all 28 related

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Surgeon General’s report confirms exposure to secondhand smoke ... Clarion News - Jun 29, 2006 CLARION - In response to a study on the effects of second-hand smoke, US Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona released a report this week stating there is no safe level of secondhand smoke. Study: No safe level of secondhand smoke Chicago Tribune `ALARMING' EFFECTS IDENTIFIED San Jose Mercury News USA Today - Food Consumer - Seattle Times - News-Medical.net - all 252 related

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Cell phone signals excite brain, study finds Reuters - 3 hours ago Cell phone emissions excite the part of the brain cortex nearest to the phone, but it is not clear if these effects are harmful, Italian researchers reported on Monday. Cell phones found to excite brain cortex - study Telecom Paper (subscription) Mobile Phones May Trigger Brain Disorders MacNewsWorld Post Chronicle - America's Network - Playfuls.com - all 21 related

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Testimony: Feds not told about tests that exposed Vioxx dangers San Diego Union Tribune - Jun 29, 2006 LOS ANGELES - Merck & Co. did not inform federal authorities about two clinical trials in which users of the painkiller Vioxx were more likely to die than people given a placebo, jurors in the first Vioxx ... Testimony: Feds not told about tests that exposed Vioxx dangers Press-Enterprise (subscription) California's first Vioxx liability trial under way Charlotte Observer 10News.com - all 68 related

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Ambulance journeys 'unnecessary' BBC News - 1 hour ago Half of ambulance trips to hospital may be unnecessary as patients could be treated at the scene, a report says. The NHS Confederation said the myth the ambulance service was a "patient transport" system must be challenged. Hewitt: There is 'no question whatsoever' of privatising NHS 24dash.com Will Britain's National Health go private? PhysOrg.com Guardian Unlimited - Guardian Unlimited - Guardian Unlimited - ic NorthWales - all 88 related

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Drug OK'd to combat cause of blindness Seattle Post Intelligencer - 8 hours ago The first drug shown to significantly improve the vision of patients threatened by a major cause of blindness in the elderly won federal approval Friday. Genentech's eye treatment gets FDA OK MarketWatch UPDATE 2-US approves new Genentech eye drug Reuters NBC5i.com - KESQ - WANE - ShortNews.com - all 253 related

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UT study links cancer in men to obesity UT The Daily Texan - Jun 28, 2006 The most dangerous lifestyle in America may be that of the clinically obese man. In addition to heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer and arthritis, a new study suggests overweight men also have ...

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Celiac Disease Clinical Trials for New Enzyme – Gluten ... Best Syndication - 3 hours ago Researchers believe that the enzyme, prolyl endoprotease, can help celiac disease sufferers digest gluten. This discovery is important because, unlike earlier attempts at using enzymes, these scientists have ... Fungus enzyme could lead to supplements for coeliacs NutraIngredients.com Enzyme May Aid People With Celiac Disease HealthCentral.com EndoNurse - all 24 related

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Weights on children's toys 'can boost their fitness' Scotsman - 1 hour ago ADDING weights to children's toys may help them improve their fitness during playtime, according to new research in the US. The study included five boys and five girls, who were an average of seven-and-a-half ... US should fight child obesity with weighted teddies, study says Telegraph.co.uk New weight loss secret for children? Canton Repository (subscription) Reuters.uk - Seattle Post Intelligencer - KESQ - WISH - all 184 related

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Taxpayers foot the bill for undocumented immigrants' medical care San Jose Mercury News - 3 hours ago As America counts the costs and consequences of illegal immigration, US taxpayers are quietly footing a fast-growing multibillion-dollar tab for medical emergencies suffered by undocumented immigrants. Medicaid Rule Called A Threat To Millions Washington Post Medicaid ID law to take effect Saturday Houston Chronicle Newstarget.com - TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) - United Press International - KHOU (subscription) - all 49 related

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FDA Grants Tentative Approval of a Three-Component AIDS Drug FDA.gov - 4 hours ago The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued the first tentative approval for a three-ingredient fixed dose tablet for use as a stand-alone antiretroviral treatment for human immunodeficiency ... UPDATE 1-US clears 3-drug AIDS pill for global relief plan Reuters FDA approves fixed-dose AIDS cocktail United Press International Providence Eyewitness News - all 78 related

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Private treatment centre operator chosen Scotsman - 1 hour ago MINISTERS yesterday pushed ahead with plans to open Scotland's first private sector treatment centre as concerns were raised about creeping privatisation of the English NHS. Ambulance journeys 'unnecessary' BBC News Ministers in rush to allay fears over NHS plans Times Online Independent - 24dash.com - Guardian Unlimited - Monsters and Critics.com - all 87 related

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Angola to launch child vaccination, malaria drive Reuters AlertNet - 9 hours ago Angola is embarking on a massive campaign to protect more than 3.5 million children under the age of five from measles, polio and malaria, health officials in the southwestern African nation said on Friday. Angola to vaccinate millions of children CNN International Cholera death toll hits 1 900 in Angola African News Dimension People's Daily Online - all 8 related

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Group Health plans new Redmond facility Bizjournals.com - 37 minutes ago Group Health Cooperative will move into a new, $36 million facility in downtown Redmond in two years. The five-story, 31,000-square-foot building will be located at 159 Place NE and Redmond Way, replacing ... Group Health making move Seattle Times Group Health Picks Site for New GlobeSt. com all 5 related

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Fungus enzyme could lead to supplements for coeliacs NutraIngredients.com - 13 hours ago A newly identified enzyme can break down gluten molecules before they reach the small intestine, Dutch researchers have shown, and may offer hope for the management of coeliac disease using oral supplements. Enzyme May Aid People With Celiac Disease WWAY NewsChannel 3 Celiac Success: New Enzyme Efficiently Degrades Gluten EndoNurse all 24 related

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Weight Loss Surgery Halves Heart Risk WebMD - 3 hours ago June 30, 2006 -- Weight lossWeight loss surgery may cut the risk of heart diseaseheart disease by nearly half among the extremely obese. Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Heart Risk Fashion Monitor Toronto Stomach surgery can help obese teenagers -study Reuters ABC News - Medscape (subscription) - MedPage Today - Myrtle Beach Sun News - all 25 related

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Medicaid ID law to take effect Saturday Houston Chronicle - 18 hours ago Texas officials promise to be as user-friendly as possible in verifying proof of citizenship of Medicaid applicants under a federal law that goes into effect Saturday. Medicaid Rule Called A Threat To Millions Washington Post New Medicaid rule may deny health care to millions of poor ... Newstarget.com TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) - KHOU (subscription) - Kaiser network.org - 2TheAdvocate - all 48 related

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Move to settle AIDS figure row Hindu - 2 hours ago NEW DELHI: The National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) has set up an expert committee to examine the validity of the assumptions and the module used by the UNAIDS in arriving at the conclusion that India had 5.7 million HIV/AIDS patients - the highest ... India says will check UN estimate on HIV caseload Reuters.uk `India tops world in HIV, rabies` Business Standard Financial Express - Hindustan Times - India eNews.com - all 25 related

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Ministers 'are trying to privatise NHS by stealth' Telegraph.co.uk - 26 minutes ago Ministers were yesterday accused of carrying out a "double U-turn" over plans to part-privatise the NHS. Campaigners and unions accused the Government of trying to "privatise ... Ministers in rush to allay fears over NHS plans Times Online Government denies NHS privatisation plans Monsters and Critics.com Guardian Unlimited - Independent - BBC News - 24dash.com - all 85 related

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Risk Of Bird Flu Virus Mutation Still High, Says WHO Food Consumer - 3 hours ago The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday that the risk of the bird flu virus mutating is still very high. The H5N1 virus could mutate into a form easily ... Bird Flu Kills Younger People, Copying 1918 Pandemic, WHO Says Bloomberg Death in 2003 Investigated for Bird Flu Houston Chronicle Reuters.uk - Bangkok Post - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - All Headline News - all 118 related

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Gay Males' Sibling Link: Men's homosexuality tied to having older ... Science News - 2 hours ago Birth order may steer some men toward homosexuality in a process that perhaps begins before birth. A new study finds that homosexuality grows more likely with the greater number of biological older brothers ... Older brothers link to being gay - study Cape Argus (subscription) A New Look at Link Wall Street Journal Toronto Star - The Age - The Sunday Times - all 20 related

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Washington Post Examines Concerns About New Medicaid Proof-of ... Kaiser network.org - 7 hours ago A new law that will require Medicaid beneficiaries and applicants to provide proof of citizenship in order to receive benefits will take effect on Saturday, the Washington Post reports. Medicaid's new rules: Bad policy Centre Daily Times Taxpayers foot the bill for undocumented immigrants' medical care Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Post Chronicle - all 48 related

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Common Enzymes May Be 1st Remedy for Digestive Disorder Los Angeles Times - 16 hours ago Two studies find that the substances might 'take the worry out of eating' for celiac patients, for whom breads and pastas cause intestinal distress. Enzyme May Aid People With Celiac Disease Forbes Celiac Success: New Enzyme Efficiently Degrades Gluten EndoNurse FoodNavigator-USA - Forbes - all 24 related

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FDA OKs 3-Drug Combo Pill to Treat HIV FOX News - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON - The first three-drug combination pill to treat HIV as part of foreign AIDS relief efforts won federal approval Friday. FDA OKs 3-drug combo pill to treat HIV Hinesberg Journal all 32 related

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UNAIDS/HIV figures based on assumptions: Rao Financial Express - 1 hour ago NEW DELHI, JUNE 30: Director general of National AIDS Control Organisation Sujatha Rao has said that UNAIDS’ figures on the disease are based on assumptions and that the UN body has used a new methodology this year for the study, which has created ... India offers free anti-Aids drugs BBC News 100,000 Indians to get free anti-AIDS drugs by 2007 India eNews.com Reuters - Indian Muslims - all 25 related

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Ministers in rush to allay fears over NHS plans Times Online - 59 minutes ago MINISTERS struggled yesterday to limit the damage done by the disclosure in The Times of plans to “privatise” the NHS. The plans will do no such thing, insisted Patricia ... NHS won't be privatised, insists Hewitt Telegraph.co.uk Blair's bad medicine Guardian Unlimited PhysOrg.com - MedIndia - ePolitix - ic Uxbridge.co.uk - all 81 related

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Ottawa eases BSE restrictions on cattle, beef imports from US Canada.com - Jun 29, 2006 OTTAWA (CP) - Canada has relaxed BSE-related import restrictions on American animals and animal products imposed after a case of mad cow disease was confirmed in Washington state in 2003. Potential mad cow case detected in Manitoba CTV.ca Possible case of BSE found CJOB CattleNetwork.com - London Free Press - Reuters - all 31 related