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Gene Variant May Decide Who Smokes and for How Long U.S. News & World Report - 1 hour ago FRIDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A gene variant that may influence a person's initial response to smoking and lifetime smoking habits has been identified by a team of researchers. Pleasure from Smoking and Addiction to It Is a Genetic Thing MedPage Today Lifetime smokers probably have gene that gets them addicted after ... Daily Mail CBC.ca - HealthNewsDigest.com all 11 news articles

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Ice Cream Sales Help Children's Hospital 13wmaz - 16 hours ago The Dairy Queen in Forsyth raised money for children in a local Macon's Children's Hospital by selling Blizzards. I do this because I love kids. Dairy Queen Donates Blizzard Proceeds WVNS-TV Blizzard purchases donate money to Riley Children's Hospital WNDU-TV Associated Content - WYMT - KNDO/KNDU - Cadillac News all 29 news articles

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Most Americans Want Health Care Reform Washington Post - Aug 7, 2008 By Steven Reinberg THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The vast majority of Americans are dissatisfied with the US health care system, and 82 percent think it needs to be overhauled, a new survey found. Americans want overhaul of health system: survey Reuters Americans Dissatisfied with the Present Health Care System eFluxMedia Kaiser network.org - dBTechno - MedPage Today - AFP all 48 news articles

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Most Stroke Patients Receive Delayed Treatments eFluxMedia - 2 hours ago By Anna Boyd A new study published on Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association reveals that three-quarter of the stroke patients suffering a stroke don't act quickly enough to get to the nearest hospital and get the proper treatment. Many Miss Out on Stroke Treatment Washington Post Arrival method, slow response often delay stroke care PhysOrg.com Peoria Journal Star - MedPage Today - DG News - Akron Beacon Journal all 19 news articles

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Michigan governor's medical records breached The Associated Press - 14 hours ago LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The state of Michigan says it is investigating a hospital where employees improperly looked at Gov. Jennifer Granholm's medical records. Update: Hospital Employees Fired WLNS State investigates after breach of guv's records MLive.com eFluxMedia - Detroit Free Press - WILX-TV - DetNews.com all 292 news articles

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Health Highlights: Aug. 8, 2008 U.S. News & World Report - 1 hour ago The infertility drug clomifene citrate and artificial insemination do little to help certain couples who can't have children naturally, according to Scottish researchers. Study: Infertility Treatments No Help WebMD Fertility treatments 'no benefit' BBC News eFluxMedia - The Associated Press - Telegraph.co.uk - NHS Choices all 322 news articles

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Skin cells produce library of diseased stem cells Reuters - Aug 7, 2008 By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - US stem cell experts have produced a library of the powerful cells using ordinary skin and bone marrow cells from patients, and said on Thursday they would share them freely with ... Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines Developed Washington Post Scientists create stem cells for 10 disorders The Associated Press GenomeWeb News (subscription) - ChattahBox - Bloomberg - eFluxMedia all 499 news articles

Doctor reprimanded for secretly sterilizing patient USA Today - 1 hour ago The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette says a doctor was reprimanded yesterday after admitting that she secretly sterilized a patient while performing a Caesarean section last year in Berryville, Ark. Arkansas Doctor Reprimanded for Secretly Sterilizing Patient With ... FOXNews Doctor gets reprimand Arkansas Democrat Gazette Arkansas Online all 109 news articles

32 Lab Monkeys Accidentally Heated to Death FOXNews - 40 minutes ago SPARKS, Nev. - Thirty-two research monkeys quarantined at a lab in Nevada were accidentally killed in May due to overheating. Officials for the Delaware-based Charles River Laboratories confirmed the May 28 incident at its lab in Sparks for the first ... Heat kills 32 monkeys at drug testing facility in Nevada USA Today 32 research monkeys die in accident at Nevada lab The Associated Press Carson Times - KTVN - San Diego Union Tribune - The Associated Press all 198 news articles

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Girl, 6, Back Home After Having Half Her Brain Removed FOXNews - 2 hours ago A 6-year-old Texas girl is back at home after having half her brain removed in June, WJZ.com reported. Jessie Hall, of Aledo, Texas, has Rasmussen's encephalitis, a rare illness that eats away at the brain and causes seizures and reduced mobility. Texas Girl, 6, Leaves Hospital Walking after Half of Brain Removed eFluxMedia Girl goes home after half of brain removed WFAA NBC5i.com - Dallas Morning News - CBS 11 - Dallas Morning News all 13 news articles

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Gaps in system kept Ivins at high-security lab The Associated Press - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) - Army scientist Bruce Ivins didn't keep his problems to himself. Therapists knew he had a history of paranoia, obsession and delusional thinking. 3 questions remain in anthrax case Minneapolis Star Tribune FBI Can Examine Library Computers That Scientist Used New York Times Washington Post - Wall Street Journal - Los Angeles Times - Chemical & Engineering News all 10,426 news articles

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Study: HIV Infections in America 40% Higher than Previous Estimates The REAL TRUTH - 58 minutes ago At the International AIDS Conference held in Mexico City, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released revised statistics showing HIV infections in the United States are 40% higher than previously estimated. Antibodies May Lead to Protection Against HIV Washington Post Scientists find new way to fight HIV/AIDS Food Consumer Kaiser network.org - Global Voices Online - HealthNews - eFluxMedia all 756 news articles