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NHS chief says patients face more charges
The NHS consumes more than £100?billion a year, from Government spending of around £720?billion. Continuing to increase health spending in the next Parliament will mean either taking more from other services, or further increasing taxes. In a report last...
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U.S. justices wary of wide human gene patent ruling
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday signaled reluctance to issue too broad a ruling about patents on human genes, and some indicated they might seek a compromise distinguishing between types of genetic material....
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4-year-old boy in China found to be carrier of bird flu
A new case of bird flu in China’s capital, a 4-year-old boy who displayed no symptoms, is adding to the unknowns about the latest outbreak that has caused 63 confirmed cases and 14 deaths, health officials said Monday. The boy, who tested positive for...
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Cholesterol increases risk of Alzheimer's and heart disease
15-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | ] Contact: Mark Couchmark.couch@ucdenver.edu 303-724-5377University of Colorado Denver AURORA, Colo. (April 15, 2013) Researchers at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome and the University of Colorado School of Medicine...
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Colorado Researcher Finds More Sex Equals More Happiness
Apr 15 (Reuters) – Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $4,139,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $3,137,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,442,389 4. Adam Scott (Australia) $2,100,469 5. Steve Stricker $1,935,340 6. Phil Mickelson...
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Your Best Weight Loss Aid Could Be Right In Your Purse
By: Leslie Meredith Published: 04/15/2013 03:28 PM EDT on TechNewsDaily Can your smartphone help you lose weight? The U.K. National Health Service today (April 15) published the results from a survey showing overweight participants dropped three times...
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Congenitally absent optic chiasm: Making sense of visual pathways
When input to the two halves of the brain is parsed according to according to the eye, rather than to the visual field, binocularity is typically affected in some way or another. The eyes may a slightly crossed configuration, and nystagmus occurs more...
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Was George III a manic depressive?
15 April 2013 Last updated at 04:22 ET Nigel Hawthorne in the National Theatre production of The Madness of George III Modern medicine may help us to discover the real reasons behind King George III’s erratic behaviour, writes historian Lucy Worsley....
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Was George III a manic depressive?
15 April 2013 Last updated at 04:22 ET Nigel Hawthorne in the National Theatre production of The Madness of George III Modern medicine may help us to discover the real reasons behind King George III’s erratic behaviour, writes historian Lucy Worsley....
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VIDEO: Scientists 'grow' kidney
A kidney “grown” in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say. Similar techniques to make simple body parts have already been used in patients, but the kidney is one of the most complicated...
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It’s Personal…Isn’t It?
C.R. writes: Sometimes we get it mixed up. We personalize events, but don’t grasp their personal message. I’ll try and explain. I was thinking about this the other day when someone I was sitting next to in a class made a comment that really wasn’t designed...
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Pot bellies are good for women's bones: But men can't say the same for beer bellies
Study finds women with fattest middles were less likely to break a bone Benefit could be due to extra force placed on bones strengthening them Most likely explanation believed to involve female sex hormone oestrogen By Fiona Macrae PUBLISHED: 18:03 EST,...
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Swaptimism: The Best Recipe for Turning Lemons into Lemonade
Call it planted patriotism, patriotism not just rooted to country, but to the company we keep, the career we’ve landed, and the decisions we’ve made, beliefs that justify us in saying, “Yes, I intended this. I belong here. This is the right place to be.”...
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Swaptimism: The Best Recipe for Turning Lemons into Lemonade
Call it planted patriotism, patriotism not just rooted to country, but to the company we keep, the career we’ve landed, and the decisions we’ve made, beliefs that justify us in saying, “Yes, I intended this. I belong here. This is the right place to be.”...
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Do you hate it when you get a locum instead of your usual GP? It could save your life
IVF Twin Pregnancies Riskier Than Singletons, Study Finds Ali Stunt, 47, was mistakenly diagnosed with IBS by her regular GP Locum referred Mrs Stunt to life-saving specialist who operated… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/do-you-hate-it-when-you-get-a-l...
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After Andrew Marr blames his stroke on overdoing it on the rowing machine at 53, how risky is high-intensity exercise for the over-fifties?
IVF Twin Pregnancies Riskier Than Singletons, Study Finds Andrew Marr thinks his stroke three months ago caused by intense exercise Mother-of-two Jane Feinmann had similar experience after kickboxing Any… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/after-andrew-mar...
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Want to Know What Obamacare Will Really Be Like? Ask Someone in Massachusetts
IVF Twin Pregnancies Riskier Than Singletons, Study Finds Four years after Jaclyn Michalos, now 28, graduated from college, she felt a lump in one of her breasts. Living in Norwood, Massachusetts, Michalos… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/want-to-know-w...
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Tobacco companies keep people smoking despite UK cigarette tax increases
Transnational tobacco companies categorise cigarette brands into four price segments: premium, mid-price, economy, and ultra-low-price (ULP). A research report published online today in the journal Addiction reveals that while the real weighted average...
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Rugby star wins new title as doctor
15 April 2013 Last updated at 10:49 ET Roberts says he is looking forward to a few lie-ins after all the hard studying After a season in which he helped Wales win the Six Nations and also secured a new club in France, Jamie Roberts has finally achieved...
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When Mental Disorders Clash With Medical Conditions: Delusion or...
I was reading an article and came across a blog post that discussed what isn’t necessarily a psychiatric disorder, yet has features similar to delusions. It can get very complicated when psychiatric illnesses clash with medical illnesses. Symptoms coincide...
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When Mental Disorders Clash With Medical Conditions: Delusion or...
I was reading an article and came across a blog post that discussed what isn’t necessarily a psychiatric disorder, yet has features similar to delusions. It can get very complicated when psychiatric illnesses clash with medical illnesses. Symptoms coincide...
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Can human genes be patented? Utah firm at US court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting genes that can be found inside the human body, as it heard arguments in a case that could profoundly reshape U.S. medical research and the fight against diseases...
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Can human genes be patented? Utah firm at US court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting genes that can be found inside the human body, as it heard arguments in a case that could profoundly reshape U.S. medical research and the fight against diseases...
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System allows multitasking runners to read on a treadmill
15-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | ] Contact: Emil Venerevenere@purdue.edu 765-494-4709Purdue University IMAGE: Purdue industrial engineering doctoral candidate Bum chul Kwon demonstrates a new system that allows treadmill users to read… http://healthmedicinet...
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Circumcision lowers risk of HIV and other sexually-transmitted diseases by half because it changes bacteria levels
Study shows circumcision is the more hygienic option Procedure is thought to work because it dramatically reduces growth of bacteria on the penis By Rachel Reilly PUBLISHED: 22:00 EST, 15 April… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/circumcision-lowers-risk-o...