Calcium Supplements Boost Heart Attack Risk 30%
(Undated) -- The same calcium supplements many people take to strengthen bones could be boosting their risk of heart attack by 30-percent. Researchers in Britain and the U.S. have combined data from eleven studies that tracked nearly 12-thousand elderly people over several years ...Read More
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"Cell Of Origin" Discovered For Prostate Cancer
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles have made an important cancer discovery. They've found what they call a "cell of origin" for prostate cancer. The scientists at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA say basal cells found in benign prostate tissue was found to develop into human prostate cancer in mice with suppressed immune systems ...Read More
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Two Dead In FL From Mosquito-Borne Illness
(Tampa, FL) -- A mosquito-borne disease that rarely affects humans has left two people dead in Florida. Both of those who died from Eastern equine encephalitis lived in the Tampa area. Health officials say the disease called EEE has infected a rising number of horses in the state ...Read More
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Two Independent Investigations Into St. Louis VA Hospital Launched
(St. Louis, MO) -- The federal government has launched two independent investigations into a St. Louis VA hospital that may have exposed some 18-hundred dental patients to HIV and other viruses. Sara Howard, a spokeswoman for Missouri CongressmanRuss Carnahan, says the independent investigations will help get all the information out about the problems at John Cochran VA Medical Center ...Read More
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House Fails To Pass 9-11 Health And Compensation Act
(Washington, DC) -- The House of Representatives has rejected a bill that would have provided help for thousands of first responders and recovery workers, who spent countless hours at Ground Zero. The House failed to muster the two-thirds votes required to pass the James Zadroga 9-11 Health and Compensation Act ...Read & Hear More
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Acupuncture Patient Claims She Was Forgotten In Clinic
(Bellingham, WA) -- An acupuncture patient in Bellingham, Washington spent a lot more time in the clinic than she'd bargained for recently. The 47-year-old woman claims she was left alone in the clinic on Tuesday evening ...Read More
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