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Health Issues A - Z articles and resources
A very useful resource for health problems. Here you will find an A - Z of the most common health issues with an informative description and links to related articles, natural remedies, cures, medicines, supplements and help.
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Latest Articles
Study: Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier
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AP - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:51:55 GMT
| HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks
(AP)
AP - Two years after the government urged making HIV tests as common as cholesterol checks, there are small gains but still one in five people infected with the AIDS virus doesn't know it, scientists said Thursday.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:01:11 GMT
| Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital
(AP)
 AP - D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart."
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:52:06 GMT
| Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate
(AP)
AP - The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions ? but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:30:52 GMT
| Surgeon who did first US heart transplant dies
(AP)
 AP - Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nation's first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, has died. He was 90. Kantrowitz died Friday in Ann Arbor of complications from heart failure, said his wife, Jean Kantrowitz.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:08:58 GMT
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Children 'risking liver disease'
Excessive drinking by children is causing a health time bomb, with record levels of liver disease in the under-30s, a charity warns.
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:58:51 GMT
| Light-wave implant hope for deaf
An implant which works by firing infrared light into the inner ear is being investigated by US researchers.
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:01:19 GMT
| 'Superglue' brain op for toddler
The parents of a 17-month-old girl tell how surgeons used glue to seal tiny brain blood vessels that threatened her life.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:13:50 GMT
| Asbestos victims win 'test case'
Asbestos-related cancer victims and their families have won an important test case over access to compensation.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:59:07 GMT
| Hairspray linked to birth defect
Boys born to women exposed to hairspray in the workplace may have a higher risk of being born with a genital defect.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:38:38 GMT
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