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Company recalls 42,000 defibrillators GUILFORD, Conn., March 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. firm has started a voluntary worldwide recall of approximately 42,000 semi-automatic external defibrillators because of a faulty self-test system.
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What the Internet tells us about how the media, advertising and awareness months spread information on diseases and illnesses
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The annual report by UNAIDS - the United Nations organization dealing with AIDS â-nd the World Health Organization (WHO), released ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, shows a troubling rise in the prevalence of AIDS around the world.
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Description: We check in with the progress of search for extraterrestrial intelligence. A paper published this week in the journal Nature argues that for sending lots of data over long distances, it&#39;s hard
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Florida and North Carolina scored highest in a report &quot;Protecting the Public&#39;s Health in the Age of Bioterrorism,&quot; released by the Trust for America&#39;s Health.
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A recent study by researchers from the Bristol University was published in the journal Thorax. The report is likely to cause an alarm among pregnant women and mothers of newly born.
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roundup Plus: IBM gives grants to universities...Sun expands pay-as-you go supercomputing...SGI works on Linux performance software.
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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U.S. News & World Report - Just check in with the patient and let me know how she did overnight, my resident instructed me. A straightforward task, I thought, but still, nothing comes easy the first days on the hospital wards as a third-year student. I peered into the room and saw my patient cradled in her mother's arms. An 11-month-old who recently arrived from Guam, she had a raging ear infection. Her mother looked weary from the long nights. What could I offer? More immediately, where to begin?
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SATURDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The American Cancer Society has rolled out its new Great American Health Challenge, a campaign to educate Americans about cutting their cancer risk.
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Two medical studies stress an active lifestyle, as well as eating right, is vital for good health. By LISA GREENE, Times Staff Writer.
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Scientists in the United States and Great Britain are calling for a fresh look at Celebrex and other medications similar to Vioxx, the heavily advertised arthritis drug pulled from the market last week after a study suggested it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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A study by a major health-care provider seeks to deepen the understanding of how the interplay of genetics and lifestyle affect your health. By the Associated Press.
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News Advisory:   -- U.S. House to Hold Hearing on Great Lakes Restoration   -- 'Lakes Nearing Tipping Point, Action Needed Now,' Scientist to Tell Congressional Subcommittee   What: One of Michigan's leading scientists will testify at a U.S.
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Also: Congress OKs private spaceflight bill. [News.com Extra]
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Researchers at Merck can use neural stem-cell tech in early stages of drug development. Plus: Pay for eggs OK in Britain. In Bodyhack.
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Swiss researchers reported Thursday in an international medical journal that evidence was clear and overwhelming in 2000 that Vioxx doubled the rate of heart attacks, and Merck &amp; Co.