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45 min ago | Ann Arbor.com

Misdiagnosed diverticulitis leads to serious consequences

DEAR DR. GOTT: I recently read your article about diverticulosis and would like to share my experience.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Colon Cancer, Health, Gastroenterology, Entertainment

4 hrs ago | Examiner.com

H1N1 deaths increase as mutations combine - vaccine & antiviral resistant, lung hemorrhaging virus

The World Health Organization has reported that global deaths from the H1N1 virus have increased by 1000 in the past week.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Influenza

9 hrs ago | NY Daily News

David Hasselhoff rushed to hospital after seizure

David Hasselhoff, who has publicly struggled with alcoholism, was rushed to the hospital Friday.

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Related Topix: David Hasselhoff, Alcoholism, Health

13 hrs ago | Montgomery Advertiser

UAB adds elder care to medical school curriculum

BIRMINGHAM - With a ballooning population of older people, the UAB School of Medicine is changing its curriculum to ensure every medical student learns about caring for the elderly.

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Related Topix: Family, Alabama, Elderly, University of Alabama, Internal Medicine, Long Term Care, Health, University of Arizona

18 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

EMTs help deliver baby on Thanksgiving

Two EMTs helped a 30-year-old Roxbury woman deliver her baby on Thanksgiving Day.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Video, Health

Fri Nov 27, 2009

China Daily

More than 1,000 deaths in past week from H1N1: WHO

More than 1,000 deaths from the H1N1 swine flu virus were officially reported in the past week, a sharp rise which brings the global total to at least 7,826, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Influenza

WSJV-TV South Bend

Food stamps estimate raises debate over 'poverty'

The estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood.

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science, Pediatrics, Cornell University

News.com.au

Virus mutation spreads

SWINE flu virus mutations are spreading in Europe, French health officials say as the World Health Organisation reported a leap in deaths from the disease by more than 1,000 in a week.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Influenza, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medication

Macon Area Online

Diabetes costs to triple

Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:48am EST - Singer Nick Jonas testifies at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing about Type 1 Diabetes Research on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2009.

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Related Topix: Diabetes, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health Insurance, University of Chicago

WGNO

In Virginia, where tobacco was once king, restaurants prepare to go smoke-free on Dec. 1

The bluish haze that has hung over the Third Street Diner's bar and booths for decades finally lifts next month as a new anti-smoking law takes hold in Virginia, a huge shift for a state whose tobacco habit dates to the Jamestown settlement some 400 years ago.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health, Virginia, Agriculture, Science, Restaurant Management

Thu Nov 26, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Doctor: 4 Steps To Eating Right During Holidays

Dr. David Boston from the Southwest Washington Medical Center gives advice to help people avoid caloric catastrophe this holiday season.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Video, Health

Venice Gondolier

Paralyzed dog cheers children's hospital patients

Every Tuesday, patients at Miami Children's Hospital get a visit from a foot-tall therapist who doesn't make them exercise or ask them how they feel.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Nursing

MSNBC

Drug-resistant H1N1 no major change in virus

Swine flu vaccine safe; new hope for cancer vaccine Nov. 25: U.S. health officials said Wednesday there's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects.

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Related Topix: Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medication

The Herald

A backlash of mistrust

A backlash of mistrust By Ellen Goodman BOSTON - Is there such a thing as communications malpractice? If so, we might consider the case of Women vs.

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Related Topix: Health, Breast Cancer, Opinion

Newsday.com

Ind. directing more swine flu vaccine to colleges

RICK CALLAHAN Ind. directing more swine flu vaccine to college campuses to head off 3rd wave of H1N1 INDIANAPOLIS - INDIANAPOLIS a ' State health officials said Wednesday they are directing more swine flu vaccine to Indiana 's college campuses in hopes of preventing or reducing a third swine flu outbreak in the state early next year.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Influenza, Indianapolis Metro, Indiana

PhillyBurbs.com

Jamie Moyer of Philadelphia admitted to hospital

Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer has been hospitalized due to recurring symptoms from groin surgery in September.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Reuters Video

Pakistan charges 7 in Mumbai attacks

Nov. 25 - A Pakistani court charged seven Pakistani suspects on terror charges connected to the Mumbai attacks a year ago.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Triad Hospitals, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Video

Times-Herald

US report: No evidence that swine flu vaccine causing serious side effects

U.S. health officials say there's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Influenza

2NEWS.TV

China reports 8 cases of mutated swine flu virus

Flu viruses mutate easily, and scientists have been closing watching for signs that the swine flu virus is changing, which could make it more dangerous or more infectious.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Influenza, World News, Asia, China

Inside Bay Area

Eugene Robinson: Cap everyone else's health care costs, but not mine

THE UPROAR over the on-again, off-again guidelines on when women should have mammograms is proof of the blindingly obvious: Health care reform that actually controls costs - rather than just pretending to do so - would be virtually impossible to achieve.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer

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