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Thai Aids vaccine study wins praise
... for a vaccine against the deadly disease. Project manager Dr Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, a senior expert in preventive medicine at the Department of Disease Control (DDC), branded the study "a breakthrough". He said the project, now in its third phase, ... Comment?
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U.S. Unveils 5-Year PEPFAR Strategy
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Preventive Medicine ; Sexual Health / STDs ; Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 03 Dec 2009 - 5:00 PST U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby on Tuesday "unveiled a five-year strategy for fighting AIDS worldwide, shifting the focus from emergency response to sustainable programs in countries ... Comment?
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Waterpipe Tobacco Smokers Inhale Same Toxicants As Cigarette Smokers
Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Preventive Medicine Article Date: 03 Dec 2009 - 3:00 PST Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants carbon monoxide and nicotine as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a ... Comment?
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My Two Cents: Paranoia often is justified
... age 40. That's more like it. Those who foot the bill for health care ought to know by now that preventive medicine is the best medicine. People who have chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, ... Comment?
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... you'll increase your odds of exercising today threefold. A study of 500 people at the Mollen Clinic, a preventive medicine and wellness center in Scottsdale, Ariz., found that 75 percent of those who worked out in the morning did so regularly, ... Comment?
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Insurance companies make you pay for preventive medicine
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... one: Having been insured by more than a handful of insurers over the past 10 years, I've practiced "preventive medicine," which translates in insurance-speak to "Now we gotcha!" Since my father had colon cancer (and lived to 92), it was recommended ... Comment?
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... you'll increase your odds of exercising today threefold. A study of 500 people at the Mollen Clinic, a preventive medicine and wellness center in Scottsdale, Ariz., found that 75 percent of those who worked out in the morning did so regularly, ... Comment?
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Rising obesity rates imperil health gains
... think that smoking might be the lesser." What's needed, says Donna Spruijt-Metz, associate professor of preventive medicine at USC's Keck School of Medicine, is a sea change in obesity policy and the environment, just as there was with smoking. But ... Comment?
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BodyLogicMD Appoints Medical Director a " Dr. Jennifer Landa
... since 2007. "BodyLogicMD has set the "gold standard" for both physicians who want to transition into preventive medicine and for patients who want to address the root causes of their medical conditions to regain optimal health, " said Dr. Landa. "I ... Comment?
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Doha to host GCC dermatology meet
... and an important topic of great interest to the medical community in the world as an extension of Preventive Medicine, and a basis for primary health. It is also interfere in all branches of medicine such as dentistry, heart, bone, skin and other ... Comment?
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USPSTF Chair Defends Task Force, Breast Cancer Screening
... Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and associate professor of family medicine and of preventive medicine and biometrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, stood by the new recommendations, but he ... Comment?
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Wetzel: Continue Yearly Visits
... he said, involve monitoring a woman's use of birth control, STD prevention, blood pressure and other preventive medicine. Some women, he noted, use their ObGyn as their primary care physician. Wetzel said he may adopt the group's recommendations, ... Comment?
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State told to promote Ravi Varman as Director of Public Health
"Disciplinary proceedings initiated with mala fide intention" CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to promote G.Ravi Varman, at present Director, Institute of Community Medicine, Madras Medical College, as Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Comment?
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... controlling salt intake to keep blood pressure at safe levels, said Dr. Martha Daviglus, a professor of preventive medicine and medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago and a spokeswoman for the American Heart ... Comment?
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Tall Kids More Likely to Become Heavy Adults
... children often become overweight adults. However, the new findings, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, suggest that extra height also puts some kids at risk for extra pounds in the long term. This may be out of sync with what ... Comment?
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Wide Disparities Found in Age of Hospitalization for Patients of Different Races
... The study appears online this week and will be published in the January issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The researchers examined discharge records for 6,815 white and black adult patients at nearly 500 hospitals. They found ... Comment?
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New Breast, Cervical Cancer Guidelines Part Of Long-Running Debate About Cancer Screening
Main Category: Preventive Medicine Also Included In: Breast Cancer ; Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine ; Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 02 Dec 2009 - 5:00 PST Although new breast cancer screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have "shocked and angered" women across the country, the debate over the risks and benefits ... Comment?
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Mammograms May Increase Breast Cancer Risk In Younger Women With...
Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Preventive Medicine ; Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 02 Dec 2009 - 4:00 PST Radiation from annual mammograms may further increase the risk that young women with genetic mutations or family histories linked to breast cancer will develop the disease, according to a study presented at a ... Comment?
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Frontiers In Cancer Prevention Research Conference Highlights New Science In Diet And Lifestyle
Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Preventive Medicine ; Conferences Article Date: 02 Dec 2009 - 2:00 PST The American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference will focus on the latest biological, medical and social research behind cancer prevention. Comment?
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the American Institute for Preventive Medicine. "A Guide to Home Safety." 07 December 2006. HowStuffWorks.com. 02 December 2009. Most of us feel safe in ... Comment?
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