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Archive - Mar 18, 2010

Graham Center Study Documents Effect of Socioeconomic Factors on Health and Avertable Death Rates

Thu, 2010-03-18 15:06 — earnie

The combination of higher income and education levels has a direct bearing on preventable deaths.
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FDA Adds Boxed Warning to Clopidogrel

Thu, 2010-03-18 15:06 — earnie

The FDA has added a boxed warning to the label for clopidogrel, the anti-blood clotting medication marketed as Plavix, because some patients do not effectively metabolize the drug and may not receive
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Mrs. Obama on childhood obesity

Thu, 2010-03-18 15:06 — earnie

Last month First Lady Michelle Obama launched a programme called “Let’s Move” aiming at reducing and eradicating the childhood obesity epidemic in the existing generation so that the nation as a whole
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Broad application of bipolar diagnosis in children may do more harm than good

Thu, 2010-03-18 15:06 — earnie

Troubled children diagnosed with bipolar disorder may fare better with a different diagnosis, according to researchers at The Hastings Center.

Babies born with severe cleft palates: Promising breakthrough without complex surgery

Thu, 2010-03-18 10:05 — earnie

Scientists working on a treatment for babies born with cleft palates have made a promising breakthrough and the first clinical trials are planned for early next year.
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Graco Recalls Harmony(TM) High Chairs Due to Fall Hazard

Thu, 2010-03-18 09:05 — earnie

The screws holding the front legs of the high chair can loosen and fall out and/or the plastic bracket on the rear legs can crack causing the high chair to become unstable and tip over unexpectedly.
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Bailout stenting successful treatment for infants with constricted aortas

Thu, 2010-03-18 09:05 — earnie

Cardiac interventionalists and surgeons at University Clinic in Leuven, Belgium have achieved successful stent implantation and follow-up coarctectomy in premature infants suffering from aortic coarct
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Poll: Use of booster seats drops sharply to 40% by age 8

Thu, 2010-03-18 07:05 — earnie

All 50 states have some type of child safety seat law, 28 of which require kids to use child safety seats or booster seats through age 8 to reduce the risk of injuries in car crashes.
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African American children with asthma in Washington, DC more likely to have low levels of vitamin D

Thu, 2010-03-18 06:05 — earnie

Researchers at Children's National Medical Center have discovered that African American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin
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Stress during pregnancy may raise infant’s risk to asthma and allergy

Thu, 2010-03-18 04:05 — earnie

Stress during pregnancy may raise the risk of asthma in offspring, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.



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