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Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young
By DUFF WILSON Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:02 -0000
Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.
Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer’s Drugs
By GINA KOLATA Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:00:31 -0000
A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction.
Returning to Classrooms, and to Severe Headaches
By TARA PARKER-POPE Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:59:41 -0000
Doctors say frequent headaches and migraines are among the most common childhood health complaints, yet the problem gets surprisingly little attention from the medical community.
CNN.com - Health
In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:25:16 -0400
The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.
FDA agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:20:23 -0400
Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Weight-loss drug boosts heart, stroke risks for some
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:40:47 -0400
Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young
By DUFF WILSON Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:02 -0000
Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.
Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer’s Drugs
By GINA KOLATA Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:00:31 -0000
A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction.
Returning to Classrooms, and to Severe Headaches
By TARA PARKER-POPE Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:59:41 -0000
Doctors say frequent headaches and migraines are among the most common childhood health complaints, yet the problem gets surprisingly little attention from the medical community.
CNN.com - Health
In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:25:16 -0400
The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.
FDA agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:20:23 -0400
Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Weight-loss drug boosts heart, stroke risks for some
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:40:47 -0400
Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Accordant.com: Free self-help resources for those whose lives are touched by disease.American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse: Database of over 900 national and international self-help support groups for various health problems. Local self-help clearinghouses worldwide. How-to's on starting groups.
Dream Foundation: The first national organization granting dreams to terminally-ill adults.
Fairygodmother Foundation: Grants wishes (travel, celebrity, Disney, comfort items) nation wide to adults facing terminal illness with one year or less to live.
We Recover: Organzation supporting those recovering disease and addictions, and advocating their needs in society.
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