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Dysport Takes On Botox With Aggressive Rebates
By NATASHA SINGER Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:39:29 -0000
Medicis has started a new marketing campaign that pits its wrinkle-smoother, Dysport, directly against Botox. It makes bioethicists squirm.
Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome
By NICHOLAS WADE Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:41 -0000
It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.
Doctor and Patient: Learning to Keep Patients Safe in a Culture of Fear
By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:40:51 -0000
The threat of blame, even malpractice, looms over doctors working to prevent medical errors.
CNN.com - Health
Report: 12-year-olds abusing inhalants
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:20:51 -0500
When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting high on inhalants.
How to save a friend from the brink
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:58 -0500
When a friend is depressed, it's hard to know what to say. But by simply reaching out, you may help avert a tragedy like the one Marie Osmond's family experienced. Here's how to gently help.
Healthier men want more sex for more years
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:20:54 -0500
Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women.
BBC News | Health | World Edition
New blood pressure approach urged
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:40 -0000
Occasionally high blood pressure may be a greater indicator of stroke risk than consistently high readings, researchers say.
Women on pill 'may live longer'
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:38:04 -0000
Women who took the contraceptive pill are less likely to die of cancer and heart disease, a long-term study has found.
Home 'cervical cancer' test hope
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:52 -0000
At-home screening tests for the virus responsible for most cervical cancers could detect many more cases, say researchers.
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Dysport Takes On Botox With Aggressive Rebates
By NATASHA SINGER Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:39:29 -0000
Medicis has started a new marketing campaign that pits its wrinkle-smoother, Dysport, directly against Botox. It makes bioethicists squirm.
Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome
By NICHOLAS WADE Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:41 -0000
It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.
Doctor and Patient: Learning to Keep Patients Safe in a Culture of Fear
By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:40:51 -0000
The threat of blame, even malpractice, looms over doctors working to prevent medical errors.
CNN.com - Health
Report: 12-year-olds abusing inhalants
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:20:51 -0500
When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting high on inhalants.
How to save a friend from the brink
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:58 -0500
When a friend is depressed, it's hard to know what to say. But by simply reaching out, you may help avert a tragedy like the one Marie Osmond's family experienced. Here's how to gently help.
Healthier men want more sex for more years
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:20:54 -0500
Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women.
BBC News | Health | World Edition
New blood pressure approach urged
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:40 -0000
Occasionally high blood pressure may be a greater indicator of stroke risk than consistently high readings, researchers say.
Women on pill 'may live longer'
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:38:04 -0000
Women who took the contraceptive pill are less likely to die of cancer and heart disease, a long-term study has found.
Home 'cervical cancer' test hope
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:52 -0000
At-home screening tests for the virus responsible for most cervical cancers could detect many more cases, say researchers.
Sites:
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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