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Countdown to better health
Special to the TribuneOur troubling economy, concerns about the environment and the desire to prevent age-related ailments are behind many of the top 10 food and nutrition trends that will shape supermarket shelves and restaurant menus in 2009. 1Recession-proof eating: The...Tags: Dining and Drinking, New Products, California, Beverage Industry, Illnesses
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Parkinson's treatment shows promise in patients, study says
Tribune reporterPatients with advanced Parkinson's disease who received deep brain stimulation showed greater improvement in movement and quality of life after six months than those treated with medication, a new study shows. But the deep brain stimulation patients also...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Health Treatments, Diseases, Surgery, Medical Specialization
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Nemours to break ground for new hospital
Sentinel Staff WriterAfter more than three years and several location changes, Nemours will finally break ground on its children's hospital in February. Nemours Foundation officials announced Tuesday that groundbreaking for the hospital and children's clinic will be held...Tags: University of Central Florida, Florida, Hospitals and Clinics, Florida Hospital, Healthcare Provider
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Obama asks CNN's Sanjay Gupta to be next surgeon general
President-elect Barack Obama has asked Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be the next U.S. surgeon general, looking to a popular television personality to help provide a public face for his healthcare agenda.
Best known as a health and medicine correspondent for CNN...Tags: Genetics, AIDS, Medicine, CBS Corp., Diseases
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Brain jolt more effective for treating Parkinson's
Implanting electrodes to shoot electrical impulses into the brains of Parkinson's patients improved their physical function more than the best drug therapy, a study showed. Patients who received the deep brain stimulation had an average of 4.6 more...Tags: Northwestern University, Medtronic Incorporated, California, San Francisco, Medicine
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Electrodes implanted in brain give Parkinson's patients almost five tremor-free hours a day, federally funded study shows
South Florida Sun-SentinelPatients with Parkinson's disease gained almost five hours a day of tremor-free time after having electrodes implanted to mildly stimulate their brains, while those taking medicine gained none, a large and well-regarded study reported Tuesday. Most...Tags: Pembroke Pines, Health Treatments, Diseases, Surgery, National Institutes of Health
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MySpace is research place for busybody 'Dr. Meg'
Associated Press WriterMany teenagers cleaned up their MySpace profiles, deleting mentions of sex and booze and boosting privacy settings, if they got a single cautionary e-mail from a busybody named "Dr. Meg." The e-mail was sent by Dr. Megan Moreno, lead researcher of a...Tags: Teen-agers, Dining and Drinking, Pharmaceuticals, New Hampshire, Facebook
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Stony Brook study backs claims of undying love
ridgely.ochs@newsday.comSuzanne Bernstein said she and her husband, Sidney, eat side-by-side when they go out, always walk hand-in-hand, and begin and end each day with "I love you." The couple from Weehawken, N.J., have been married 18 years and Suzanne said the relationship...Tags: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, Albert Einstein, Literature, Philosophy
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Health officials use MySpace to communicate with teens
Of The Morning CallHealth officials have long sounded the alarm over social networking Web sites used by teenagers because of risks posed by online predators. But the authors of a new study in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine suggest health officials use...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Pennsylvania, Teen-agers, People, Pharmaceuticals
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Gene tied to spread of breast cancer is found, study says
Researchers have identified a gene that appears crucial to the spread of breast cancer while also making the disease resistant to chemotherapy. The discovery, if confirmed in further studies, could pave the way for new drugs that could save lives by...Tags: Biology, Medicine, New Jersey, Diseases, Natural Science
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Report: Tween and teen years help shape health
WASHINGTON - Too many adolescents start falling through cracks in the health care system when they pass the stage of preschool shots and summer camp checkups - what a major new report calls missed opportunities to shape the next generation's well-being....Tags: Teen-agers, People, Diseases, Medical Staff, Road Accidents
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HEALTHBEAT: Outgrowing the pediatrician? Finding good teen care key to health in adulthood
AP Medical WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Ever watched a teen skulk in the corner of a toddler-packed pediatrician's waiting room, obviously wishing to be anywhere else? Adolescents aren't just big kids, and too many start falling through cracks in the health care...Tags: Preschools, Teen-agers, Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Diseases
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