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West Nile infections have reached a Saskatchewan record, and a fourth person has died after contracting the virus, health officials say.

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A common stomach virus has been linked to chronic fatigue syndrome after it was found in 80 per cent of patients with the debilitating condition who were involved in one small California study.

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Testing toddlers for high cholesterol when they are about 15 months old could help prevent heart attacks and strokes in the future, a new study suggests.

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You're whale watching in Alaska, longing for a margarita and a spot on a beach. You think to yourself, "How did I get here" I hate the cold. Never finished Moby Dick. [click link for full article]

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Reanalysis of data from the first long-term randomized trial of a chemopreventive agent for prostate cancer shows that the excess prevalence of high-grade prostate cancer in the drug-treated group may be attributable to shrinkage of the prostate at the time of biopsy.The study of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, led by University of Illinois at Chicago professor of pathology Dr. [click link for full article]

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The University of South Florida's global health initiative to help India build an infrastructure to fight AIDS has been strengthened with a $1.36-million research training grant from the National Institutes of Health. [click link for full article]

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Approximately 30% of Canadians suffer daily from chronic pain. Patients may be affected differently depending on the intensity, but all chronic pain is debilitating and difficult to treat. A study carried out by Louise Lamb, a clinician nurse at the Pain Centre of the Montreal University Health Centre (MUHC), and Dr. [click link for full article]

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UC Irvine's Henry Samueli School of Engineering has received a $5 million gift from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation to establish a center focused on researching and developing the next generation of cardiovascular devices. [click link for full article]

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Every child in Britain should have their cholesterol level tested at 15 months ? to protect their parents.

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National research announced reveals that over 40% of GPs cannot recognise lymphoma or identify the six key symptoms1. With incidence increasing and over 4,500 patients dying each year2, it is extremely important that GPs are able to recognise signs of lymphoma - a cancer that can be fatal within 6 months. [click link for full article]

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Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. (TSX-V:URO) announced that enrollment has commenced in a new clinical study evaluating the safety and efficacy of its NIRS IAP Monitor investigational device. [click link for full article]

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Two neuroscientists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) are working with local company PhysioGenix to investigate a novel animal model the company has developed for researching diseases like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and ADHD. [click link for full article]

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There is no known cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often known as Lou Gehrig disease and motor neuron disease. ALS is a progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of nerves that control voluntary muscle movement. [click link for full article]

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The Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards, now in their 62nd year, are the USA's premier awards for exceptional work in basic and clinical medical research, and outstanding public service in support of medical research - today the 2007 awards have been announced. -- The Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research has been given to Ralph M. Steinman, Rockefeller University, New York. [click link for full article]

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Designers are seizing the opportunity to drag themselves out of the mire of bad headlines over the size-zero fiasco by putting pressure on model agencies to draw up a bill of health for the models on their books.

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Researchers find that obesity and and being underweight when a teen is linked to fertility in adulthood

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That familiar white coat soon will no longer be seen on British doctors amid fears they are spreading disease, according to a report on News.com.au.

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One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using the bathroom, compared with 12 percent of women, said the researchers who spy on people in public restrooms.

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O.J. Simpson's public actions appear to be anything but normal. But is he mentally ill or just arrogant? One psychologist weighs in.

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Even healthy young women feel worse about themselves and their appearance after viewing pro-anorexic Web sites, according to a new study.

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Taking an aerobics class or lifting weights can help lower blood sugar levels in diabetics, a new study from the University of Calgary has found.

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Half of women in their child-bearing years are being counselled about the effects of prescription drugs they're taking, leading to an increased risk of birth defects, a new study suggests.

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Researchers say a genetic variation in people's odour receptors can determine whether sweaty men are perceived as smelling like stale urine or vanilla.

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The federal government is expected to fly a woman with Alzheimer's disease back to Nova Scotia soon so she can be reunited with her husband, a Halifax MP said Monday.

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The new British Standard, BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Requirements, has been updated and the changes may affect your business. A BSI British Standards conference on 9 October 2007 in Manchester will explain what these changes mean for your business. [click link for full article]

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration licensed 15 new blood typing tests that were previously unavailable in the United States.These tests, known as blood grouping reagents, are used to determine the blood type of blood donors, an essential step in ensuring safe blood transfusion for patients. [click link for full article]

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Evista (raloxifene hydrochloride) for reducing the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and in postmenopausal women at high risk for invasive breast cancer. Evista is only the second drug approved to reduce the risk of breast cancer. [click link for full article]

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From less waiting time in the emergency department to improved disease tracking throughout the state, recipients of the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence understand the value of health information technology. With five examples of interoperability excellence, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has announced the recipients of the 2007 Nicholas E. [click link for full article]

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A study in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published by Wiley-Blackwell finds that overweight mothers have a higher chance of delivering a second large baby after having a first macrosomic baby. [click link for full article]

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Chemists, supermarkets and other big stores are to be asked by the Government to open a network of privately run GP surgeries to improve services available to patients.

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This winter could see an epidemic in cases of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), following the abysmal summer that was the wettest since records began. The summer is traditionally a time of respite for those susceptible to SAD, but mental health experts have warned that with sufferers reporting winter symptoms throughout the season, the effect of the prolonged bad weather will make the winter months even more of a struggle than usual.

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If it were a medicine, it would be branded a wonder drug. If it were a new therapy with an exotic name, people would be queuing for a session. No treatment in the history of medicine has achieved what moving your arms and legs about can achieve. Yet more than a decade of effort to persuade us to up our dose has failed.

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Matrons and nurses are to provide boardrooms with frontline accounts of the
fight against hospital-acquired infections.

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Diabetes care is undergoing a transformation: Thousands of patients are switching from a few finger-pricks a day to track their disease to new sensors that keep guard around the clock.

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There has been a huge jump in the number of botched plastic surgeries across the U.S. But one doctor says many mistakes can be fixed.

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