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National Medical Society: Medical symptoms diagnosis
Online Medical Diagnosis is a diagnosis and treatment program that uses medical specialists to accurately diagnose symptoms. It generates a diagnosis based on the patient's symptoms, and it provides treatment options. Online Medical Diagnosis assesses symptoms with a program created by 1,500 specialist physicians. Online Medical Diagnosis includes treatments for 1,200 diseases.Gerard Lacombe Helen T. Rosenthal, MD; Sarah J. Thompson, MD; David Mann, MD; and Joanne Masterson, MD
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Dietary Fat, Especially From Red Meat, Dairy, Linked To Pancreatic Cancer
New research from the US that studied the diet and health outcomes of over half a million people suggests that high consumption of dietary fat, especially from red meat and dairy food, is linked to an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
Heart Attack Patient Treated With Own Heart Stem Cells In Clinical Trial
Doctors at a heart center in the US announced yesterday that the first of 24 heart attack patients taking part in a clinical trial has successfully undergone a procedure where his own heart tissue was used to grow specialized heart stem cells that were then injected back into his heart where it
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT
What Is Cosmetic Surgery? What Is Plastic Surgery?
Plastic surgery has two branches, cosmetic surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery. Cosmetic surgery is concerned with improving the aesthetic appearance of a person, while plastic surgery may include this, or just the reconstruction (reconstructive surgery).
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Had Poor Response To Other Drugs Could Have Better Results With Golimumab
An article published Online First and in this week's edition of reports information about Golimumab, a new tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) inhibitor. It reduces the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in patients who have previously received any other TNF-α inhibitor.
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
Prostate Cancer Screening Benefits Are Small, Says US Report
The recently released results of two large randomized trials suggest there are no big benefits from prostate cancer screening, and if anything, they are quite small, says a new report by US researchers. And an accompanying editorial goes so far as to suggest that while screening has doubled the risk of a diagnosis, it has done little to reduce the risk of death from prostate cancer.
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:00:00 PDT
Wal-Mart Breaks Ranks To Support Obama Bid For Employers To Provide Health Insurance
Wal-Mart Stores Inc has stunned other big employers by revealing it had broken ranks to openly support the White House plan to mandate employers to provide health insurance to employees; the central plank of President Barack Obama's proposal to increase coverage to include Americans.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 PDT
What Is Stammering, Stuttering? What Causes Stammering, Stuttering?
Stammering and stuttering have the same meaning - it is a speech disorder in which the person repeats or prolongs words, syllables or phrases. The person with a stutter (or stammer) may also stop during speech and make no sound for certain syllables.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT
What Is Croup? What Causes Croup?
Croup is a common respiratory condition characterized by inflammation of the upper airways that often occurs in infants and children. The result is a swelling and narrowing of the larynx (voice box) and trachea (wind pipe) that results in a harsh, barking cough. Although croup is usually not a serious condition, it can be scary for children and parents.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT
FDA Panel Votes To Restrict Acetaminophen
An advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted on Tuesday to recommend new restrictions on the popular pain relief drug acetaminophen (known in many other countries as paracetamol), which is found in many US top selling over the counter medications such as Tylenol, aspirin-free Anacin, Excedrin, and also in prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:00 PDT
Survival Of Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Does Not Improve With Interferon Gamma-1b Treatment
An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet reports the findings of the INSPIRE trial on treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) with interferon gamma-1b (Ifn-g1b). It is written by Professor Talmadge E King Jr, of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA and his team. Results show no improvement in survival compared with placebo.
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
What Is Gonorrhea? What Causes Gonorrhea?
Gonorrhea (from Late Latin gonorrhoia where gonos means "seed" and rhoe means "flow") is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that tends to attack the mucous membranes of the body. It is the second most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S.; the first being Chlamydia. The bacteria reside in the warm and moist body cavities of both men and women and are highly contagious.
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
Doctors Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder In Children Should Consider Irritability A Symptom, Study
New research from the US adds to mounting evidence that when diagnosing bipolar disorder in children doctors and clinicians should consider irritability as a possible symptom.
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:00:00 PDT
Researchers Describe History Of Swine Flu And Warn About Using Extinct Viruses
In a leading medical journal this week US researchers describe the 90-year history of swine flu and warn about working with "freezer" viruses, which they suspect is how an H1N1 virus that closely resembles a temporarily "extinct" 1950s strain resurrected some 20 years later and continues to circulate as a seasonal flu strain today.
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
What Is Scurvy? What Causes Scurvy?
Scurvy is a condition where an individual has a vitamin C (ascorbic acid) deficiency. The name scurvy comes from the Latin scorbutus, and humans have known about the disease since ancient Greek and Egyptian times. Scurvy commonly is associated with sailors in the 16th to 18th centuries who navigated long voyages without enough vitamin C and frequently perished from the condition.
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
E Coli Confirmed In Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough Says FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday, June 29, that it had found E. coli O157:H7 in a sample of prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough that had been collected at the Nestlé factory in Danville, Virginia four days earlier.
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:00:00 PDT
Intubation For Emergency Airway Control In Critically Ill Patients Is Safer With Ketamine As A Sedative
An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet reports on the use of Ketamine as a safe and valuable substitute to conventional etomidate. It is used as a sedative during intubation. Critically ill patients frequently require tubing inserted into their airways to help control their breathing during treatment.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT
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Doctors take N.B. government to court over fee freeze
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:25:28 EDT
Elderly man is 2nd Sask. death linked to swine flu
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:21:31 EDT
Researchers Describe History Of Swine Flu And Warn About Using Extinct Viruses
In a leading medical journal this week US researchers describe the 90-year history of swine flu and warn about working with "freezer" viruses, which they suspect is how an H1N1 virus that closely resembles a temporarily "extinct" 1950s strain resurrected some 20 years later and continues to circulate as a seasonal flu strain today.
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
What Is Scurvy? What Causes Scurvy?
Scurvy is a condition where an individual has a vitamin C (ascorbic acid) deficiency. The name scurvy comes from the Latin scorbutus, and humans have known about the disease since ancient Greek and Egyptian times. Scurvy commonly is associated with sailors in the 16th to 18th centuries who navigated long voyages without enough vitamin C and frequently perished from the condition.
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
E Coli Confirmed In Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough Says FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday, June 29, that it had found E. coli O157:H7 in a sample of prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough that had been collected at the Nestlé factory in Danville, Virginia four days earlier.
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:00:00 PDT
Swine flu cases worldwide surpass 77,000
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:30:13 EDT
Researchers use thoughts to drive wheelchair
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:41:12 EDT
Dawson College students, staff still struggling
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:38:12 EDT
Dad's depression could be linked to baby's colic
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:03:48 EDT
More women aged 50-69 getting mammograms: StatsCan
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:29:18 EDT
Intubation For Emergency Airway Control In Critically Ill Patients Is Safer With Ketamine As A Sedative
An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet reports on the use of Ketamine as a safe and valuable substitute to conventional etomidate. It is used as a sedative during intubation. Critically ill patients frequently require tubing inserted into their airways to help control their breathing during treatment.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT
Timing of 3 Ontario E. coli infections 'unusual'
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:51:22 EDT
Deadly pneumonia in swine-flu outbreak hit young hard
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:53:35 EDT
Alberta Health faces $1.1B budget shortfall
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:38:22 EDT
Doctors Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder In Children Should Consider Irritability A Symptom, Study
New research from the US adds to mounting evidence that when diagnosing bipolar disorder in children doctors and clinicians should consider irritability as a possible symptom.
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:00:00 PDT
What Is Gonorrhea? What Causes Gonorrhea?
Gonorrhea (from Late Latin gonorrhoia where gonos means "seed" and rhoe means "flow") is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that tends to attack the mucous membranes of the body. It is the second most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S.; the first being Chlamydia. The bacteria reside in the warm and moist body cavities of both men and women and are highly contagious.
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
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