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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Colorado Star.com http://www.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a1e025da3c02ca7c/ en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:04:55 -0400 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:04:55 -0400 30 Bacterial pneumonia, not flu virus alone, accounted for the bulk of deaths during the 1918 pandemic, according to researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396647/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:29 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396647/cs/1/ Coal burning contaminated the Arctic and potentially affected human health and ecosystems in and around the polar regions, according to a new study. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396629/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:06 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396629/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) health ministry is working hard to develop the necessary infrastructure to boost the country's medical tourism sector. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396563/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:43 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396563/cs/1/ London, August 20 : 'X Factor' winner Leona Lewis, 23, will be among a dozen of the world-famous female singers who have joined hands to record a charity single. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396739/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:58 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396739/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 20 : Low-level exposure to cadmium attained through second-hand smoke and other means can put people at an increased risk of developing lung disease, says a new University of Michigan School of Public Health study. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396678/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:01:20 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396678/cs/1/ London, Aug 20 : Jade Goody participated in Indian version of Big Brother despite of knowing she may have cancer, reports the Daily Star. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396615/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:27 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396615/cs/1/ Washington, August 20 : UC Riverside researchers have devised a way to grow human embryonic stem cells in the lab without using animal derived materials, bringing the use of embryonic stem cells for medical purposes closer to reality. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396609/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:17 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396609/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 20 : A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that inorganic arsenic, commonly found in ground water in certain areas, may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396604/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:08 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396604/cs/1/ London, Aug 19 : Pop singer Sandi Thom has joined hands with Cancer Research UK to warn young people about the dangers of using a sunbed. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396398/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:01:31 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/396398/cs/1/ 08/20/2008 A lawyer for the woman accused of using the Internet to bully a Dardenne Prairie teen to the point of suicide has requested some of the girl's medical records, claiming the girl was mental... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043663/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:18:04 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043663/ Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 03:00 CDT By Lachlan Mackinnon BOOZY Scots ladettes are drinking themselves into an early grave, according to latest figures. The number of women admitted to hos... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043671/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:16:10 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043671/ Madeleine Brindley , Western Mail A NEW interactive website has been launched to help smokers quit the habit. The Quitex site has been developed by experts at Cardiff University and helps smokers ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044281/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:26:40 -0400 IC Wales http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044281/ Dominican Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has said that one in every three people who die in the country, die from stroke, heart disease, or complications from diabetes. He added that one in f... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043670/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:15:58 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043670/ "I'm clear. Absolutely 100 percent clear and clean," People quoted Applegate,36, as telling US TV show Good Morning America. The star of 'Samantha Who?', who was diagnosed a month ago, said that the c... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044284/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:07:17 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044284/ The numbers of tourists visiting the UAE for medical procedures are set to soar, as the nation develops the infrastructure required for health tourism, the Ministry of Health has announced. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043088/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:52:36 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043088/ A small Auckland Finance company is bucking the industry trend and declaring a healthy profit. So just how is Broadlands Finance thriving as bigger rivals hit the wall? It's been open for business... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043090/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:50:47 -0400 One News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043090/ Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 03:00 CDT By Lindsey Tanner CHICAGO - When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. An eye-opening survey reveals widespread belief that ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043666/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:15:55 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043666/ Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 03:00 CDT By Nikasha Dicks Just because you're a teen doesn't mean you no longer have to go to the doctor's office for shots. Teens might need immunization or bo... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043665/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:16:15 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043665/ PETALUMA, CA--(Marketwire - August 20, 2008) - Since 1980, Davis Medical Electronics, Inc. has distributed new and refurbished medical equipment, supplies and service throughout the United States. W... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043673/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:09:41 -0400 Market Wire http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043673/ This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press Complaints Commission’s Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, the... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044287/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:34:44 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044287/ The lightning-fast transition from newly minted vaccine to must-have injection in the United States and Europe represents a triumph of what the manufacturers call education and their critics call mark... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044285/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:47:47 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044285/ A French cosmetic surgeon accused of having mutilated or endangered the lives of dozens of patients has been arrested in Spain. Michel Maure had gone missing after standing trial in Marseille in June... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044286/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:37:08 -0400 BBC http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044286/ MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Aug. 20, 2008) - Dr. Robert Ouellet, a Montreal radiologist, will give his inaugural speech as President Elect of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) at the third an... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043674/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:09:44 -0400 Market Wire http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043674/ CHICAGO | A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044015/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:22:14 -0400 The Ledger http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044015/ Aug 20 2008 by Gregory Tindle, South Wales Echo WARNINGS have been issued today after a rise in the number of overdose cases linked to the painkiller Paracetamol. Victims include those who have b... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044282/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:26:41 -0400 IC Wales http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17044282/ Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 03:00 CDT A Virginia man yesterday filed what is believed to be the first personal injury lawsuit stemming from injuries associated with the use of Byetta(R), an... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043878/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:16:15 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043878/ OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 20, 2008) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Maple Leaf Consumer Foods are warning the public not to serve or consume the ready-to-eat deli meat produ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043599/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:09:35 -0400 Market Wire http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043599/ WASHINGTON – Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and accumulating medical debt at an increasing rate, according to a survey due out today. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043681/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:12:50 -0400 The News Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043681/ .newradiotext { text-align: middle; font-size: 12px !important; font-family:Georgia; color: #000; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding:0; } #newrightcolumnheading { float: right; width: 3... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043685/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:59:51 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17043685/ religious beliefs, the state's supreme court ruled on Monday.The California Supreme Court decision overturned a lower court ruling in favor of two Christian doctors who refused fertility treatment to ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038898/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:03:32 -0400 The China Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038898/ WASHINGTON - Don't be surprised if your doctor orders a vitamin D test during your next physical. Blood tests to check levels of the so-called sunshine vitamin are on the rise as doctors and patients ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038899/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:58:01 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038899/ — Brachytherapy, also called seed implants, may be a more beneficial treatment than surgery or external beam radiation therapy for overweight or obese prostate cancer patients, according to a stu... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038909/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:27:11 -0400 Science Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038909/ A 50-year-old King County woman appears to be the first known human to be infected by the West Nile virus in Washington this year, even though she was not made seriously ill. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038901/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:57:08 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038901/ For now, though, the law is set to take effect Jan. 1 and families could start adding children to their policies by spring. Illinois doesn't have an age requirement for dependent coverage, so insurers... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038525/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:27:30 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038525/ washington -- Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and accumulating medical debt at an increasing rate, according to a survey released Thursday. "A perfect storm of negative economic trends i... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038531/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:09:58 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038531/ Protest vow from cancer patient over ‘too costly’ treatment A FORMER town mayor with terminal cancer has pledged to refuse life-prolonging drugs unless they are prescribed to all patien... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038906/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:31:56 -0400 IC Wales http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038906/ The researchers found that large pile of assignments tend to have a larger and more significant impact on test scores for high and low achievers, however in case of average achievers, it is less effec... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038900/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:58:02 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038900/ Doctors at Lehigh Valley are proud of their speed. It's one reason the hospital boasts the lowest heart attack death rate in the country, 11.6%, in a new government analysis obtained by USA TODAY. Amo... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038903/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:34:00 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038903/ Bells ringing: A fitness center based on Russian kettlebells is coming to Durham. Rapid Results Fitness is holding its grand opening from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 4125 Chapel Hill Blvd., where i... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038254/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:10:37 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038254/ Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 00:00 CDT Home News IN BRIEF *A breakthrough in stem-cell research could improve the survival chances of patients with an aggressive form of bowel cancer. Resear... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038897/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:11:26 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038897/ Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations, including leaving surgical instruments inside patients and causing the death of one patient by improperly inserting an int... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038558/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:47:50 -0400 Insurance Journal http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038558/ Now the Middleport, Longton and Dalehall Community Association, which has been leafleting the whole neighbourhood in the past fortnight, has called for a show of strength at the meeting at 7pm in the ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038528/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:11:32 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038528/ By MANDEEP SINGH A FILIPINO who gave a kidney to save a 16-year-old Bahraini girl has been promised free medical care for as long he lives here. Health Minister Dr Faisal Al Hamer made the vow ye... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038537/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:10:18 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038537/ — The prevalence of obesity and overweight in the United States coupled by the increased risk of gastrointestinal diseases related to obesity raises serious implications for the health of America... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038534/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:27:12 -0400 Science Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038534/ Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 00:00 CDT Brent Oliver Hale, an attending physician with OU Medical Center, was named Hero of Emergency Medicine by the American College of Emergency Physicians.... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038527/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:11:29 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038527/ International aid is urgently needed to reduce the risk to millions of lives in danger across West Africa due to the effects of flooding, the United Nations health agency warned today. Rising flood w... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038526/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:20:25 -0400 UN News Centre http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038526/ Over the past 12 months, Medical Technology Stock Letter is up 10.4% according to the Hulbert Financial Digest, vs. negative 10.23% for the dividend-reinvested Dow Jones Wilshire 5000. Over the past t... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038533/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:35 -0400 Market Watch http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038533/ she said. 'We're expecting a great deal of debate at the event, and hopefully we'll see some practical solutions adopted for many of these issues,' she added. Medical tourism is already proving ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038541/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:59:17 -0400 AME Info http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038541/ Aug 20 2008 by Martin Shipton, Western Mail AN NHS Trust has promised to investigate after an AM found confidential documents relating to individual patients dumped in the communal area of an apar... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038904/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:32:01 -0400 IC Wales http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038904/ John Challis died at his parents' suburban Pittsburgh home on Tuesday. He was 18 Challis made headlines with his inspirational message to his hometown Pirates Challis spoke candidly about his illness ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038902/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:52:43 -0400 Sports Illustrated http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038902/ Christina Applegate says she has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for breast cancer."I'm clear," the actress tells ABC News' "Good Morning America" in an interview aired yesterday. "A... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038911/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:08:00 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038911/ Madeleine Brindley , Western Mail A TENTH person in Wales has been diagnosed with a rare form of salmonella linked to contaminated meat from Ireland. The new case was confirmed as figures revealed... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038905/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:32:00 -0400 IC Wales http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038905/ Diabetes care is improving, but there is still a long way to go before the NHS is providing top quality services, a government report will say today. The Department of Health study analyses progress ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038211/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:48:10 -0400 BBC http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038211/ — Scientists at Aston University in Birmingham, UK are carrying out a unique study using the eyes to detect early signs of health problems which could lead to diabetes, and they’re looking ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038535/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:27:15 -0400 Science Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038535/ MUMBAI: Controversial British television personality Jade Goody has pulled out of India's 'Bigg Boss' show after she was diagnosed with cancer, the channel broadcasting the show and her publicist said... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038910/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:10:05 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038910/ Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 00:00 CDT Southwest Health Center's Diabetes Healthy Living Group will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 1400 East Side Road in Platteville. The session is f... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038529/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:11:27 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038529/ Madeleine Brindley , Western Mail THOUSANDS of NHS employees could be facing unemployment as another shake-up of the health service looms. Shadow Health Minister Jonathan Morgan last night demande... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038907/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:31:57 -0400 IC Wales http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17038907/ An estimated 2,000 National Health Service patients die each year as a result of errors in treatment. Although serious errors are rare, a study of 38 surgeons in 14 NHS hospitals published in the Brit... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034802/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:07:06 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034802/ starting to appear.Closer inspection of the statistics reveals that in the Lothian region, deaths linked to the heroin substitute methadone now outnumber those linked to the drug itself.In 2007 there ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034808/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:52:09 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034808/ dogged resolve will hopefully prove a powerful stimulus to do something about it. Exercise, or rather lack of it, is at the root of the lion's share of the ailments that afflict 21st-century Britain. ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034809/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:52:12 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034809/ Posted on: Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 18:00 CDT FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International , a leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to g... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034417/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:13:36 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034417/ WAUSAU — A couple accused of praying instead of seeking medical care as their 11-year-old daughter died of diabetes asked a judge today to dismiss the charges as unconstitutional. Dale and Leil... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034814/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:36:04 -0400 Pioneer Press http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034814/ LONDON (Reuters) - Stem cell scientists have developed a new and more accurate way of spotting aggressive forms of bowel cancer, allowing for tailored treatment that should improve patients' chances o... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034816/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:27:59 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034816/ CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with type 2 diabetes, researchers say. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034817/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:06:10 -0400 CNN http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034817/ Cook Islands Health Minister Sir Terepai Maoate has dismissed as "insensitive and thoughtless" a suggestion by Niue’s health director to isolate people living with HIV/AIDS into a colo... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034447/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:03:46 -0400 Pacific Magazine http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034447/ The drugs could be rendered useless if patients take them at the same time as drinking juice, Canadian researchers said.The evidence emerged from a study in which grapefruit juice was found to shut ce... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034806/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:52:06 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034806/ The World Health Assembly is considering a Global Action Plan Against Cancer that emphasizes prevention as the best cure. The World Health Organization reports cancer is a leading cause of death world... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034799/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:20:39 -0400 Chosun http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034799/ Women at elevated risk for breast cancer -- or a recurrence of the disease -- increasingly are choosing double mastectomies as a protective measure against cancer's rebound, doctors said Tuesday. E... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034473/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:57:31 -0400 Newsday http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034473/ Posted on: Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 18:00 CDT HACKENSACK, N.J. - Moisturizers may speed skin cancer in reformed sunbathers, even years after giving up on tanning, according to a Rutgers University st... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034800/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:13:29 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034800/ 0 posts Pegasus/Heartview LLC (PINKSHEETS: PGUZ) announced that they have now completed the required clinical studies, which are an integral part of the process required for the marketing of the Compa... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034805/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:42:39 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034805/ B OSTON - Massachusetts is experiencing a big jump in health insurance and a big drop in payments for the uninsured under the state’s health care law. Between Jan. 1 and March 31, the number of... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034448/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:54:55 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034448/ The Queensland Government says a health clinic building program for Cape York and Torres Strait, in the far north, will be finished in the next few years. Health Minister Stephen Robertson has opened... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034463/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:41:57 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034463/ Junior doctors and pharmacists of the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka called off their strike Tuesday following the death of President Levy Mwanawasa on the same day. They said that it wi... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034815/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:29:20 -0400 People's Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034815/ Christina Applegate in a scene from her new movie The Rocker. The 36-year-old actress is part of a growing group of women who choose to get a mastectomy instead of radiation in hopes of improving thei... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034811/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:36:33 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034811/ Tasmanian scientists are one step closer to slowing the rapid rise in the incidence of type 2 diabetes, with groundbreaking new research. The race is now on to develop medication to help sufferers an... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034821/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:41:43 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17034821/ Dr. Ana Navas-Acien and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found a "relatively strong" association between commonly found levels of arsenic in urine and type 2 diabetes in a study of ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029288/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:15:15 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029288/ CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ventilator tubes treated with silver to reduce infections cut the risk of pneumonia in gravely ill patients by 36 percent compared with similar, untreated tubes, researchers report... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029286/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:15:10 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029286/ In two years, cervical cancer has gone from obscure killer confined mostly to poor nations to the West's disease of the moment. Tens of millions of girls and young women have been vaccinated aga... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029291/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:58:33 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029291/ http://www.x12.org/webinars FALLS CHURCH, VA--(Marketwire - August 19, 2008) - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the much-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17028546/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:51:28 -0400 Market Wire http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17028546/ FORT QU'APPELLE, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - Aug. 19, 2008) - Today, the Honourable Tony Clement, Canada's Minister of Health, The Honourable Don McMorris, Saskatchewan Minister of Health, Federation ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17028634/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:51:11 -0400 Market Wire http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17028634/ IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - August 19, 2008) - Two health care organizations seeking opportunities to save money on supply costs have selected VHA Inc. as a supply chain partner, extending their relat... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029292/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:51:22 -0400 Market Wire http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029292/ A new class of diabetes drugs, which had been expected to bring in billions of dollars in sales, now faces an uncertain future after six cases of severe pancreas inflammation linked to Byetta, which i... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029290/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:58:21 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029290/ LOS ANGELES: America's obsession with beauty is posing serious problems for the health and economic well-being of women and young girls, according to a new report on the pursuit of physical perfect... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17028644/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:29:01 -0400 Times of India http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17028644/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embryonic stem cells can be used to grow vats of red blood cells, which could lead to the creation of "farms" that could provide limitless sources of blood, U.S. researchers rep... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029287/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:15:13 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17029287/