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View All Popular Stories Upcoming Stories 1 digs dig it FDA Says Source of Tainted Tomatoes May Stay a Mystery - New York Times submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) CBC.caFDA Says Source of Tainted Tomatoes May Stay a MysteryNew York Times -2 hours agoBy BINA VENKATARAMAN The Food and Drug Administration may never be able to pinpoint the origin of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have sickened hundreds of people, an agency official said Wednesday.First Long Island case of salmonella linked to tomatoesNewsdayTomatoes regaining groundLos Angeles TimesReute   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 digs dig it Melanoma Stopped in Patient With 5 Billion Copies of Own Cell - Bloomberg submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) Scientific AmericanMelanoma Stopped in Patient With 5 Billion Copies of Own CellBloomberg -3 hours agoBy Michelle Fay Cortez June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Researchers used 5 billion copies of a single immune cell from a man to wipe out signs of his advanced melanoma for more than two years, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.Study: Skin cancer patient saved by clones of own   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 digs dig it Few Doctors Use Electronic Records Because of Costs, Poll Finds - Bloomberg submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) Wall Street Journal BlogsFew Doctors Use Electronic Records Because of Costs, Poll FindsBloomberg -3 hours agoBy Cristina Alesci June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Electronic health records, touted by the government as a way to reduce medical costs, are used by few doctors because they are too expensive for their practices, a Harvard University survey found.High costs keep doctors from switching to elect   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 digs dig it Health Buzz: Fake Cancer Cures and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) dBTechnoHealth Buzz: Fake Cancer Cures and Other Health NewsU.S. News & World Report -16 hours agoThe Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned 23 companies in the United States and two foreign individuals to stop selling products that claim to cure or prevent cancer.FDA Takes Aim at Herbal Cancer ‘Cures’New York TimesCancer 'cures' blasted by the FDALos Angeles TimesCBS News&   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 digs dig it Enbrel Is Backed for Child Psoriasis - Wall Street Journal submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) InjuryBoard.comEnbrel Is Backed for Child PsoriasisWall Street Journal -4 hours agoBy JARED A. FAVOLE A Food and Drug Administration panel recommended approval to expand Amgen Inc.'s Enbrel to treat children with moderate to severe psoriasis, a skin disease patients say can be debilitating.FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric PatientsWashington PostFDA backs wider use of Amgen drug f   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 digs dig it Study links diabetes, depression - New York Daily News submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) The Money TimesStudy links diabetes, depressionNew York Daily News -3 hours agoBY DAVE GOLDINER A new study says people with Type 2 diabetes are more likely to be depressed - and vice versa. Doctors concede they need to study patients more closely to determine whether the disease is causing depression or whether something about ...Study: Depression and Diabetes May Trigger Each OtherFOXNewsDi   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 digs dig it Is coffee good for you? - The Week Daily submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) The Tech HeraldIs coffee good for you?The Week Daily -11 hours agoCoffee consumption will not kill you, according to a study from Harvard and the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. The study followed the drinking habits of nearly 128000 men and women over 18 to 24 years, and found that women who drink two or three cups ...Filtering Through the Coffee StudiesABC NewsDrink more coffee and live lon   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 digs dig it US star rating system set for nursing homes - Baltimore Sun submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) US star rating system set for nursing homesBaltimore Sun -56 minutes agoBy James Drew | Sun reporter Nursing homes will get a "star rating" from the federal government to help consumers pick the best facilities, a sweeping initiative that a Maryland regulator predicted will create "peer pressure" among owners to improve ...Nursing Homes To Be RankedHartford CourantFeds to   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 digs dig it Wyeth Shares Rise on Promising Study of Alzheimer’s Drug - New York Times submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) Health NewstrackWyeth Shares Rise on Promising Study of Alzheimer’s DrugNew York Times -Jun 17, 2008By STEPHANIE SAUL The drug maker Wyeth said on Tuesday that a potential product for treating Alzheimer’s showed promise in an intermediate clinical study.Promising Alzheimer's drug approved for late-stage trialsUSA TodayMyriad Alzheimer's OpportunitiesForbesBloomberg - United P   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 digs dig it Calculating cardiac calcium scores - Baltimore Sun submitted by Angelina 16 days ago (via news.google.com) The Southern LedgerCalculating cardiac calcium scoresBaltimore Sun -56 minutes agoBy Frank D. Roylance | Sun reporter On the X-ray image they printed out for me, trouble is a pink triangular speck, labeled LAD. The pink spot represents a calcium buildup - hardened plaque.Tim Russert's death raising awareness, concernWTHREven best efforts can't prevent all heart attacksThe Associated P   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Health 1 2 Next