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Correction: Hot Dogs-Cancer story
The State
The Associated Press | CHICAGO -- | In an Aug. 26 story about a new TV ad linking hot dogs with cancer, The Associated Press, relying on figures provided by a nutrition adviser to the American Institute for Cancer Research, erroneously reported average risks for colon cancer and how eating hot dogs ...
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Health. Researchers regrow inner ear hairs
Canada Dot Com
| Researchers working on mice have regrown the tiny hairs in the inner ear that are crucial to hearing, and said yesterday their findings might lead to ways to restore hearing loss in humans. The loss of these minute hairs in the cochlea, or the nerves that control them, is the most common cause of ...
Study: 12 percent of Indian deaths due to alcohol
The News Tribune
WASHINGTON -- Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related - more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says. | The report released Thursday by the federal Cen...
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Yahoo Daily News
| By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Writer 40 minutes ago | WASHINGTON - Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new...
Under-tongue therapy may ease bee-sting allergy -
Yahoo Daily News
| By Karla Gale 42 minutes ago | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people who are strongly allergic to bee venom, desensitization using sublingual (i.e., under-the-tongue) immunotherapy may be a safer than injection immunotherapy, according to a proof-...
Study: 12 percent of Indian deaths due to alcohol
The Charlotte Observer
| WASHINGTON Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related - more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says. | The report released Thursday by the federal Cent...
Study: 12 percent of Indian deaths due to alcohol
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related - more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says. | The report released Thursday by the federa...
Obesity
WN / Rubielyn Bunag
UK 'fat map' shows obesity hotspots
London Evening Standard
28.08.08 | A new "fat map" of the UK shows high levels of obesity in the Midlands, Wales, North East and parts of the South East. | The map, created by Dr Foster Research, suggests...
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Britain's happiest places mapped
BBC News
| The most sparsely populated county in Wales is where you will find Britain's happiest place, say researchers. | Powys tops the list of 273 districts, with Edinburgh apparently th...
Obese Couple
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Obese people have 'sicker' fat cells: Study
Canada Dot Com
| Fat cells in obese people are "sicker" than fat cells in lean people, says a new study that suggests why carrying too much fat often leads to diabetes and diseases of the heart a...
Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 28, 2008
Healthfinder
Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) Alzheimer's Disease Healthy Patient Studies | this article to news version | (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: | Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) | If you are aged 18 to 65, have ec...
Correction: Hot Dogs-Cancer story
The News Tribune
CHICAGO -- In an Aug. 26 story about a new TV ad linking hot dogs with cancer, The Associated Press, relying on figures provided by a nutrition adviser to the American Institute for Cancer Research, erroneously reported average risks for colon cancer...
Correction: Hot Dogs-Cancer story
Houston Chronicle
| CHICAGO - In an Aug. 26 story about a new TV ad linking hot dogs with cancer, The Associated Press, relying on figures provided by a nutrition adviser to the American Institute for Cancer Research, erroneously reported average risks for colon cance...
Correction: Hot Dogs-Cancer story
The Charlotte Observer
| CHICAGO In an Aug. 26 story about a new TV ad linking hot dogs with cancer, The Associated Press, relying on figures provided by a nutrition adviser to the American Institute for Cancer Research, erroneously reported average risks for colon cancer ...
Dalai Lama Admitted to Hospital
Voa News
| Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, waves from inside a car as he arrives at the Lilavati hospital in Mumbai, India, 28 Aug 2008Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has been admitted to a hospital in India Thursday after complaini...
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