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Active lifestyles benefit people in their later years
Special to NewsdayIn the presidential election year of 1984, age was an issue, as it is now. That year, the age in question was President Ronald Reagan's. He was 73 - too old, some said, to be president. During a televised debate with Democratic opponent Walter Mondale,...Tags: Medical Specialization, National Government, Breast Cancer, Ronald Reagan, Cancer
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Doctors trying to restore desire
Special to the Daily PressDoctors on the Southside have begun a clinical trial on a new female testosterone gel they hope can help menopausal women who have lost interest in sex. The treatment, called LibiGel, is one of the first therapies geared toward women with low libidos,...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Breast Cancer, Trials, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Health Organizations
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President Clinton stumps for stem cells in Mich.
Associated Press WriterFormer President Bill Clinton on Friday said a state ballot proposal that would loosen restrictions on embryonic stem cell research is crucial for the health of residents and the economy of the struggling state. "If I were in Michigan and I didn't...Tags: Medical Specialization, Research, National Government, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Diseases
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Doyle unveils research triangle for gene research
Associated Press WriterGov. Jim Doyle unveiled an initiative Friday to make Wisconsin a worldwide leader in personalized medicine, a fledgling science that would treat patients based on their DNA. But the ambitious proposal faces stiff competition from states such as...Tags: Medical Specialization, Genetics, Biotechnology Industry, Parliament, Hospitals and Clinics
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ADHD meds could fight drug abuse
On college campuses and in high school corridors, there's a lively market for Ritalin and other stimulant medications prescribed for those diagnosed with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. And studies have long shown that children with...Tags: Mental Illness, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Social Sciences, Illnesses, Medicine
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Researcher pioneered treatments for blood diseases
Los Angeles TimesDr. Ernest Beutler, the Scripps Research Institute physician and researcher who was one of the country's leading experts on diseases of the blood and iron metabolism, died Sunday of lymphoma in San Diego. He was 80. Dr. Beutler was a pioneer in bone...Tags: University of Chicago, Diseases, Joliet, Viral Diseases, Cancer
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State weighs cuts in critical needs
Amid a gloomy economy that has severely eroded tax collections, Gov. Martin O'Malley is considering steep cuts to public education and health care programs and might ask state employees to take a six-day unpaid leave.
The spending reductions under...Tags: Michael E Busch, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, Government Debt, Layoffs and Downsizing, Medical Specialization
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French Nobel laureates fear AIDS funding may fall victim to financial crisis
PARIS (AP) _ Two French researchers who shared the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the AIDS virus are voicing fears that the world financial crisis will hurt funding to fight the disease. Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi say they...Tags: Diseases, AIDS, Nicolas Sarkozy, Awards and Prizes, Financial Markets
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Where the candidates stand
Barack Obama and John McCain both voted in the Senate to lift President George W. Bush's 2001 restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. But they gave different responses to a questionnaire from the group Science Debate 2008....Tags: George Bush, Medical Specialization, John McCain, National Government, Government
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Study: Stem cells derived from men's testicles seem to work as well as embryonic stem cells
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. The new type of stem cells could be...Tags: George Bush, Research, Values, Ethics, Natural Science
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Glowing praise: 3 scientists win Nobel for green jellyfish protein that lights up cells, genes
AP Science WriterThree U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures. Osamu Shimomura, a Japanese citizen who works...Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Alzheimer's Disease
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What's on your mind?
The second presidential debate on Tuesday 86% Letters on debate said Barack Obama won Readers' comments include: Who won the second presidential debate? This one says it was "that one." —Gerald Weisberg, Chicago Tom Brokaw for president. &#...Tags: Huntington, Medical Specialization, Tom Brokaw, John McCain, Jeremiah Wright
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