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Caution on cell phone use
Sun reporterAn international group of 23 prominent doctors and public health researchers and officials is warning that cell phone use may increase the risk of brain cancer. One of those who signed, Dr. Ronald Herberman, the head of the University of Pittsburgh...Tags: Cell Phones, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Research, Cancer
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A toast to independence
I have seen the future, my fellow Baby Boomers. And it is a place where you can't get a drink without a doctor's prescription. The story begins with my personal advance scout on growing old, a.k.a. my mother. When she fell and broke her shoulder recently,...Tags: Theft, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Services, Medical Staff, Social Services
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Florida could spend a buck on prevention to save $7 in health costs
Sentinel Medical WriterFor every dollar invested to keep people fit and healthy in Florida, nearly $7 could be saved within a decade. A new report Thursday estimates that Florida could save about $1 billion within five years even after investing $173 million annually into...Tags: Society, Health and Safety at School, Athletics, Track and Field, University of Central Florida, Academic Progress
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An uphill nutrition fight
Sun reporterThe TastyKake truck comes three times a week to the corner store on North Mount Street, rumbling past drug dealers and piles of trash to fill the racks with cupcakes and cream-filled chocolate bars. The Utz man comes twice to deliver little bags of chips,...Tags: Diet, Epidemics and Plagues, Johns Hopkins University, Sales, Health and Safety at School
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Cautionary note about prostates
Sun ReporterA popular hormonal treatment for prostate cancer does nothing to extend the lives of men over 65 with early-stage tumors and may actually be harmful, according to a study published today. The report, which reviewed the cases of almost 20,000 older men...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Death and Dying, Government Health Care, Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Case dropped against former E. Hampton sergeant
luis.perez@newsday.comA former East Hampton Town police sergeant accused of deliberately interfering with a drug investigation has been cleared, as Suffolk prosecutors decided to drop their case after a judge's ruling dismissed the indictment. Robert Wood, 45, was indicted in...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Witnesses
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Elderly may fare worse on prostate cancer drugs
Associated PressA prostate cancer study that could change how doctors treat some patients found that widely used hormone-blocking drugs did not improve survival chances for older men whose disease hadn't spread. In fact, men given the drugs alone were slightly more...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Government Health Care, Death and Dying, Medicine, Medical Staff
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Names in the news
•Peggy Collier is the new director of work-force planning at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. At GBMC, Collier develops a strategy and direction for staffing, assists with employee retention and develops work-force projections. •Nurse...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Diseases, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Staff
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U.S. child obesity rate is leveling off
The stunning three-decade rise in childhood obesity that prompted the government to declare an "epidemic" of fat appears to have leveled off, although the obesity rate is still more than three times higher than in the 1970s, researchers reported today....Tags: Clubs and Associations, Epidemics and Plagues, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, People, Communicable Diseases
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Newly formed local consortium to study the Olympics
Tribune reporterOlympics 101 is now open for registration. John MacAloon, a University of Chicago social sciences professor and Olympic Games scholar, is assembling the Chicago Consortium on Olympic Studies. MacAloon described it as a multidisciplinary body of...Tags: Olympic Games, Government, DePaul University, Society, International Olympic Committee
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