Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory November 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may ... | |
To some psychiatric patients, life seems like TV November 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- One man showed up at a federal building, asking for release from the reality show he was sure was being made of his life. Another was convinced his every move was secretly being filmed for a TV contest. A third believed ... | |
 New tobacco product alarms some health officials November 24, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- They're discreet, flavorful and come in cute tin boxes with names like "frost" and "spice." And the folks who created Joe Camel are hoping Camel Snus will become a hit with tobacco lovers tired of ... | |
Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle November 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 5
(AP) -- When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to stop. | |
 Govt pays for deadly, unapproved drugs (Update) November 23, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Dozens of deaths have been linked to medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of ... | |
 Surgeon who did first US heart transplant dies November 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nation's first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, has died. He was 90. Kantrowitz died Friday in ... | |
Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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(AP) -- D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart." | |
Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate November 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions, but in return it wants lawmakers ... | |
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