Survey: Lupus patients often downplay pain

April 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) — Lupus patients often downplay pain and other symptoms to their physician and family and friends, a U.S. survey indicates. The survey of 1,000 adults conducted by Roper indicated 87 percent of those diagnosed with lupus report playing down symptoms to their families, while 52 percent said they minimized symptoms to [...]

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Today’s Front Page

April 10, 2012

An official in the Ministry of Health said yesterday that the one case of malaria reported in Exuma on Monday may have been contracted on the island. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Delon Brennen said according to the information he received, the U.S. traveler who contracted the disease did so on the island because he [...]

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Rising football star fights for life, all of Kerala pitches in

April 9, 2012

HIS football talent was a chance discovery and his rise to captain of Kerala?s under-13 team swift. but two months ago, it all threatened to unravel as quickly for 14-year-old M Prem Singh Boharah whose family hails from Nepal. He was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, a blood disorder in which the bone marrow does not [...]

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Mysterious Illness Strikes Polar Bears; Scientists Are Baffled

April 9, 2012

Like us on Facebook “We took biopsies in [1999] and couldn't establish a causative agent for the hair loss then,” Tony DeGange, chief of the biology office at the USGS Science Center in Anchorage, told the Washington Times. “But now we have this unexplained mortality event going on with seals. And they haven't been successful [...]

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Day 4 of Twilight Rapist Trial: Psychiatrist Testifies About Harris

April 9, 2012

His defense attorney has described the crimes as violent, sadistic and disgusting — and this week we’ve heard testimony from several victims, including two elderly women from Leon County, who claim they were burglarized and sexually assaulted in 2009 by the Twilight Rapist — a man who is pleading not guilty by insanity because he [...]

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Tick Populations On Rise, Experts Urge Caution

April 8, 2012

Tick populations are on the rise in Vermont. And experts are warning people to be more vigilant in checking for ticks on themselves, their children, and their pets. Lyndon State College professor of biology Alan Geise studies tick populations and says anecdotal observations are backed up by research from around the region. (Geise) "There’s really [...]

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Norovirus confirmed culprit in foodborne illness at Mexican eatery

April 8, 2012

The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health, confirmed Friday that 107 people were sickened by Norovirus, a foodborne illness, at Cebolla’s Mexican Grill, 5930 W. Jefferson Blvd. John Silcox, public information specialist for the health department, said the outbreak is a type of viral gastroenteritis. “When you hear about cruise ship sickness, that’s usually what [...]

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Cured meats may worsen COPD

April 8, 2012

People with the lung disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) who overdo it on bacon, salami, and other cured meats may be at greater risk for experiencing a flare-up that lands them back in the hospital. COPD is the umbrella term for chronic lung diseases including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. People with COPD often experience [...]

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Healing the gut

April 8, 2012

Most people who visit a chiropractor with back pain aren’t thinking about their diet, but that is exactly what Dr. Katie Drake says they should be doing. “Most people do not realize how important nutrition is to every part of the body and how powerful it is when it comes to healing the body rather [...]

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April 8, 2012

Japan setting stricter safety guidelines for nuclear power plants. the government’s aim is to ease public concern about restarting reactors idled after last year’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Facing a national power crunch, the government is anxious to restart two reactors in Fukui, western Japan, before the last operating reactor of the 54 in the [...]

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