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November 11, 2011

Don’t panic! take a deep breath and clear your senses, we can get through this together! Maybe it’s somewhere close by that you’re not looking, perhaps we moved the link to a better location, it’s even a slight possibility we messed up and lost the page. If you were trying to open the standard.net homepage, [...]

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KALBITOR® (ecallantide) Data in HAE Presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting

November 10, 2011

November 07, 2011 07:33 AM Eastern Time  CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ: DYAX) announced today that two oral and two poster presentations featuring KALBITOR® (ecallantide) data in hereditary angioedema (HAE) were presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Meeting held November 3-8, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, [...]

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Bladder Cancer Risks Greater With Smokers

November 10, 2011

TODAY’S issue of polkmd deals with some of the different types of cancers below the belt — prostate, colon, ovarian and kidney. Published: Friday, October 28, 2011 at 2:12 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 28, 2011 at 2:27 p.m. LAKELAND | the correlation between smoking and bladder cancer keeps getting stronger and none of it [...]

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Mapping the body: gallbladder

November 10, 2011

Political correctness has reached medical school. Last week, I was talking to a student about what sort of patients tend to be affected by gallstones. I mentioned the handy, alliterative phrase by which, in my day, we used to remember this at-risk group, and was told in no uncertain terms that medical students didn’t talk like [...]

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DWPub: ResponseSource

November 10, 2011

PRESS RELEASE for immediate release: 3 November 2011 Menopausal symptoms you may not recognise most women know that the menopause can cause hot flushes, night sweats and mood swings. But there are many other symptoms that are also linked to hormonal changes at this time of life but tend to be overlooked. in the 50th [...]

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Healthcare Data Mining, Structured Data and Natural Language Processing

November 9, 2011

Louisville, KY — (SBWIRE) –11/08/2011 — Medicine and healthcare have been one of the most researched and studied branches of Science for centuries. There are records of use of medicines as early as 500 B.C. Research and development over millions of years has led to the establishment of the current structured healthcare system. Documentation of [...]

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Patient & Staff Education Tool: ‘Think TB!’ Poster

November 9, 2011

By Rob Kurtz | November 07, 2011 The CDC provides a free, downloadable “Think TB!” poster. The poster encourages healthcare providers and patients to recognize the signs and symptoms of tuberculosis. The signs and symptoms of tuberculosis listed on the poster are: coughing up blood, weakness, loss of appetite, chest pains, anorexia, exposure to tuberculosis, significant [...]

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The Internet is no substitute for a visit to your doctor

November 9, 2011

Rachel Martinez searched online for more information about was going on in her body after she had visited the doctor for an illness. “There are a lot of interesting things there,” Martinez, 33, said. After she found out what she had, she wanted to learn all she could about the illness and the body’s immune [...]

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A.M. Vitals: Pediatricians Recommend Diagnosing ADHD As Young As Age Four

November 8, 2011

By Katherine Hobson ADHD Diagnosis: New American Academy of Pediatrics treatment guidelines for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder say ADHD can be diagnosed in kids as early as age four, and that Ritalin and similar drugs are an appropriate treatment even for those youngest kids with persistent symptoms when behavioral-management strategies don’t work, the WSJ reports. [...]

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Senior Drug Addiction- Part One – WABI TV5

November 8, 2011

Maine is aging faster than any other state, with 16 percent of our population 65 years and older. we also hold the title for the highest number of residents seeking treatment for opiate addiction. when you picture someone addicted to prescription pills, typically a senior citizen doesn’t come to mind. but there are an alarming [...]

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