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Vets should file paperwork now

Clovis News Journal
By Tom Philpott: Military Update Tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans with ischemic heart disease, Parkinson's disease or B cell leukemia should file ...

Broncos add defensive linemen Jamal Williams, Jarvis Green

The Coloradoan
By AP • March 10, 2010 ENGLEWOOD - The Denver Broncos continued beefing up their defensive line Tuesday, signing unrestricted free agents Jamal Williams and ...

Washington Post (blog) Celebrity justice: Lindsay Lohan sues E-Trade over 'milkaholic' in talking ..

Washington Post (blog)
Also 100 MILLION for pain and suffering?!?!? I mean I know for you thinking can be painful (most likely from thinking about what to sue over) but come on ...

The Money Times Swine flu fading away only to return this fall--WHO

The Money Times
The cases of swine flu may be falling but the HINI pandemic is not over yet. Currently, the virus is waning, but only temporarily. ...

Study: Obesity Associated With Higher Risk Of Death From Colon Cancer

AHN | All Headline News
Philadelphia, PA, United States (AHN) - Overweight colon cancer patients have poorer outcomes after their cancer is removed compared to thinner patients, ...

Tide is turning on global warming

Business Day
The smart money is on global warming going the same way as bird flu, swine flu, Y2K, the ozone layer, the population explosion, the food crisis, ...

China's Exports, Property Prices Add Pressure to Pare Stimulus

BusinessWeek
“The rapid rise in exports will add to inflationary pressure and reinforce the arguments for domestic policy tightening,” said Ma Jun, Hong Kong-based chief ...

Heart and Stroke Foundation Shares The Heart Truth at LG Fashion Week

MarketWatch (press release)
"The face of heart disease has changed - no longer a man's disease, heart disease and stroke is the leading cause of death for women in Canada(1)," says ...

Tumor-Melting Virus vs. Prostate Cancer

WebMD
By Daniel J. DeNoon March 9, 2010 - A virus that destroys cancer cells but leaves normal cells unharmed works against prostate cancer, a human study shows. ...

Alzheimer's is on rise in Oklahoma, group says

NewsOK.com
BY SUSAN SIMPSON Leave a comment About 74000 Oklahomans have Alzheimer's disease, and the number is rapidly growing, according to a report by the ...

FDA panel backs InterMune's Esbriet for IPF

Pharma Times
The FDA's Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee has voted 9-3 to recommend approval of Esbriet (pirfenidone) for the treatment of patients with ...

Colonoscopy Resources

CBS News
Colorectal cancer, often referred to as colon cancer, is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States-but it doesn't have to be. ...

Mum tells how she survived horror swine flu ordeal

Scottish Daily Record
A MUM has told how she fought back from the brink of death after catching swine flu. Victoria Fleming's family feared she would die after she suffered ...

Construction firms add pressure in muted Europe

MarketWatch
By Sarah Turner, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares continued this week's muted moves on Wednesday, with losses from construction stocks ...

Sasha fights through pain

Press-Enterprise
And no, now that you asked, he's not pain-free. That sprained right shoulder would take at least another couple of weeks to get all the way to pain-free. ...

Allergy Free Recipe Contest Winners Announced

PR.com (press release)
Allergiesandme.com is proud to announce the 2010 "Allergy Free" Food Recipe Contest winners. The company received many great entries from across the country ...

Washington Post Bruce Graham dies; architect of most famous Chicago buildings

Washington Post
He had Alzheimer's disease. At the peak of his influence, from the'60s through the'80s, Mr. Graham was the top man at Chicago's biggest architectural ...

Dr. Suzy Kim: Colon cancer screening can save lives

Greenville News
By Suzy Kim • March 10, 2010 Many of you have already heard the American Cancer Society (ACS) statistics. Each year, colon cancer is diagnosed in 150000 ...

Former Harp & Fiddle GM fights heart disease

York Daily Record
... former Harp & Fiddle restaurant in downtown York -- has cardiomyopathy, a heart disease that claimed his father's life and plagues his older brother. ...

Hear how UTMB labs helped beat swine flu

Galveston County Daily News
... University of Texas Medical Branch is to give a free public demonstration of the way in which it prepared for and responded to the swine flu outbreak. ...

Broncos Add Another Big Defensive Lineman To The Team

KMGH Denver
“He has anchored some of the NFL's best run defenses during his career, and we are fortunate to add him to our roster.” Williams (6-foot-3, 348 pounds) is a ...

Alzheimer's Program

NorthJersey.com
The Alzheimer's Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, in collaboration with Atlantic Home Care and Hospice and Carol Hires, Parish Nurse, ...

"Spartacus" halted after star's cancer diagnosis

Reuters
Whitfield's cancer is described as "very treatable" and was detected in the early stages. The second season of "Spartacus" was scheduled to begin shooting ...

Pain clinic operators to pay $820000 for fraud

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
LOUIS — A Town and Country physician, his wife and their pain-management clinics will pay the federal government $820000 to resolve allegations of filing ...

Listen to your heart, doctors say

Chicago Tribune
According to the Heart Association, stroke is the leading cause of "serious, long-term disability" in the United States, and cardiovascular disease is the ...

New York Times Bruce J. Graham, Chicago Architect Who Designed Sears Tower, Dies at 84

New York Times
The cause was complications of Alzheimer's disease, said his son, George. Mr. Graham, an architect with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill from'51 until his ...

Google Maps to add bike maps, directions

CNET
by Tom Krazit Google Maps is set to provide a new option for getting around town: biking directions. The company plans to unveil what it called "the most ...

Swine flu: 700k vaccince doses doled out in King Co.

Seattle Post Intelligencer
By CHRIS GRYGIEL About 700000 vaccine doses were distributed in King County during the recent swine flu scare - perhaps the most successful vaccination ...

The Great Prostate Mistake

New York Times
Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in'94, the PSA test is the most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer. The test's popularity has ...

Blake feels fine after back pain

ESPN
... to return to Cactus League action on Wednesday after going through all of the team's pregame drills Tuesday without feeling any pain in his back. ...

Special report: Can we cure cancer?

Ninemsn
But leading Australian cancer specialists believe a cure — at least for some cancers — could be seen within our lifetime. Within 50 years, cancer vaccines ...

Nearly 40 percent of King Co. residents got flu vaccine

Seattle Post Intelligencer
By CHRIS GRYGIEL About 700000 people in King County were vaccinated during the recent swine flu scare - nearly 40 percent of all residents, ...

Timbers add three more preseason games to schedule

OregonLive.com
By Geoffrey C. Arnold, The Oregonian The Portland Timbers announced that they will play three more exhibition games in preparation of the upcoming regular ...

Allergies in Fort Worth, Dallas worst in nation Tuesday

Fort Worth Star Telegram
By JAN JARVIS That annoying itching and sneezing that signals the arrival of spring allergies is back - and it's only going to get worse. ...

BBC News pain 'linked to child behaviour'

BBC News
Children who develop behavioural problems at school are more than twice as likely to suffer chronic pain in adulthood, research has suggested. ...

Bhutan - Bird flu strikes again

Meattradenewsdaily (blog)
There has been one new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the border area with India. The veterinary authority in Bhutan sent Follow Up ...

BBC News 'Problem kids' risk future pain

BBC News
Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers. Scientists at Aberdeen University, ...

Flu Shots in Children Help People of All Ages

New York Times
... flu shots in the 2008-2009 winter, its results validated the American government's decision to vaccinate children first during the recent swine flu ...

'Puff City' may help teens with asthma

UPI.com
AUGUSTA, Ga., March 9 (UPI) -- A computer asthma program tailored to teens could help those in rural areas manage their disease and avoid fatal ...

Designer of Chicago skyscrapers dies

UPI.com
He was 84, George Graham said, and died Saturday of complications from Alzheimer's disease, The Chicago Tribune reported. Graham penned the Willis Tower, ...