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- Really?: The Claim: Fish Oil Supplements Can Contain Mercury
- Well: Screen or Not? What Those Prostate Studies Mean
- Personal Health: Extra Vitamin E: No Benefit, Maybe Harm
- Global Update: Vaccination: Vaccine Delays in Poorer Nations Raise Health Risks for Infants
- Vital Signs: Awareness: Calculator Gives Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
- Vital Signs: Childhood: Combing Through Wet Hair May Be Best Way to Find Lice
- Vital Signs: Prevention: Gains From Exercise After Heart Attack Are Lost if Exercise Stops
- Doctor’s Pain Studies Were Fabricated, Hospital Says
- Fat Firefighters and Rescue Workers Alarm Researchers
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- A Healthy Diet and Exercise Ward Off Deep Belly Fat
- Confectionery Firms Break Their Promises Over Color Additives
- Natural Constipation Relief Strategies You Should Know About
- Sugar is Back on Food Labels -- This Time as a Selling Point
- Study Links DDT and Obesity
- Special Yogurt Fights Stomach Ulcer Bacteria
- What Does a Trillion Dollars Look Like?
- Belly Fat and Stress are Bad for Your Blood Sugar
- 'Doctor Shopping' Adds to Rise in Painkiller Deaths
EurekaAlert Health Feed
- UC San Diego biologists discover a protein link to wound healing
- Older adults concern for personal health linked to walking difficulty
- 'Master regulator' of skin formation discovered
- Latent tuberculosis: An international project to fight a worldwide disease
- Safe driving education should be part of routine teen physicals, Hopkins children's experts say
- Analysis of windmill pitching shows risk of injury to biceps in softball players
- Imaging technique may trace development of Parkinson's disease
- International association for dental research presents awards and fellowships
- Experimental Parkinson's therapy may have robust weight-loss effect
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US experiencing primary care shortage 'likes of which we have not seen'
(American College of Physicians) "The United States is experiencing a primary care shortage the likes of which we have not seen," Jeffrey P. Harris, M.D., FACP, president of the American College of Physicians, today told the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. "The demand for primary care in the US will grow exponentially as the nation's supply of primary care dwindles."
Mutated gene in zebrafish sheds light on blindness in humans
(Florida State University) Among zebrafish, the eyes have it. Inside them is a mosaic of light-sensitive cells whose structure and functions are nearly identical to those of humans. There, biologists at The Florida State University discovered a gene mutation that determines if the cells develop as rods (the photoreceptors responsible for dim-light vision) or as cones (the photoreceptors needed for color vision).
Study finds program has improved health agencies' preparedness for bioterror and disease outbreaks
(RAND Corporation) The federal Cities Readiness Initiative, intended to help metropolitan public health agencies prepare to deliver essential medicines to the public after a large-scale bioterror attack or natural disease outbreak, has succeeded in improving the level of readiness in 72 regions across the nation, according to a new study.
Transcending politics to save lives
(Indiana University) Cardiologists from Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and other countries in the Middle East will gather in Indianapolis April 1 and 2 for the First International Cardiovascular Conference: Focus on the Middle East.
Researchers studying hearing loss find auditory regions of the brain convert to the sense of touch
(Virginia Commonwealth University) Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that adult animals with hearing loss actually re-route the sense of touch into the hearing parts of the brain.
