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Treating Apnea May Help BP
MedPage Today
By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Note that OSA is recognized by multiple hypertension guidelines as a secondary cause of ...
Sleep Apnea 'Mask' Might Also Help the HeartU.S. News & World Report
Studies Probe Effect Of CPAP And Sleep Apnea On HypertensionForbes
CPAP Use May Reduce Risk of Hypertension in Apnea PatientsDoctors Lounge
Family Practice News Digital Network -GP online
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Pomegranate juice maker used deceptive ads, judge rules
Los Angeles Times
Pom Wonderful used insufficient evidence to back claims that its products could treat or prevent serious diseases, the chief administrative law judge at the FTC says. A federal administrative law judge upheld much of a 2010 Federal Trade Commission ...
Judge Sours On POM Wonderful's Erectile Dysfunction & Heart Disease ClaimsGPB
POM, Not So Wonderful: Judge Rules Juice's Health Claims Are MisleadingTIME
POM Wily? FTC Calls POM Wonderful Claims DeceptiveBusinessWeek
CBS News -Forbes -Wall Street Journal
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Scientists turn skin cells into beating heart muscle
Chicago Tribune
* Skin reprogrammed into stem cells to try to mend hearts * New heart cells able to integrate with existing tissue * Many years' work ahead before clinical trials could start By Kate Kelland LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time ...
In Sight: Healthy Heart Cells from HF Patient's SkinMedPage Today
Heart-Failure Patients' Cells May Be Used for RepairBloomberg
Skin from heart attack patients transformed into beating heart cellsThe Guardian

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Study: Over one-third of malaria drugs tested from Asia, Africa found to be fake
CBS News
(CBS News) More than one-third of a random sample of malaria medicines bought from southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were counterfeit or faulty, according to a new study. Pill pitfalls: Tips to make sure your medication is safe Malaria breakthrough ...
Fake drugs impede progress made in war on malariamsnbc.com
Fake, faulty malaria drugs alarmingly common, study findsLos Angeles Times
Third of malaria drugs 'are fake'BBC News
Reuters -The Associated Press
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Winnipeg prostate cancer survivor defends PSA tests
CBC.ca
A Winnipeg businessman says he owes his life to a controversial test for prostate cancer that US health officials say men should not necessarily get. Ed Johner, 54, said he believes the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test saved his life by detecting ...
Prostate Cancer Screening's False PromiseKRCRTV.COM
Opposing view: Make informed decisions on PSAUSA TODAY
Final advice: Panel against routine prostate testSTLtoday.com
CBS News -msnbc.com
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Death Rate Dropping for People With Diabetes
WebMD
By Denise Mann May 22, 2012 -- New research shows that people with diabetes are living longer, and this is likely due to heart-healthy habits and tighter control of blood sugar levels. Many people may only associate diabetes with vision loss, ...
Death rate for diabetics drops sharply, CDC study findsLos Angeles Times
Youth diabetes, pre-diabetes rates soarUSA TODAY
Death rate drops among Americans with diabetes -CDCReuters
MedPage Today -U.S. News & World Report
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Ga. man becomes third high-profile case of necrotizing fasciitis
CBS News
(CBS News) - A third case of flesh-eating bacterial infection necrotizing fasciitis has come to light. Thirty two-year-old Bobby Vaughn of Cartersville, Ga. will undergo his sixth surgery to combat necrotizing fasciitis on Tuesday.
Cartersville man has 6th surgery for flesh-decaying infectionAtlanta Journal Constitution
New Flesh-Eating Victim Down Hall From Aimee...ABC News
Woman with flesh-eating disease remains in hospitalActionNewsJax.com
Hollywood Life -Fox News -CNN
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Injury prevention laws save lives, report shows
Baltimore Sun
By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun Tens of thousands of lives have been saved over the years because Americans more routinely wear seat belts and don't drive drunk. But there are other public health threats from those who text while driving or ...
Md. rates best in region for injury prevention tacticsWashington Examiner
10 steps states can take to avoid injuriesUSA TODAY
Connecticut has nation's fifth-lowest injury death rateCt Post
ABC News -WebMD -Boston.com
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Herbal, Dietary Supplements Take Toll on Liver
MedPage Today
By Cole Petrochko, Associate Staff Writer, MedPage Today Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. This study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference.
Body Building, Diet Supplements Linked to Liver Damage: StudyU.S. News & World Report
Supplements linked to liver damage?ABC7Chicago.com
Herbal, Body Building, Diet Supplements Linked To Severe Liver Damage, StudyMedical Daily
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Higher Prices Charged By Hospitals, Other Providers, Drove Health Spending ...
Kaiser Health News
By Julie Appleby Higher prices charged by hospitals, outpatient centers and other providers drove up health care spending at double the rate of inflation during the economic downturn? even as patients consumed less medical care overall, according to a ...
Study: Health care costs on risePolitico
Data trove may shed light on health-care uncertaintiesWashington Post
Doctor visits, drugs drive up health costs for privately insuredChicago Tribune
Bloomberg -ModernHealthcare.com
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