A just-released research report shows that a newer diabetes test is more reliable and also is a better predictor of heart disease and stroke.

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This is an interesting story about a new system for reminding people to tell medications at the times they are supposed to take them and a second development, a new patent, which may report when medication has been taken.
It is reported by The Wall Street Journal Digital News.
Medication errors are one huge patient safety issue. [...]

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In a review of three recent research studies, two appeared to show that eating a little chocolate each week helps reduce stroke risk. The third study showed no relationship.

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I never thought it could really happen.
It has not happened yet.
But it looks as if it will.
Hospital gowns—to say nothing of the even-worse doctor’s office paper ones—are one of the most undignified insults to patients imaginable.
An illness exposes people in so many ways. They don’t need a gown to display their back-sides to expose them— [...]

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The preliminary evaluation of a blood test showed that the test found a majority of stage 1 tumors.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a new website, dedicated to the prevention of, and speedy response to, strokes.

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There are many pieces to the puzzle about obesity. One more has been discovered—food and restaurant labels may not tell you the truth about the calorie count.

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Great news for patients at risk for diabetes type 2, the form which is linked to health habits, not genes.

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NPR
Here it is, live. This video story is about how a virus, any virus, invades your body.
Check it out.
Source: NPR, October 23, 2009 (Update)

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This is an excellent, blessedly brief overview of what you need to think about before choosing your health plan this year.

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