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Woman Whose Letter Obama Read, Diagnosed with Cancer
Staff WriterCLEVELAND -- The Medina woman who wrote a letter to President Obama about her frustrations with rising health care costs, has been diagnosed with Leukemia, Fox 8 News confirmed. Natoma Canfield, 50, entered the hospital last Sunday with concerns she...Tags: Leukemia, Hospitals and Clinics, Barack Obama, Medical Services, Diseases
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Ticker toll: Heart attacks may have risen when the stock market was falling, study suggests
AP Medical WriterATLANTA (AP) — Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Duke University researchers found a link between how a key stock index performed and how many heart attacks were treated at...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Disasters, Science and Technology, Heart and Circulatory System, Medical Procedures and Tests
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FDA puts black box warning on Plavix, says certain patients can't process blood thinner
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix, cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster blood thinner. The FDA said in a statement Friday that certain patients with...Tags: New York, Lilly Eli & Co, Hospitals and Clinics, Liver, Sales
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How Dubai unraveled a homicide, frame by frame
Lacking witnesses but blessed with hundreds of hours of video, the cops and spooks worked the case of the slain weapons smuggler like a movie in reverse. Dubai's cameras never blink -- the security system allows law enforcement to track anyone, from...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Television Industry, Personal Data Collection, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government
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Coffee in moderation may offer health benefits
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What are the current thoughts on coffee as to how it affects one's health, good or bad? ANSWER: Over the past several years, research has busted some health myths about coffee. It doesn't contribute to heart attacks, cancer or reduced...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Liver, Diseases, Medical Research, Symptoms
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Attitudes toward health care must change
When I pull into the gas station, I don't worry about the price of fuel because I have auto insurance. My auto insurance policy is all inclusive; not only does it pay for all my fuel (prescription drugs), but when I take my car in for inspection (physical...Tags: Health Insurance, Vehicles, Insurance, Washington, Medical Services
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American accused of more lapses
Federal regulators are proposing more maintenance-related penalties against American Airlines.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it would fine American $787,500 for three cases of alleged maintenance problems....Tags: Police Investigations, Netflix Inc., Corporate Crime, DVDs and Movies, FBI
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Americans Getting Too Many Medical Tests
The Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated. Is it doctors...Tags: Science and Technology, Heart and Circulatory System, Diseases, Medical Procedures and Tests, White House
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Experts say Americans getting too many medical tests, maybe even President Obama
AP Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) — Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President Barack Obama, champion of an overhaul and cost-cutting...Tags: Science and Technology, Heart and Circulatory System, Diseases, Medical Procedures and Tests, White House
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Too many invasive heart tests given, study finds
The Associated PressA troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests. The researchers said the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, San Francisco, Science and Technology, Heart and Circulatory System, Diseases
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Analyst: Sales of Merck cholesterol pill Vytorin will keep falling, no matter what study finds
AP Business WriterTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Sales of Merck & Co.'s blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin likely will continue to fall amid rising competition from rival brands and generic versions in the same class of pills, an analyst predicted Friday. Bernstein Research...Tags: Pfizer Inc., Merck & Company Incorporated, Hospitals and Clinics, Cleveland Clinic, Vytorin (drug)
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Brian Pitman dies at 78; prominent British retail banker
Times Wire ReportsBrian Pitman, the banker who led Lloyds TSB to become one of Europe's largest financial groups, died in London on Thursday following a heart attack earlier in the week. He was 78. Pitman joined Lloyds Bank in 1952 and served as chief executive from...Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Obituaries, Europe, Banking, Social Issues
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