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Does getting the measles help prevent asthma?

From MSNBC.com comes an article titled: Measles may help to prevent asthma The article reports that, “an early case of the measles may help some people avoid asthma” according to new research. According to the article, having had the measles before the age of three may have lead to some sort of protective effect against

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M.D.’s Hot – Wire Low Backs

USA Today reports on Medicines newest techniques to relieve chronic back pain.“Fixing serious back pain starts with determining its source, not an easy task.” Medical experts are promising new treatments, such as heating injured spinal disks with heated probes and fusing unstable bones.Visit USA Today for the following stories: New diagnoses for damaged disks A

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Survey: Consumers dislike drug ads

Side-effect warnings reduce effectiveness of drug ads, study finds. A Nando Times news article states, “You’ve seen the TV commercials for drugs that promise to relieve allergies, banish migraines, grow back your hair, prevent heart attacks, relieve herpes. Then comes the stern voice droning on about possible side effects, from annoying diarrhea to startlingly dire

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Long phone call linked to stroke-like attack

(Reuters Health) — Stay on the phone long enough and you may encounter problems worse than your phone bill: One French psychiatrist experienced temporary, stroke-like symptoms after completing an hour-long phone call, where he cradled the phone between his head and shoulder.Doctors place much of the blame for the patient’s symptoms on an unusually long

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Does getting the measles help prevent asthma?

From MSNBC.com comes an article titled: Measles may help to prevent asthma The article reports that, “an early case of the measles may help some people avoid asthma” according to new research. According to the article, having had the measles before the age of three may have lead to some sort of protective effect against

Read More »

M.D.’s Hot – Wire Low Backs

USA Today reports on Medicines newest techniques to relieve chronic back pain.“Fixing serious back pain starts with determining its source, not an easy task.” Medical experts are promising new treatments, such as heating injured spinal disks with heated probes and fusing unstable bones.Visit USA Today for the following stories: New diagnoses for damaged disks A

Read More »

Survey: Consumers dislike drug ads

Side-effect warnings reduce effectiveness of drug ads, study finds. A Nando Times news article states, “You’ve seen the TV commercials for drugs that promise to relieve allergies, banish migraines, grow back your hair, prevent heart attacks, relieve herpes. Then comes the stern voice droning on about possible side effects, from annoying diarrhea to startlingly dire

Read More »

Long phone call linked to stroke-like attack

(Reuters Health) — Stay on the phone long enough and you may encounter problems worse than your phone bill: One French psychiatrist experienced temporary, stroke-like symptoms after completing an hour-long phone call, where he cradled the phone between his head and shoulder.Doctors place much of the blame for the patient’s symptoms on an unusually long

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