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Second HPV vaccine okayed by FDA

Second HPV vaccine okayed by FDA

Insurance

19 Oct 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a second vaccine designed to protect against cervical cancer and setting up a pharmaceutical competition. Cervarix, manufactured ...

Wait and Watch Good Option in Prostate Cancer: Study Shows

Wait and Watch Good Option in Prostate Cancer: Study Shows

Insurance

16 Sep 2009
New studies show that older men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and decide to wait to have a procedure done are faring better ...

House Democrats to Follow Lead of Senate Dems on Health Care

House Democrats to Follow Lead of Senate Dems on Health Care

Insurance

16 Jul 2009
By Sarrah Martin-Howell WASHINGTON--In the wake of the Senate Health Committee's approval--along strictly partisan lines--of President Obama's massive program to reform the country's health care system, ...

 
Farrah Fawcett Anal Cancer Update

Farrah Fawcett Anal Cancer Update

Insurance

19 May 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - NBC has requested a sequal to Farrah Fawcett’s documentary. The strong ratings that “Farrah’s Story” brought this past Friday, with ...

Health Care Reform In America: Merely Chasing Rainbows?

Health Care Reform In America: Merely Chasing Rainbows?

Insurance

19 Apr 2009
Jacksonville -  In January of 2009, there were six deaths due to contaminated peanut butter. The US government under the waning days of the Bush ...

Need For Health Care Reform Painfully Obvious

Need For Health Care Reform Painfully Obvious

Insurance

19 Apr 2009
jacksonville - It is obvious that there is a call for immediate repair of the health care system in the Untied States. The media is ...

 
Brown Fat Helps Battle Obesity: Study

Brown Fat Helps Battle Obesity: Study

Insurance

12 Apr 2009
Jacksonville - Do you like to be really COLD? Would you consider being kept at 61* for at least two hours in order to increase ...

Schwarzenegger Focuses on Health Care at White House Forum

Schwarzenegger Focuses on Health Care at White House Forum

Insurance

07 Apr 2009
jacksonville - More American's are crying out for help as the economy continues to leave millions out of work also leaving them without health insurance. An ...

GE Threatens Philips with Push Into Home Health Care

GE Threatens Philips with Push Into Home Health Care

Health And Wellness, Insurance

04 Apr 2009
New York - General Electric Co., the world's largest manufacturer of medical imaging equipment, is now threatening Royal Philips Electronics' lead as GE expands into ...

 
GE Pushes Forward to Provide Home Health Care

GE Pushes Forward to Provide Home Health Care

Health And Wellness, Insurance

03 Apr 2009
Jacksonville - General Electric (GE), along with fellow technology giant Intel, is hedging forward into the territory of home health care. A newly developing area ...

Gates Donates $33M to Fight TB

Gates Donates $33M to Fight TB

Insurance

02 Apr 2009
Jacksonville - Thanks to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Chinese government has an extra $33-million to help prevent the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis. ...

New Studies Show Circumcision May Reduce Risk of STD’s

New Studies Show Circumcision May Reduce Risk of STD’s

Insurance

27 Mar 2009
Jacksonville - The benefits of being circumcised may be more numerous than previously thought. Recent studies show circumcision reduces the risk of two sexually transmitted diseases, ...

 
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