Vitamin D Good for Breast Cancer Patients - US News and World Report

Women with breast cancer were found to have low levels of vitamin D in their blood.

Weekly supplementation with high doses of vitamin D (50,000 IU or more) boosted the levels of the vitamin among all the women.

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One Small Step For Neurons, One Giant Leap For Nerve Cell Repair

Medicine has now little to do to the repair of damaged nerve cells. This study is a significant advance towards neuronal repair.

The purpose is to make damaged nerve cells able to re-grow and re-establish their functional connections.

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Heartburn Drugs Deemed Safe For Fetuses, According To Researchers

We can not leave pregnant women suffering from heartburn, regurgitation and trouble swallowing without a suitable treatment.

Drugs used to treat these symptoms like Famotidine, Cimetidine, and Ranitidine are safe for fetuses.

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Immune Cell Entry Into Pancreatic Islets Key To Understanding Type 1 Diabetes Origins

Could understanding the relation between T cells +immune cells) and islets of langerhans stop or prevent type-I diabetes?

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Vital Signs - Nutrition - Lower Depression Risk Linked to Mediterranean Diet - NYTimes.com

Researchers found that the Mediterranean Diet not only protects your heart but it also protects your mental health.

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Doc makes more cash selling clothes on eBay - CNN.com

Dr. Jennifer Lickteig examines patients at the Linn Community Care Health Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She says she earned $120,000 last year on eBay, more than she did practicing medicine.

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Shingles Raises Stroke Risk: Study - US News and World Report

The first study to link shingles specifically with stroke which can be ischemic, caused by blood clot blocking a brain artery, or hemorrhage, doe to rupture of a blood vessel.

It was found that stroke results from herpes zoster virus-induced vasculopathy (
the vessel to the brain damaged by the the virus could be occluded or ruptured).

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Swine flu vaccine passes safety test - The Boston Globe

Swine flu vaccine is safe according to Dr. Benjamin Kruscal, a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Harvard Vanguard Medical Association.

Dr. T.Frieden, chief of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced that his own children are being vaccinated.

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Martin Feldstein - A Better Way to Health Reform - washingtonpost.com

Health-care costs recently represents an overburden on both individuals and society.
This article is about health costs and how can they be legislated so that, it is guaranteed that everyone can get the appropriate care regardless of its costs, and ensuring that personal bankruptcy can not be the result of high medical pills.

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Q+A: How do you know you have the flu? | U.S. | Reuters

This article answers important questions about H1N1 swine flue like which groups are more vulnerable, what if one gets it, and what if it infects someone seriously.

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