Certain transdermal patches containing even small traces of aluminum or other metals in the adhesive backing can cause skin burns if worn during magnetic resonance imaging. Medscape Medical News
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Cancer patients might have more difficulty getting adequate care during the current economic downtown, as jobs and job-related health insurance are lost. A series of reports in the Lancet Oncology argues that the American health system is in need of an overhaul, with an emphasis on patient-focused medicine. Medscape Medical News
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced this week its decision to provide Medicare coverage for a number of sleep tests for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. Medscape Medical News
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Higher levels of aluminum in drinking water increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, whereas higher levels of silica appear to decrease the risk, according to a report by French investigators published in the February 15th issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
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There appears to be no temporal association between Guillain-Barre syndrome and influenza vaccination. However, influenza-like illness and Guillain-Barre does show such a link, UK researchers report in the February 1st issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the drugmaker Wyeth on Wednesday, holding that pharmaceutical companies can be held liable for harm from medicines that carry warnings approved by federal regulators. Reuters Health Information
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A third of Americans under age 65 — 86.7 million people — went without health insurance at some point during the past two years, according to a report released on Wednesday. Reuters Health Information
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Dead mice and rodent droppings were found throughout a Texas plant run by a company whose peanut products caused one of the biggest food recalls in U.S. history, food inspectors reported on Tuesday. Reuters Health Information
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A new study by researchers in the US found that marital strain is more likely to affect women’s health than men’s, putting them a higher risk of stroke and heart disease due to depression, high blood pressure, obesity and other symptoms of metabolic syndrome.
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A new study by researchers in the US found that marital strain is more likely to affect women’s health than men’s, putting them a higher risk of stroke and heart disease due to depression, high blood pressure, obesity and other symptoms of metabolic syndrome.
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