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Depression leads to internal fat in 70-somethings
The Associated PressOlder people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat -- the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease -- than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study found. The connection goes beyond...Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Western Medicines, Illnesses, Colleges and Universities
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HEALTHBEAT: Doctors scramble to switch holdouts to eco-friendly asthma inhalers by Dec. 31
AP Medical WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. The medicine inside these rescue inhalers — the albuterol that quickly opens...Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Western Medicines, GlaxoSmithKline, Health Organizations
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Depression leads to dangerous internal body fat in people over 70, suggesting biological link
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) _ Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat — the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease — than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study found....Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Western Medicines, Illnesses, Colleges and Universities
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Some doctors likely to quit giving shots, citing poor vaccine reimbursement from insurers
AP Medical WriterATLANTA (AP) _ About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences between...Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Insurance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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J & J to buy breast implant maker Mentor for $1.07 billion
Associated PressTRENTON, N.J. -- In a move to become a major player in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, health care products company Johnson & Johnson said today that it would buy cosmetic-product and breast-implant maker Mentor Corp. for $1.07 billion. Analysts...Tags: Health Treatments, Sales, Medical Specialization, Mentor Corporation, Beauty Products
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Job-search sites expand features to meet rising demand
The Wall Street JournalUnemployment in the U.S. has hit a 14-year high as companies cut back. That has sent masses of laid-off workers flocking to the Web in search of opportunities -- and job sites have been stepping up to meet the challenge. New job sites with names like...Tags: Diamond Bar, Sales, Employees, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, LinkedIn Corp.
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Medical names in the news
•The College of Notre Dame of Maryland School of Pharmacy has appointed Dr. John Michael O'Brien assistant professor of clinical and administrative sciences. O'Brien is the former president of Responsible Health LLC. He has also worked for the...Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Health Treatments, CVS Corporation, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Amended Law May Let More Workers Assert Disability
What is the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act amendment that will be signed into law on the first of January? Kelton Research LLC conducted 1,000 online interviews of Americans 18 and older for the Bobby Dodd Institute, an Atlanta nonprofit...Tags: Employers
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Some US doctors likely to quit giving shots, citing poor vaccine reimbursement from insurers
AP Medical WriterATLANTA (AP) _ About one in 10 U.S. doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences...Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Insurance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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Vaccines' cost stings doctors
About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children is considering dropping that service, largely because of losing money when doing it, according to a survey. A second survey revealed startling differences between what doctors pay for...Tags: Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Preventative Medicine, University of Michigan, Medical Specialization
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Cut Relationship With Hairstylist
DEAR AMY: I have had the same hairdresser for the past five years. We have always had a comfortable and friendly stylist/customer relationship, until recently. I told him I could not lay my head back in the washing bowl because I had just had neck...Tags: Medicine, Advice, Western Medicines, Pain, Personal Service
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Artist's Works Inspired By Husband's Cancer Death
The AdvocateIf one were to use an X-ray machine to study an artwork by Nash Hyon, all kinds of things would show up under the waxy surface. Sometimes there are renderings of body parts, lung and brain scans being recurring themes. There are references to chemical...Tags: Diseases, Lilly Eli & Co, Awards and Prizes, Death and Dying, Cancer
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