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Clinical Trials Update: June 24, 2009 (HealthDay)

By Yahoo! News: Health News | June 24, 2009

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch:

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For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip (HealthDay)

By Yahoo! News: Health News | June 24, 2009

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- Radiation to the brain isn't necessary for most children with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia, new research has found.

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Doctor in 1999 South Pole rescue dies in Mass. (AP)

By Yahoo! News: Health News | June 24, 2009

FILE - In this 1999 file photo released by the National Science Foundation, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a National Science Foundation physician, is shown at the ceremonial South Pole. Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, whose struggle against breast cancer during a winter at the South Pole captivated the world, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at their home in Southwick, Mass, said her husband, Thomas Fitzgerald. The cause was cancer. She was 57.(AP Photo/National Science Foundation, File)AP - Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, has died after the disease recurred. She was 57.


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Radiation not needed in common childhood cancer (Reuters)

By Yahoo! News: Health News | June 24, 2009

Reuters - Children can be treated for a common form of childhood leukemia without bombarding the brain with radiation, reducing the risk that they will suffer additional tumors and thinking problems, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

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Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming

By NPR Topics: Health & Science | June 24, 2009

A California think tank says global warming will gain more buy-in if it is viewed as an economic opportunity rather than a problem to be solved.

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Benefits tax advances in health care negotiations (AP)

By Yahoo! News: Health News | June 24, 2009

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 2, 2009, before the House Health subcommittee hearing on health care reform. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Taxing workers for employer-provided medical benefits could become the next big controversy for President Barack Obama in his quest to overhaul the nation's health care system.


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Jobs' liver transplant shows power of the rich (AP)

By Yahoo! News: Health News | June 24, 2009

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2008 file photo, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs smiles during a product announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. A published report says Jobs, who has been on medical leave for undisclosed reasons since January, received a liver transplant two months ago, Saturday, June 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - A celebrity like Apple CEO Steve Jobs scores a rare organ transplant and the world wonders: Did he game the system? The rich have plenty of advantages that others don't. But winning the "transplant lottery" involves more than the size of your wallet — and true medical need.


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Federal advisory panel: Just 4 rabies shots needed (AP)

By Yahoo! News: Health News | June 24, 2009

AP - People exposed to rabies need only four vaccinations, not the five currently recommended, a vaccine advisory committee said Wednesday. In the past, rabies shots were dreaded almost as much as the disease itself. Until the 1970s, an encounter with a rabid animal led to at least 14 shots in the abdomen. But vaccines have improved, and five shots in the arm or thigh have been the U.S. standard for more than 20 years.

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Disease prevention often costs more than it saves (AP)

By Yahoo! News: Health News | June 24, 2009

Instructor Gretchen Gentry, right, leads Paul Mullen, center, and Starleata Gray in a series of stretching exercises during a diabetes prevention class at a YMCA in Indianapolis, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Mullen, 66, of Indianapolis, has lost 18 pounds and brought his blood sugar down because of lifestyle changes he learned in the program. He pays $115 for the yearlong program, on top of his Y membership fee. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure. Take Mrs. Jones, a hypothetical 55-year-old obese woman at risk for diabetes. It costs $900 a year to hire a personal lifestyle coach to help her lose weight and prevent diabetes. Suppose that the coaching works for Mrs. Jones, and she is spared diabetes and all the resulting health bills.


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Germany smashes fake Viagra ring: customs (AFP)

By Yahoo! News: Health News | June 24, 2009

Viagra pills. German customs authorities said Wednesday they had smashed a ring selling millions of counterfeit male potency tablets online from India and other Asian countries after raids in five cities.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - German customs authorities said Wednesday they had smashed a ring selling millions of counterfeit male potency tablets online from India and other Asian countries after raids in five cities.


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