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Greater Use of Vaccine for Infection Is Urged
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:43:33 -0000
Bacterial infections, for which there is an underused treatment, can be a common and sometimes deadly swine flu complication.
Obama Backs Senate on Health Bills’ Disparities
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:50:02 -0000
A tax on high-cost insurance and a new commission to control Medicare spending — items only in the Senate’s bill — are seen as essential by Obama advisers.
Learning His Body, Learning to Dance
By NEIL GENZLINGER Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:54:53 -0000
A determined choreographer has done what therapists could not: She has dramatically changed the way Gregg Mozgala, a 31-year-old actor with cerebral palsy, walks.
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Exercise 'no panacea' for alcohol
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:27 -0000
Exercising may cure a hangover, but cannot undo the damage heavy drinking may cause, the government says.
Ultrasound destroys rectal tumour
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:58:38 -0000
A patient with rectal cancer has become the first to have part of their tumour destroyed by ultrasound, say UK doctors.
Vaccine implant 'kills tumours'
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:43:51 -0000
A cancer vaccine given through an implant placed under the skin can kill tumours in mice, say researchers.
