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Breast Cancer-How You Can Prevent It
by Roberta Seldon,
Thirdage.com|2011-04-25
Breast cancer affects one out of every eight American women. Most cases
of breast cancer are among women over the age of 50. According to the
National Cancer Institute, the median age for women diagnosed with
breast cancer is 61. |
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Scientists Overcome Stem Cell Therapy Hurdle, Study Shows
by Bradley J. Fikes ,
North County Times|2011-04-25
Scientists say they have overcome a major hurdle to treating a host of
neurodegenerative diseases with human embryonic stem cells: their
propensity to form tumors. |
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Plastic Surgery Becoming Popular in China
by Alex Heigl,
Thirdage.com|2011-04-25
In an economy marked by rapid upward advancement, plastic surgery has
become the fourth most popular way to spend discretionary income in
China in just a decade. Ma Xiaowei, China's vice health minister says
that only houses, cars and travel rank higher. |
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Store Your Teeth in a Stem Cell Bank
by Linda von Wartburg,
Diabeteshealth.com|2011-04-24
Every year, four million baby teeth and 1.4 million wisdom teeth are
pulled out of our collective mouth. Until recently, the only entity
really interested in all those teeth was the tooth fairy. But all that
changed in the year 2000, with the discovery that dental pulp contains
adult stem cells. |
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Botox May Deaden Perception, Study says
by Sharon Jayson,
USA Today|2011-04-23
Botox may smooth your wrinkles, but it can dull your ability to understand the emotions of others, a new study suggests. |
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Collect Piece-by-Piece Info on Cancer
by ANI,
Times of India|2011-04-21
A new study has found that women who choose among different breast
cancer treatment options make smarter choices when getting the
information and making decisions in small doses rather than all at once,
as is customary. |
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Cosmetic Surgery Up 9 percent in 2010
by Kim Fischer,
NBC News Channel|2011-04-20
FORT WORTH, Texas -- More than 1.5 million Americans went under the
knife to improve their appearance last year. That number is up from the
past two years and some plastic surgeons say this year is looking even
better. |
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Just 20 percent of Obesity Surgery Patients are Men
by ,
MaleHealth.co.uk|2011-04-20
Four out of five obesity surgery patients are women. That's one of the
less trumpeted figures in the first ever UK report by the National
Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR). |
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Calcium Might be Tied to Heart Attack Risk, but Evidence Still Weak
by Marissa Cevallos,
LA Times|2011-04-20
Calcium supplements appear to slightly raise the risk of heart attack, a
new analysis suggests. But the data, from postmenopausal women who took
supplements over seven years, are far from conclusive. |
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Americans Need Not Visit India for Cheap Healthcare: Obama
by Press Trust of India,
NDTV|2011-04-20
Washington: With spiraling health care costs a cause of concern in
America, US President Barack Obama today pushed for an affordable health
care arguing that he would not like his countrymen to travel to
countries like India and Mexico for cheaper treatment. |
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