Topic: General Health

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Texts to monitor patient progress

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 07:47 AM

	A text message system could soon help doctors monitor patient progress. Read full article: 'Texts to monitor patient progress'

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Articles: Fraud crackdown saves NHS £500m

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 07:44 AM

	A clampdown on NHS fraud by patients and health workers has saved almost £500m in the last five years, according to official figures. Read full article: 'Fraud crackdown saves NHS £500m'

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Articles: Hospital probe into waiting list

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 07:39 AM

	A top London hospital has suspended a director while it investigates why about 300 patients were removed from its waiting list last year. Read full article: 'Hospital probe into waiting list'

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Articles: Doctors Say They Must Model Healthy Diet

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 04:50 AM

	"I'm Michael and I'm obese." Doctors laughed at the American Medical Association annual meeting when one of their own stood up Monday to admit his girth, but the subject was serious: physicians tackling the nation's obesity epidemic by addressing their own weight problems. Read full article: 'Doctors Say They Must Model Healthy Diet'

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Articles: Women with Short Legs at Heart Disease Risk

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 04:48 AM

	Women with short legs have a greater risk of developing heart disease, according to a team of doctors at Bristol University in the UK. Read full article: 'Women with Short Legs at Heart Disease Risk'

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Articles: Fruit fends off vision trouble, study finds

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 04:06 AM

	Eating fruit regularly earlier in life may help ward off macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in older adults, a study said Monday. Read full article: 'Fruit fends off vision trouble, study finds'

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Articles: Cholesterol drugs cut glaucoma risk

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 04:04 AM

	Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins appear to reduce the risk of developing the most common type of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, researchers said Monday. Read full article: 'Cholesterol drugs cut glaucoma risk'

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Articles: CDC: Post-op infection followed Dominican Republic surgery

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 04:01 AM

	At least 12 women from the United States contracted bacterial infections after undergoing breast enlargement surgery or other cosmetic procedures in the Dominican Republic, the government said Monday. Read full article: 'CDC: Post-op infection followed Dominican Republic surgery'

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Articles: Experts warn delayed aid damages hearts

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 03:58 AM

	Aggressive new guidelines published Monday call for quick treatment of a common form of heart attack marked by chest pain and shortness of breath. Read full article: 'Experts warn delayed aid damages hearts'

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Articles: Tots tackling baby fat on yoga mats

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 03:56 AM

	Lucy Brown somersaults backward down a ramp, leaps over a mat, rolls across a platform, jumps a series of hoops, squats into a yoga pose and hops over a row of cones. Read full article: 'Tots tackling baby fat on yoga mats'

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