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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Extends Survival After Cardiac Arrest
Working with pigs, doctors almost double revival time after hearts stopped beating
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Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed
Use of certain cleaning products reduces lung function, increases asthma risk, studies find
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Antidepressant Scripts Up 16 Million Over 3-Year Period
Psychiatrists wrote 29% of new orders, followed by GPs and primary care docs, survey finds
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Gummy Bears Join Cavity Fight
Treats sweetened with xylitol cut levels of bacteria in children's plaque, study finds
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Drug Holds Promise Against AIDS
Medication helps those with HIV who become treatment-resistant, study shows
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Kidneys Donated After Cardiac Death Cut Racial Disparities
Black patients conferred better outcomes; organ pool increase cut wait time to transplant
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Alcohol Use Frequently Overlooked Before Surgery
Patients with a problem 3 to 4 times more likely to face complications, study says
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Protein Gives Doctors New Tool to Detect Melanoma
Excessive IMP-3, not found in harmless moles, may be key to diagnosis
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Nursing Homes Unprepared for Pandemic Flu Fallout
Only a quarter have emergency plan, less than half have educated staff, study finds
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More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers
If too few are tested, patient's treatment and prognosis may be affected, study says
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Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants
Even recipients with hepatitis C had good five-year survival rates, study finds
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Peppers Picked as Salmonella Culprit
FDA says tainted jalapeno sample from Mexican farm found in Texas packing plant
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Kidney Patients Less Likely to Get Heart Attack Meds
Health service delivery may be a factor is lowered use of beta blockers and statins
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Australian Study Seeks Genetic Roots of Cerebral Palsy
Reseachers to gather 10,000 samples in study of this pregnancy complication
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Hybrid Cars Pose Risk to Blind, Visually Impaired
Virtually silent engines remove key cue to safety; group seeks legislative help
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