Drinking “just a little more than they should” puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.
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‘A little too much drink’ warning
The stories about Rick Santorum — to be precise, the stories about Rick Santorum’s 3-year-old daughter — tiptoe around the issue with all deliberate delicacy: Should he be running for president with a child so ill ? Is his decision to run, and his determination to stay in the race, a powerful example of Santorum’s devotion to the cause of life — or an especially vivid illustration of every politician’s overriding ambition? Read full article > >
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Santorum’s choice to run
About 20 percent of American adults suffer some sort of mental illness each year, and about 5 percent experience a serious disorder that disrupts work, family or social life, according to a government report released Thursday. Read full article > >
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Government survey finds that 5 percent of Americans suffer from a ‘serious mental illness’
This afternoon, in a hotel ballroom in Northern Florida, two dozen health policy wonks are quietly embarking on a momentous task: Determining what medical treatments are the most effective. The health reform law established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) as an independent advisory board with a $3 billion budget to support comparative effectiveness research. These are studies that probe which medical interventions are best at treating particular conditions and illnesses. PCORI kicks off a meeting this afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla., that you can watch on webcast here and which continues through Thursday. The group has unveiled the blueprint of its research plan, a national priorities and research agenda that could very well decide the success of health-care reform. Read full article > >
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PCORI: Funny acronym, serious work
Zahra Nahim and Fawzi Hasab fled Baghdad when their sons were killed and have struggled in America with illness, language and poverty.
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The Neediest Cases: Iraqi Refugees Find Hardships in Brooklyn
Helen Frankenthaler, the US abstract expressionist painter, has died aged 83 after a long illness, her nephew says.
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Artist Helen Frankenthaler dies
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham was released from hospital Tuesday after spending six days recovering from pneumonia, a hospital spokeswoman said. Doctors decided to let the 93-year-old evangelist go home after he responded well to antibiotics and physical therapy to increase his strength after his latest illness, said Nancy Lindell, a spokeswoman for Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. Read full article > >
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A violent man with a history of mental illness went on to kill months after being released from prison without any supervision or care, says a report.
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A violent man with a history of mental illness went on to kill months after being released from prison without any supervision or care, says a report.
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Every weekday, nurse Jill Ross telephones some of her sickest patients. On this particular morning, she is asking breast cancer patient Renita Mock when her double mastectomy is scheduled. The conversation quickly veers to Mock’s stress over the operation. As someone with diabetes , hypertension and a host of other illnesses, Mock, 52, is considered too high-risk for reconstructive surgery, and she’s struggling with the prospect of losing her breasts. She asks for help in finding a therapist. Read full article > >
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New Maryland health program promotes care for the whole patient
Graham Dilley, a hero of the 1981 Ashes Test win over Australia at Headingley, dies aged 52 after a short illness.
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Former England bowler Dilley dies
The single local victim (so far) of the listeria outbreak lived in central Maryland. He had eaten a Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe contaminated with one of four strains tied to the current outbreak, which has already caused 72 illnesses in 18 states and claimed the lives of 12 other people. Where the Maryland resident ate the strange fruit, however, remains a complete mystery. Read full article > >
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Where did the Md. victim eat tainted cantaloupe? Who knows.
A coroner says that an Enniskillen man who killed his wife in 2009 wanted to preserve her dignity at the end of a “devastating illness”.
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Killing ‘to save wife’s dignity’
Government survey finds that 5 percent of Americans suffer from a ‘serious mental illness’
Friday, January 20th, 2012The Neediest Cases: Iraqi Refugees Find Hardships in Brooklyn
Monday, January 16th, 2012North Carolina hospital says Rev. Billy Graham released after 6 days recovering from pneumonia
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