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Tuesday 6 March 2012
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How To Get Fit With 3 Minutes Of Exercise A Week: BBC Doc Tries "HIT"
Written by Catharine Paddock PhD
New research revealed on a BBC TV Horizon programme broadcast in February 2012, suggests it is possible to improve some measures of fitness with just 3 minutes of exercise a week... [read article]
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Experts Warn Of "Unintended" Consequences Of Personal Health Budgets In England
Written by Petra Rattue
In light of the current investigations by England's Department of Health into personal healthcare budgets, which would provide patients with more control over their care, bmj.com experts warn that England should learn from... [read article]
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Death Rates Among Managers During Economic Crises
Written by Petra Rattue
A study in bmj.com , shows a dramatic rise of fatalities amongst Japanese men in managerial or professional positions, compared with other professions, over the past three decades... [read article]
New Guidance For Colorectal Cancer Screening
Heartbeat Powered Pacemakers May Do Away With Batteries
Combination Therapy May Fight Cancer Better
Premature Deliveries - Family Preferences Key In Decision Making
Kidney Donors Heart Disease Risk Not Increased
Epilepsy Surgery - New Noninvasive Options Explored
DNA Sequencing To Identify Genetic Flaws Responsible For Rare Diseases
Investigational Allergy Immunotherapy Tablet Phase III Results Announced
Innovative Telemedicine Program For Premature Babies
What is Necrotizing Fasciitis? What is Flesh-Eating Disease?
Babies Born At 37-38 Weeks More Likely To Have Health Problems
Liquor In Movies Promotes Teen Drinking
Other Medical and Health News for 6 March*
Minor Injury In A Patient On Dabigatran Results In Irreversible Catastrophic Brain Hemorrhage
Popular imageHow To Balance Risk Of Escape Of New H5N1 Viruses With Benefits Of Research
Popular imageBoosting Cell Production Could Help Treat Liver Disease
Brain Flexibility Gives Hope For Natural-Feeling Neuroprosthetics
Popular imageEating At Home Likely To Prevent Childhood Obesity
In Mouse Model, Immune Cells Required For Stress-Induced Rise In Blood Pressure
Medicine, Engineering Likely To Benefit From Smart, Self-Healing Hydrogels
Popular imagePreventing Damaging White Blood Cells From Entering The Joints Offers Potential Strategy For Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis
Poor Prognoses In ICU Often Misinterpreted By Family Members
Despite Evidence Of Little Benefit, Radiation Still Used In Some Older Breast Cancer Patients
New Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidance Statement Released By American College Of Physicians
Difficult Discussions Now Can Ease Difficult Decisions Later For Patients With Heart Failure
T Cell Memories That Last
Potential New Target To Counteract Brain Tumor Resistance To Therapy
Therapy Advances In The Use Of Patients' Own Tumor-Fighting Cells To Attack Advanced Melanoma
In Patients With Major Trauma, Whole-Body CT Scans Can Prove But Not Exclude Injuries
Popular imageImmaturity May Lead To Misdiagnosis Of ADHD
Toxic Gas Protects Brain Function In Animal Model Of Stroke
Lead Poisoning In Children Significantly Reduced By Prenatal Remediation Strategy
Family Preferences Strongly Influence Decision Making In Very Premature Deliveries
Should HCPs In Pharmacotherapeutic Treatment For Opioid Addiction Be Allowed To Return To Clinical Practice?
Popular imageMolecular 'Tweezers' Break Up Toxic Aggregations Of Proteins, Halt Parkinson's Disease In Animal Model
Variety Of Toxicants Can Harm Subsequent Generations
In Pancreatic Cancer, Rigosertib Stops Rushing Cancer Cells While Slow And Steady Healthy Cells Remain Unharmed
Popular imageFirst Classification Criteria For Polymyalagia Rheumatica Released By American College Of Rheumatology
Popular imageLifestyle Choices In Early Adulthood Can Impact Your Heart Health In Later Life
Good Parenting Often Adversely Affected By Violent Relationships
Secrets Of Early Embryo Development Revealed By Artificial 'Womb'
The Importance Of 'REST' In The Timing Of Brain Development
Increased Risk Of Infertility Following Childhood Cancer
'New' Not Always 'better' With Drugs
Tomorrow's Laboratory Technology
New Ultrasonic Screening Technique Could Provide More Reliable Breast Cancer Detection
A Healthy Teenager Is A Happy Teenager
Single-Cell Sequencing Leading To A New Era Of Cancer Research
R-Loops Break Walls Of Gene Silencing
Sleepy Pilots, Train Operators And Drivers: National Sleep Foundation Poll Explores Transportation Workers' Sleep
Eliminating Battery-Replacement Surgery With Potential Heart-Powered Pacemaker
News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: March 6, 2012
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