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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corp, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma earlier this month and is undergoing chemotherapy. Mr. Allen left Microsoft 25 year sago when

Nearly 4000 Americans Die from H1N1

By David Liu and editing by Rachel Stockton The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that the death toll from H1N1 may be four ...
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Fat Producing Hormone May Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

By Melinda Smith Washington14 November 2009 (VOA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that at least 180 million people have diabetes. Roughly 90 percent have ...
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Baby boomers feeling consequences of obesity as they age

By Sheilah Downey Baby boomers are facing more disabilities as they enter their 60s than their counterparts, a finding that has "significant and sobering implications," said ...
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H1N1 flu linked to 48 deaths in Illinois

As of Friday Nov. 13, 48 people in the State of Illionis have died from H1N1 flu, or swine flu, and 1,371 people were hospitalized ...
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Key Flu Indicators - 11-13-2009

  Key Flu Indicators Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of key flu indicators in a ...
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Does High Cholesterol REALLY Cause Heart Disease?

Posted by: Dr. Mercola November 13 2009   An Interview with Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD When did you begin to suspect that the cholesterol theory of atherosclerosis ...
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Update: Influenza Activity --- United States, August 30--October 31, 2009

The 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus emerged in the United States in April 2009 (1) and has since spread worldwide. Influenza activity resulting from ...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gets leukemia: What you need to know

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Lakers' special assistant coach, told some people in his circle recently that he was diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia. Abdul-Jabbar, 62, ...
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Breast cancer more likely to return to women with dense breasts

Canadian researchers conducted a study and found women with dense breasts treated for breast cancer were four times more likely to have cancer recurrence than ...
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