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Build your own food pyramid
Wednesday, January 30, 2008


What older adults need to consider

Today’s older Americans probably remember when nutrition guidelines were laid out in four equal squares, including one for dairy products and one for meat.



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New stroke treatment can vacuum clots out of the brain
Monday, January 28, 2008


WASHINGTON (AP) — It is a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it does permanent harm.

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Doctors report transplant breakthrough
Thursday, January 24, 2008


LOS ANGELES (AP) — In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

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Australian transplant patient's blood type changes to match donor's
Thursday, January 24, 2008


SYDNEY, Jan. 24 (Kyodo) — A young Australian liver transplant patient has made medical history as her blood type has spontaneously changed to match that of her donor.

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Drug spending raises US health care tab
Tuesday, January 08, 2008


WASHINGTON (AP) — Seniors and the disabled flocked to the pharmacy counter in 2006 with their new Medicare drug cards, fueling a 6.7 percent increase in health spending, the federal government reported Monday.

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