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Can PHRs Actually Make You Healthier?
Monday, February 04, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just like with do-it-yourself taxes, a growing software industry lets patients create their own ''personal health records.''

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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.

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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