News tagged with health history
European food outbreak soars; mystery deepens
(AP) -- The number of people hit by a massive European outbreak of foodborne bacterial infections is a third bigger than previously known and a stunningly high number of patients suffer from a potentially ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Landmark health bill passes House on close vote
(AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the ...
Nov 08, 2009 |
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Hellbender salamander study seeks answers for global amphibian decline
A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against pathogens.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Microsoft 'vault ' open for dying Google Health records
Microsoft on Monday offered its HealthVault as a new care center for digitized medical records kept at Google's dying Health service.
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Fuzzy math in health law formula
(AP) -- Older adults of the same age and income with similar medical histories would pay sharply different amounts for private health insurance due to what appears to be an unintended consequence of the new health care law.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Digital health push woos tech firms, pains doctors
Two years ago, Dr. Gonzalo Venegas decided to bring his medical practice into the Information Age.
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Attitude and adaptation keys to reaching 100 hundred years of age
University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability to adapt to an accumulation of challenging life experiences may be as or more ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Family health history: 'best kept secret' in care
(AP) -- Make Grandma spill the beans: Uncovering all the diseases that lurk in your family tree can trump costly genetic testing in predicting what illnesses you and your children are likely to face.
Nov 08, 2010 |
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From texting to apps, using cell phones for health
(AP) -- What if my blood sugar's too high today? Is it time for my blood pressure pill? With nagging text messages or more customized two-way interactions, researchers are trying to harness the power of cell ...
Jul 13, 2010 |
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'Invisible bracelet' for emergency health alerts?
(AP) -- Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation's ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient's health history during a crisis - and which can immediately text-message ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 21, 2009 |
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People who work after retiring enjoy better health, according to national study
Retirees who transition from full-time work into a temporary or part-time job experience fewer major diseases and are able to function better day-to-day than people who stop working altogether, according to a national study. ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Mayo Clinic backs new personal health record site
(AP) -- The Mayo Clinic has combined its medical expertise with Microsoft Corp.'s technology in a free Web site launching Tuesday that will let people store personal health and medical information.
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Online tool for tracking family health history gets upgrade
Consumers now have a new tool to organize and share their family health histories. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday released an updated version of its "My Family Health Portrait."
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Studies validate use of family health history as gold standard in disease risk assessment
Thousands of the world's top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will convene to present their latest research findings at the American Society of Human Genetics 60th Annual Meeting, which will be held November ...
Nov 05, 2010 |
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