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It's official: get your shingles vaccination
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made official a recommendation it first put out 20 months ago: that adults 60 and older get vaccinated against shingles. The potentially debilitating illness involves mild-to-severe tingling,...Tags: Building Material, Health Organizations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Metal and Mineral, Diseases
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Furor over statins for children
New York Times News ServiceCholesterol drugs for 8-year-olds? This aggressive recommendation for warding off heart disease in some children has stirred a furious debate among pediatricians since the American Academy of Pediatrics issued it Monday. While some doctors applauded the...Tags: Western Medicines, Health Organizations, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Pediatrics, Eating Disorders
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Financial sector drives volatile trading; Dow falls
From wire reportsWall Street lost more ground in extremely volatile trading yesterday, as investors recoiled at a cautious economic outlook from a Federal Reserve official and the possibility of more financial troubles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. San Francisco Federal...Tags: FTI Consulting Incorporated, New York Stock Exchange, United Therapeutics Corporation, Banking, Stock Activities
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Cholesterol Drugs Urged For Kids as Young as 8
Associated PressCHICAGO -- For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems. It is the strongest guidance ever given on the issue by the American...Tags: Western Medicines, Physical Fitness, Pediatrics, Eating Disorders, Therapies
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Should Parents Worry About HPV Vaccine?
CNNATLANTA - A vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer is coming under fresh scrutiny amid thousands of complaints linking it to a range of health problems. Gardasil has been the subject of 7,802 "adverse event" reports from the time the Food and Drug...Tags: Oklahoma, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations, Cancer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Cholesterol drugs recommended for some 8-year-olds
AP Medical WriterFor the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems. It is the strongest guidance ever given on the issue by the American Academy of...Tags: Western Medicines, Physical Fitness, Pediatrics, Eating Disorders, Therapies
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Pediatrics group recommends cholesterol drugs for kids
CHICAGO - For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems. It is the strongest guidance ever given by the American Academy of...Tags: Western Medicines, Physical Fitness, Pediatrics, Eating Disorders, Obesity
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New Advice For Kids' Health
Associated PressFor the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems. It is the strongest guidance ever given on the issue by the American Academy of...Tags: Western Medicines, Physical Fitness, Pediatrics, Eating Disorders, Therapies
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Costly questions about the value of drugs
Expensive QUESTIONS Some in the pharmaceutical industry worry that prices will raise concerns about whether the drugs are worth it, leading to a backlash like price controls or restrictions on use. Roy Vagelos, a former chief executive of Merck who is...Tags: New York Times
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Account exceeds FDIC insurance limits? Try using CDARS
A good way to insure large deposits In these turbulent times in the financial markets, nothing is risk-free. Except for bank deposits that don't exceed FDIC insurance limits, that is. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. insures individual depositors for...Tags: General Mills Incorporated, NVIDIA Corporation, Earnings Forecasts, Safeway Inc., Obesity
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