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  • Hidden Dangers Dog Dog Parks

    SATURDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) — Many viruses and parasites that affect both dogs and humans, such as rabies and leptospirosis — a bacteria-borne illness than can result in liver or kidney failure — may be lurking at dog parks, according to a veterinarian. These germs could be found in the soil, water and even the air, said Dr. Susan Nelson, a clinical associate professor ...

  • Seniors More Likely to Crash When Driving With Pet Study

    SATURDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) — Animals make great companions for senior citizens, but elderly people who always drive with a pet in the car are far more likely to crash than those who never drive with a pet, researchers have found. The new study included 2,000 licensed drivers aged 70 and older. The nearly 700 participants who had pets were asked how often they drove with their pet ...

  • From migrant worker to neurosurgeon

    Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa entered the United States by literally hopping over a fence. Today, he is a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins School of ...

  • Forum for NHS staff to get together and talk to be expanded

    A scheme which encourages NHS staff to get together once a month to discuss the stresses of their jobs is to be rolled out across the health service, officials ...

  • 5 questions on egg freezing

    Women's eggs begin aging even before birth The best time to think about freezing eggs is in your 20s and 30s Healthy babies have been born from eggs frozen from five to nine ...


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Oleanna

David Mamet's play-turned-film, "Oleanna," is about a number of things -- sexual harassment, higher education, the battle of the sexes, the role of the middle class -- but more than anything, it is about power. The film takes two characters, a pedantic liberal arts professor named John (William H. Macy) and a confused, female student named Carol (Debra Eisenstadt), and depicts their desire for pow ... ...

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  • Tenn. pharmacy recalls steroid injections 7 get abscesses

    Main Street Family Pharmacy in Tennessee voluntarily recalls steroid product in 11 states Five people in Illinois develop abscesses; two complications develop in North Carolina The pharmacy is currently on probation as a result of a recent inspection No cases of meningitis or other life-threatening infections have been ...

  • Common Supplement May Help Patients Fight Heart Failure

    By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) — Regular doses of the dietary supplement Coenzyme Q10 cut in half the death rate of patients suffering from advanced heart failure, in a randomized double-blind trial. Researchers also reported a significant decrease in the number of hospitalizations for heart failure patients being treated with Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). ...

  • Monday Best Time for Hospitalization With Heart Failure Study Says

    FRIDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) — Patients hospitalized for heart failure appear to have better odds of survival if they’re admitted on Mondays or in the morning, a new study finds. Death rates and length of stay are highest among heart failure patients admitted in January, on Fridays and overnight, according to the researchers, who are scheduled to present their findings Saturday ...

  • Certain chronic pain may raise suicide risk

    By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Back pain, migraine and other types of chronic pain without a known physical cause - and therefore little prospect for relief - were associated with an increased risk of suicide in a new study of U.S. veterans. But the researchers, who analyzed data on about five million patients in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, ...

  • Sleep Duration Linked to Suicidal Thoughts in People With Insomnia

    FRIDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests a link between sleep duration and suicidal thoughts among people with insomnia. Every additional hour someone with insomnia sleeps is associated with a 72 percent drop in the likelihood of moderate or high risk of suicide, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania. ';We were surprised by the strength of the ...

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