Stroke May Be Foretold By Sudden Hearing Loss

Stroke May Be Foretold By Sudden Hearing Loss


New details have emerged indicating that according to Taiwanese researchers, sudden hearing loss may foreshadow a stroke by as much as two years.

Very tellingly, the researchers analyzed five years of follow-up data on 1,423 patients hospitalized for an acute episode of sudden hearing loss and found they were more than 1.5 times more likely to suffer a …

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1 in 10 Healthy People Said To Be Affected By “Silent Strokes”

1 in 10 Healthy People Said To Be Affected By "Silent Strokes"

New details have emerged suggesting that 1 in 10 older Americans with no major health problems, may have had a stroke and did not even know it.

Related experts suggest that it was probably not severe enough to cause recognizable symptoms, such as vision problems, facial weakness or trouble walking, but it was still a blockage of …

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Claims of Some 9/11 Plaintiffs Doubted by New York City Officials

Claims of Some 9/11 Plaintiffs Doubted by New York City Officials

The Associated Press Wire Service has reported that many of the 10,800 people who have sued New York City over health effects stemming from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, aren't really sick.

In addition in a letter to U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, the city's law firm, Patton Boggs LLP, said nearly one-third of those who …

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E Coli Cases Linked To Recalled Ground Beef : Kroger Supermarket Chain

E Coli Cases Linked To Recalled Ground Beef : Kroger Supermarket Chain

As has been reported by the Columbus Dispatch, it has been stated that the Kroger supermarket chain is recalling an unspecified amount of its ground beef products that may be tied to an outbreak of E. coli illnesses in Ohio and Michigan.

Very tellingly, it should be noted that the chain is recalling all varieties of ground …

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Deal On World AIDS Bill Struck By Senators

Deal On World AIDS Bill Struck By Senators

The Associated Press has reported that U.S. Senate negotiators have struck a tentative compromise on a $50 billion bill to fight AIDS and other diseases that have ravaged nations including Africa.

Further investiagation into this report depicts that the five-year bill would more than triple funding over the $15 billion global AIDS bill passed by Congress in 2003.
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Corporate Stockpiling Sought After by Maker of Anti-Flu Drug

Corporate Stockpiling Sought After by Maker of Anti-Flu Drug

New details have emerged suggesting that the maker of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu has begun a program to encourage company stockpiling of the drug -- for an annual fee.

The Associated Press reports that the plan announced Thursday by Roche Holding AG coincided with an effort by the U.S. government to begin encouraging corporate stockpiling of anti-flu drugs.
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Production of Alcohol Energy Drinks To Be Ceased by Anheuser-Busch

Production of Alcohol Energy Drinks To Be Ceased by Anheuser-Busch

New details from the Bloomberg News Service have suggested that Anheuser-Busch, the largest brewer in the United States, will no longer produce caffeinated alcoholic beverages nationwide.

This reportedly is being done based on the fact that they are seeking to settle an investigation involving 11 state attorneys general.

Background investigation into this report suggests that …

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Use of Cigarettes In High Schools Said To Be Off

Use of Cigarettes In High Schools Said To Be Off

The U.S Centers For Disease Control and Prevention has reportedly stated that cigarette use among high school students was virtually unchanged from 2003 to 2007.

At this stage, it is believed to be staying around 20 percent.

Still, it should be noted that the agency said in a prepared statement that while high school cigarette use …

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Preemie Brain Injury May Be Reduced By Alzheimer’s Drug

Preemie Brain Injury May Be Reduced By Alzheimer's Drug

According to a Children's Hospital Boston Study, it has been stated that the Alzheimer's drug memantine (brand name Namenda) may help reduce a form of brain injury that affects many premature babies.

It is noteworthy of mention that according to related experts, Hypoxic-ischemia, a compromise of the brain's blood and oxygen supply, can lead to cerebral palsy and cognitive/behavioral …

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Deadly Prostate Cancer Linked To Breast Cancer Gene

Deadly Prostate Cancer Linked To Breast Cancer Gene

Canadian researchers who studied 301 prostate cancer patients have stated that a gene that greatly increases a woman's risk of breast cancer also causes a particularly deadly form of prostate cancer.

At this stage, on an average basis, those with the defective BRCA2 gene lived an average of four years after diagnosis.

It should be noted …

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