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• Study Indicates 'Good' Cholesterol Doctrine May Be Flawed - Daily Disruption
  AFPStudy Indicates 'Good' Cholesterol Doctrine May Be FlawedDaily DisruptionA new study published by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the Broad Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital, challenges the conventional concept that raising a person's HDL levels (good ...Doubt Cast on the 'G […]
• Psychiatrist who championed 'gay cure' admits he was wrong - The Guardian
  The GuardianPsychiatrist who championed 'gay cure' admits he was wrongThe GuardianOne of the most influential figures in modern psychiatry has apologised to America's gays for a scientific study which supported attempts to "cure" people of their homosexuality. The survey, published in 2001, looked at "reparative therapy" an […]
• Many learn on Facebook that woman with flesh-eating disease may face more ... - Boston Herald
  NEWS.com.auMany learn on Facebook that woman with flesh-eating disease may face more ...Boston HeraldBy Katie Leslie / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA — Overwhelmed by the worldwide response to her suffering, Aimee Copeland's family has, for now, retreated into a cone of silence, a hospital spokeswoman said Friday. But those caught up in the .. […]
• Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies - Oakland Tribune
  kypost.comMad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairiesOakland TribuneAP FRESNO -- Quarantines were lifted on two Central California dairies associated with a case of mad cow disease after investigators found no link between the illness and food the diseased bovine might have consumed, federal officials said Friday.Mad Cow Quarantines Lifted at Two U.S. […]
• Boomers urged to get tested for virus - San Francisco Chronicle
  CTV.caBoomers urged to get tested for virusSan Francisco ChronicleBay Area health advocates and doctors welcomed the recommendations by federal health officers Friday that all Baby Boomers get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C. The draft recommendations issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and ...CDC urges Boomers to get tested for he […]