Month: June 2013

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Strength tests given to incoming National Football League (NFL) players don’t help predict which of them will come down with a hamstring injury, according to a new study. Researchers tracked rookies during the 2006 through 2011 seasons and found strength measurements taken at the annual Scouting Combine – held before teams select their new players – were no different among those who did and didn’t go on to have an injury. …

By Jo Ingles COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – The Ohio Senate on Thursday passed a $61.7 billion two-year budget which includes controversial amendments that would limit federal funds for Planned Parenthood and ban public hospitals from having patient transfer agreements with abortion clinics. The state’s budget bill, which passed by a vote of 23-10, will go before the House next Wednesday. …

LONDON (Reuters) – Case numbers in Africa's meningitis season this year were the lowest in 10 years thanks to a cheap new vaccine designed to treat a type of the disease common in the so-called meningitis belt, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The vaccine, called MenAfriVac, was developed with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation specifically for use against meningitis A, a type which causes regular epidemics in Africa. …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A second child at a Philadelphia hospital is asking a federal judge to order that he be put on the adult waiting list for a donated lung.

Participants in a media-assisted weight-loss program had some success, and those who tweeted about their efforts lost a bit more. Karen Hopkin reports.

Diet Doc's prescription hCG diet plans encourage patients to continue to make healthy food choices long after the excess fat has disappeared to enjoy a longer, healthier life. Forward · Print · Save · Repost This. Escondido, CA — (SBWIRE) — 06/06 …
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The Dukan Diet emphasizes personalized Coaching, plentiful amounts of water, daily walking and unrestricted amounts of 100 healthy foods – lean proteins and vegetables – to reach and maintain True Weight. This physician-formulated lifestyle weight–loss …
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