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1.) Delays In Radiation Therapy Lead To Increased Breast Cancer Recurrence, Analysis Shows

2.) Revised Hours And Workloads For Medical Residents Needed To Reduce Fatigue-Related Mistakes

3.) Applying Systematic Review To Field Of Nutrition

4.) Child Hunger And Poor Health Linked To Unstable Housing

5.) Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke Reduced: New Estimate Of Annual Clinical Burden And Cost Of Coronary Heart Disease Treatment Attributable To Passive Smoking

6.) Children With Sickle Cell Disease Receiving Inadequate Care, Study Finds

7.) Cardiovascular Disease Causing Increasing Inequity Between Rich And Poor, Study Finds

8.) 1/3 Of Farm Workers' Children Lack Health Insurance

9.) No ESKAPE! New Drugs Against MRSA, Other Superbugs Still Lacking

10.) Childhood Vaccines Cause Financial Burden To Many Health Care Providers

11.) Childhood Constipation Just As Serious As Asthma

12.) Behavior, Lifestyle Factors Influence Cancer Risk Among The Elderly

13.) Electronic Health Records May Lower Malpractice Settlements

14.) Study Reveals Smoking's Effect On Nurses' Health, Death Rates

15.) 14 Drugs Identified As Most Urgently Needing Study For Off-label Use

16.) Grow Old In Good Health: Vast Disparity Between European Countries

17.) Increase In Adoption Of Children In Care In Northern Ireland

18.) Money Motivates Doctors To Reduce Ethnic Differences In Heart Disease Treatments, UK Study Finds

19.) Is Private Health Care The Answer To The Health Problems Of The World's Poor?

20.) Health Care Reform: No Revolution In Sight

21.) Despite National Guidelines, Private Insurers, ER, Federal And State Agencies Fail To Routinely Test For HIV

22.) Medical Journalists Need Improved Conflict-of-interest Standards, Say Researchers

23.) Primary Care Provides Patients With Better Outcomes At Lower Cost, Review Finds

24.) Survey Highlights Support For Nanotech In Health Fields But Disapproval Elsewhere

25.) More Than Half Of US Chronically Ill Adults Skip Needed Care Due To Costs

26.) Poor Understanding Of Medicare Leads To Worse Health Care Access, Study Finds

27.) Lower Socioeconomic Status Decreases Chances Of Early Detection And Survival Of Colorectal Cancer

28.) Study Investigates Ethnic Disparities In Treatment Of Trauma Patients

29.) Raising Alcohol Taxes Reduces Deaths, Study Finds

30.) Survey Finds Wide Public Support For Nationwide Study Of Genes, Environment And Lifestyle

31.) Heart Failure Patients Have More Doctor Visits, Medications Than Others On Medicare

32.) Osteoporosis Care At Risk In The United States

33.) National Call For Cancer Clinical Trial System To Be More Responsive To Community Needs

34.) Impact Of Reform Measures On Nephrology Practice And Patient Care Explained

35.) Chronic Headaches? 'Medication Overuse Headaches' Surprisingly Common

36.) Grandmothers As Caregivers Can Cut Risk Of Childhood Injury In Half

37.) Canadians Of African Descent Who Receive Kidney Transplants Fare Better Than American Counterparts

38.) Patients Give Low Scores To Hospitals In First National Survey

39.) Widespread Dissatisfaction Found With Current U.S. Health Care Payment System

40.) Pakistan Introduces Vaccine To Prevent Top Child Killer

41.) Marriage Dowry As Major Cause Of Poverty In Bangladesh

42.) Racial And Ethnic Disparities Detected In Patient Experiences

43.) Pre-election Surveys Show Deep Concern About State Of Health Care

44.) Professors Call For Regulation Of Electronic Health Records

45.) Health-care Barriers For Undocumented Immigrants: Raising Tuberculosis Risk?

46.) Avian Flu Threat: New Approach Needed

47.) Race And Insurance Status Associated With Death From Trauma

48.) Hospital Rankings: More Than Meets The Eye

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