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Canadian Continence Foundation : Information about the organization as well as about incontinence. Gives resources and contact information.
Emergency Medicine : Information about acute glomerulonephritis, an introduction, clinical including the symptoms and causes, treatment, medications and follow up.
Bladder Disorders : An overview of bladder problems, including infections, cancer, atonic bladder, interstitial cystitis, overactive bladder (OAB), and prolapse.
IncontiNet : Comprehensive listing of links to information about the non-surgical, non-drug treatment of urinary and fecal incontinence and related pelvic muscle dysfunctions.
Drkoop.com: Medical Encyclopedia: Nephrotic Syndrome : Definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
Dialysis in the Bahamas at New Providence Dialysis Unit : Dialysis clinics in Nassau: New Providence Dialysis Unit is a modern hemodialysis unit for patients with kidney failure.
Information from Your Family Doctor : Proteinuria in children: A look at the role of protein in the body, what this disorder is, treatment and how to do a 24 hour urine collection.
Emergency Medicine : Written by William Shapiro MD., an article about hemolytic uremic syndrome. An introduction, lab studies, treatment and follow up.
Association for the Bladder Exstrophy Community (ABC) : Offers information about the organization and the disease. Includes FAQs, a glossary, support groups, a bulletin board and resources.
MedicineNet.com - About Urological Disorders : Medical information about urological disorders such as urinary tract infections, overactive bladder and urinary incontinence.
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House Democrats Approve Health-Care Reform Bill (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- After a year of fierce
partisan debate, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives late
Sunday night passed the landmark $940 billion health-care reform bill,
which would extend health insurance coverage to 32 million uninsured
Americans, prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to people
with preexisting medical conditions and cut the federal deficit by an
estimated $138 billion over the next decade. |
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Showdown Over Health-Care Reform Bill Nears (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Health experts say that the
furiously debated $940 billion health-care reform bill moving toward a
vote for passage in Congress this weekend really boils down to one simple
tenet: More Americans should have access to health insurance. |
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Gene-Targeted Cancer Fix Could Be a Breakthrough (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time in
humans, scientists have successfully used a gene-manipulation therapy to
enter tumor cells and block the production of toxic proteins that are
causing cancer, researchers report. |
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US Congress passes historic health care bill (AFP)
AFP - The US Congress passed an historic health care overhaul Sunday, handing President Barack Obama a landmark win and taking the United States closer than ever to guaranteed coverage for all Americans. |
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Lawmakers reject tax to pay for health reform (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. lawmakers on Sunday criticized a plan to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for a $1 trillion healthcare overhaul and warned Congress was unlikely to meet President Barack Obama's goal of passing the measure by August. |
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With Rare Disorders, Misdiagnosis and Desperation Prevail (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- People diagnosed with
cancer have a difficult and scary battle ahead of them, but there's
comfort to be found in the multitude of patient groups, medical
associations, research facilities and hospitals dedicated to improving
treatment of their disease. |
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Nepalese doc is God of Sight to poor (AP)
AP - Raj Kaliya Dhanuk sits on a wooden bench, barefoot, with a tattered sari covering thin arms as rough as bark. Thick clear tears bleed from her eyes, milky saucers that stare at nothing. |
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