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Quick Facts About Impaired Driving
An alcohol-related motor vehicle crash kills someone every 33 minutes and nonfatally injures someone
every two minutes. In 2000, 16,653 people died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes. That’s 40% of the year’s total traffic
deaths. more
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Information For Patients: Beat The Winter Bugs - How To Hold Your Own Against Colds And
Flu
This time of year presents plenty of opportunities for viruses to spread. Chilly weather keeps more of
us indoors at the same time, and the holiday season brings together family members of all ages. Colds and flu (influenza) can
occur anytime, but appear mostly in the fall and winter. more
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Gene Treatment Puts Block On Fat Cells
According to research published in the journal, Genes and Development, scientists may have identified
a way in which doctors could interfere with the development of the body's fat cells. However, a panacea for the modern
epidemic of obesity appears still some way off, despite the advance in the US. more
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Harvard Study Shows Very Low Risk Of BSE In The United States
Poorer and less educated elderly women enrolled in Medicare + Choice plans reported poorer health,
experienced more chronic illness, and felt depressed or sad more of the time in the past year than their more affluent and
educated counterparts, according to an analysis of data from the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey. The survey provided the
opportunity to examine the health and functional status of 91,314 elderly community-dwelling women enrolled in Medicare
managed care programs in 1999. Race/ethnicity also influenced elderly women's health status, according to Arlene S. Bierman,
M.D., M.S., of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. more
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Steroids Soothe Sore Throat Pain
A Mayo Clinic study published in the January edition of Laryngoscope has found that a single 10 mg
dose of the steroid dexamethasone provides safe, effective and inexpensive treatment for bacterial or viral pharyngitis (sore
throat). more
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