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In the case of shared stories, all rights reside with the original creator. en 2008-08-29T03:39:54 2008-08-29T03:39:54 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/79813744-74CC-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Fat cells in obese people are &quot;sick&quot; compared to those in lean people, a new study shows.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080827/hl_hsn/fatcellsinobesepeoplearesick">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/0881AA82-7531-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Characteristics of normal cells which are present long before any tumor appears may determine how virulent a particular cancer is going to be, new research suggests.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080828/hl_hsn/normalcellsmaypredictcancervirulence">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6D424280-7539-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women who experience more than one stressful life event are at greater risk of developing breast cancer, but a general feeling of happiness and optimism may help guard against the disease, Israeli researchers report. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/377401768/idUSCOL86917620080828">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/B15152BA-7528-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ AP - Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_he_me/indian_deaths_alcohol">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/D4F15368-74D4-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In migraine patients, treatment with the drug topiramate (sold as Topamax) may result in increasing blood levels of uric acid, a study shows. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/376362495/idUSCOL76334420080827">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/36A6A200-754A-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alcohol-related causes such as liver disease and car crashes account for nearly 12 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native deaths, 3-1/2 times the figure for the overall population, officials said on Thursday. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/377470119/idUSN2832388520080828">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/4B6DCB48-7520-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ LONDON (Reuters) - The rapid deterioration of our mental abilities as we age begins far earlier than scientists had suspected, Swedish researchers said on Wednesday. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/376469995/idUSLR7826220080827">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/17D094C4-7574-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ A diagnosis of prostate cancer comes with a flow of percentages and test figures, but precision is still elusive. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/health/views/26case.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/C109EB8E-756B-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking water that contains disinfection by-products at regulatory cut-off levels does not appear to raise a pregnant woman&#39;s risk of delivering a small baby or delivering prematurely, new research shows. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/377202037/idUSCOL85321820080828">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/5452644C-7563-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Apparently &quot;normal&quot; cells may carry cancer to new sites long before a tumour develops, scientists say.<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7586444.stm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/F3316184-755A-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd sued Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG and Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc on Thursday, accusing them of infringing patents on its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/377526214/idUSN2834889420080828">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/90368198-7552-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ AP - As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_us/katrina_death_toll">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/D45C6B0A-7541-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Walking on a treadmill three times a week helped stroke survivors improve their mobility and physical conditioning but also led to a &quot;rewiring&quot; of the brain reflecting these gains, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/377429628/idUSN2829098620080828">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/9A10639A-74E5-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ LONDON (Reuters) - New screening tests and effective vaccines from Merck &amp; Co and GlaxoSmithKline make tackling cervical cancer in poor countries a real possibility for the first time, researchers said on Thursday. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/376973704/idUSLR70968520080828">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/378D4EAC-74DD-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Social factors - rather than genetics - are to blame for huge variations in ill health and life expectancy around the world, a report concludes.<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7584056.stm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/4FB24732-74B3-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who are tempted to quit taking their statin medication because it failed to prevent a heart attack should think twice, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/376491794/idUSN2749202520080827">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/14083942-74C4-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ AP - Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies to check if their bodies are rejecting the new organ.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_he_me/med_heart_transplant_test">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/B06FED9C-74BB-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new scoring system may help doctors and patients get a better handle on the potential risks of undergoing a common procedure to open blocked heart arteries, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/376469996/idUSN2748604820080827">[original story]</a>