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Women\'s health study: Small changes can lead to big rewards
Date: Sep 01 2010  |  Feed Source: Yahoo!

A recent report from Harvard Medical School says middle-aged andolder women need to worry about particular health concerns -osteoporosis, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and microvasculardisease, a type of heart disease more common in women.  

Women\'s health study: Small changes can lead to big rewards
Date: Sep 01 2010  |  Feed Source: Yahoo!

A recent report from Harvard Medical School says middle-aged andolder women need to worry about particular health concerns -osteoporosis, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and microvasculardisease, a type of heart disease more common in women.  

Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia (AP)
Date: Sep 01 2010  |  Feed Source: Yahoo!

AP - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia \"another flawed diet pill\" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.

Study: Weight-loss drug ups risk of heart attack, stroke in some
Date: Sep 01 2010  |  Feed Source: Yahoo!

Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Abbott Weight-Loss Drug Meridia Raises Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Study
Date: Sep 01 2010  |  Feed Source: Yahoo!

Abbott Laboratories’ weight loss pill Meridia increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes in people with existing heart disease, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Texting to Save Children\'s Hearts & Lives
Date: Aug 27 2010  |  Feed Source: PRWeb

The Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is partnering with CareSpeak Communications to bring mHealth (mobile health) to its teenage heart transplant patients and their families. The CareSpeak system uses 2-way text messaging to ensure patients take their medications on time and as prescribed, significantly decreasing the likelihood of organ rejection due to medication non-adherence. The system\'s efficacy was demonstrated in research published in the November 2009 issues of Pediatrics.

Texting to Save Children\'s Hearts & Lives
Date: Aug 27 2010  |  Feed Source: PRWeb

The Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is partnering with CareSpeak Communications to bring mHealth (mobile health) to its teenage heart transplant patients and their families. The CareSpeak system uses 2-way text messaging to ensure patients take their medications on time and as prescribed, significantly decreasing the likelihood of organ rejection due to medication non-adherence. The system\'s efficacy was demonstrated in research published in the November 2009 issues of Pediatrics.

Texting to Save Children\'s Hearts & Lives
Date: Aug 27 2010  |  Feed Source: PRWeb

The Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is partnering with CareSpeak Communications to bring mHealth (mobile health) to its teenage heart transplant patients and their families. The CareSpeak system uses 2-way text messaging to ensure patients take their medications on time and as prescribed, significantly decreasing the likelihood of organ rejection due to medication non-adherence. The system\'s efficacy was demonstrated in research published in the November 2009 issues of Pediatrics.

Texting to Save Children\'s Hearts & Lives
Date: Aug 27 2010  |  Feed Source: PRWeb

The Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is partnering with CareSpeak Communications to bring mHealth (mobile health) to its teenage heart transplant patients and their families. The CareSpeak system uses 2-way text messaging to ensure patients take their medications on time and as prescribed, significantly decreasing the likelihood of organ rejection due to medication non-adherence. The system\'s efficacy was demonstrated in research published in the November 2009 issues of Pediatrics.

Texting to Save Children\'s Hearts & Lives
Date: Aug 27 2010  |  Feed Source: PRWeb

The Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is partnering with CareSpeak Communications to bring mHealth (mobile health) to its teenage heart transplant patients and their families. The CareSpeak system uses 2-way text messaging to ensure patients take their medications on time and as prescribed, significantly decreasing the likelihood of organ rejection due to medication non-adherence. The system\'s efficacy was demonstrated in research published in the November 2009 issues of Pediatrics.

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