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Breaking News: Career as a Physiotherapist
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All Saints :: Antigua and Barbuda | updated Tue Nov 24 07:41:17 -0800 2009 | health-news

Physiotherapy is a system of treatment of disease and disability using physical agents like therapeutic exercise, manual therapy, massage, hydrotherapy (use of water) and electrotherapy (use of electric current). It is an important rehabilitative service that involves the assessment, maintenance,...
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Hamilton :: Bermuda | updated Mon Nov 23 07:15:53 -0800 2009 | health-news

Government backbencher Terry Lister said private health insurers were to blame, for pulling their affordable plans for seniors after FutureCare was launched. "The insurers need to take their share of this risk, their share of this responsibility," he said. "The...
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San Juan :: Argentina | updated Sun Oct 11 17:51:16 -0700 2009 | health-news

health is so important for each and every person!!!and health is the only thing that you can't buy with money...
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All Saints :: Antigua and Barbuda | updated Sun Nov 15 16:42:30 -0800 2009 | health-news

What are the possible types of cough? Cough can be dry or productive (bringing up mucus/sputum). Depending on its duration cough is classified into three different types: Acute (present one to two weeks), Sub acute (present two to three weeks)...
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Queimados :: Brazil | updated Fri Nov 20 09:14:43 -0800 2009 | health-news

BIOPSY The surgical removal of tissue for microscopic examination to aid in diagnosis. INFUSION Delivering fluids or medications into the bloodstream over a period of time. CARDIAC ARREST Used in a medical sense, this means a cessation of bodily activity...
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Current Event: Smoking
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Belize :: Belize | updated Sun Nov 15 16:42:59 -0800 2009 | health-news

Good health is an asset. But at times unhealthy lifestyles can deteriorate its quality. Smoking is one such example. A common perception is that smoking causes lung cancer. But this is not all. It actually is also a cause of...
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Concepción :: Chile | updated Tue Nov 24 07:48:34 -0800 2009 | health-news

1. Hot Dogs Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can’t live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate. 2. Processed...
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Breaking News Event: Association of heart disease and diabetes
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Aparecida de Goiânia :: Brazil | updated Mon Nov 09 01:06:56 -0800 2009 | health-news

Diabetes and heart have a strong association. With diabetes the early occurrence and severity of heart disease increases. Diabetics usually don't have a chest pain when experiencing Angina. They may get out of breath. A person with diabetes should know...
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Blowing Point :: Anguilla | updated Fri Nov 20 23:28:19 -0800 2009 | health-news

Joy and fear come together while brining a baby to the world whether the baby would be healthy or not? For many parents this fear turns into bitter reality when they find their child with a disability. The disability may...
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Breaking World News: Yoga and lifestyle
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All Saints :: Antigua and Barbuda | updated Tue Nov 10 18:31:21 -0800 2009 | health-news

Working for hours on a computer and sitting in an inappropriate posture at work, school or at home, can end you up with a headache, upper back pain or shoulder pain. Excessive work done on computer can make hands, fingers...
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