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How Cumbrian motorbike fan lost half her body weight The News and Star Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:23 AM PDT Motorbike enthusiast Kath Goodwin is literally half the woman she once was after shedding 69 inches of fat â€" going from a size 18 to 8. Clinical experience with Pradaxa® crosses one million patient-years of treatment Business Wire Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:02 AM PDT MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For Non-US, Non-UK & Non-Canadian Media Only Boehringer Ingelheim has announced today that the combined treatment experience with Pradaxa® has crossed one million patient-years1 in the prevention of thromboembolic events in patients after surgery and in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF), providing the greatest body of clinical experience among all novel ... The real scandal of the NHS is not about beds in India | Evan Harris Guardian Unlimited Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:22 AM PDT Beds in British hospitals are reserved for patients with the fattest wallets, rather than the worst conditions This morning's news that the government is setting up a body to assist the NHS in attracting contracts overseas has met with kneejerk opposition from those suspicious of anything that connects the NHS with the words "brand", "compete" and "contract". I don't blame them, but as ... Personal Health: News and Notes Philly.com Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:54 AM PDT U.S. Rep. Todd Akin's assertion about rape - that "the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down" to prevent pregnancy - has long surfaced among antiabortion advocates. Dr. Carol Francis Explores Weight Loss & Optimal Health for Baby Boomers & Over-Weight with Health Coaches Nancy ... PRWeb Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:45 AM PDT One married couple became independent Health Coaches. Why? Health and Obesity issues are national concerns for all age groups but especially Baby Boomers seeking to optimize their life, their body and their well-being. Dave & Nancy McDowell discuss how they found weight control and paths to optimal health which proved doable for their family and friends. Then they became Health Coaches to help ... Akin’s ‘gaffe’ wasn’t really - Mon, 27 Aug 2012 PST The Spokesman-Review Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:26 AM PDT Rep. Todd Akin’s fame â€" or more accurately, his infamy â€" now reaches all the way to the Congo. There, Eve Ensler, the award-winning American author of “The Vagina Monologues” and herself a survivor of rape, wrote an open letter castigating last week’s suggestion by the Republican congressman that when a woman is a victim of “legitimate rape,” her body has means of preventing pregnancy. As it ... Healthy body, sharper mind Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:17 AM PDT "I feel like I have attention-deficit disorder." People who can't seem to focus on projects casually dismiss their vulnerability to distractions as a likely chemical imbalance. Jurors view graphic photos in murder trial: Body found in field showed massive blunt force trauma Plano Courier Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:05 AM PDT McKINNEY -- Jurors got their first view of Susan Loper's body Friday morning during the fifth day of the Terrance Black murder trial. Teen mother was not of sound mind: officer Brisbane Times Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:52 PM PDT A detective who investigated a teenager for giving birth secretly in a toilet and hiding the body in a plastic bag in her car did not lay manslaughter charges because she believed it wouldn't be "in the public interest". Still need Lance Concord Monitor Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:24 PM PDT Cycling Livestrong stays strong "Hell" is how one cancer patient describes it - the helpless feeling of sitting in a hospital room all alone, a potion that is both toxic and lifesaving flowing into her body. When she didn't know whether she would live or die, when she didn't know if she could possibly endure another round of the horrifying chemo treatments at St. Luke's in New York, there was ...

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