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NEWS ABOUT: medicine

medicine stories: 145 news summaries

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ADD Meds Prescribed
For Weight Loss

Doctors are using Adderall for pediatric obesity, pleasing
parents but raising ethical alarms

Mar 23, 07 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pediatricians are giving Adderall, the pill that got America's kids to pay attention in class, to patients without ADHD but looking to shed extra pounds. One of the drug's side effects is appetite suppression, and "off-label" prescriptions are working for some chunky but otherwise normal teenagers. Parents worried about... More »

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obesity • medicine • ethics • ADHD • Adderall • health • children • weight loss • safety • doctor

Ant Farm
Con Man
Gets Death

Fraudulent sales of "medicinal ants" earned him $400 million

Mar 21, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pyramid scheme built on an ant farm earned a Chinese entrepreneur over $400 million—and a death sentence. The sentence meted out to Wang Zhendong by a Chinese court last month is part of a nationwide crackdown on fraud. Wang swindled thousands of people by misrepresenting his wares... More »

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China • death penalty • medicine • Wang Zhendong • pyramid scheme • fraud • ants • death sentence

(Newser) - Add a little scent to your evening and your sleep, and your memory works better in the morning. A recent study showed that the smell of roses, administered while participants played a computer game, and then while they slept, improved their rate of recall after they woke by 13... More »

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medicine • sleep • memory • brain • senses • smell • rose

Tech-Savvy Docs Get More Time With Patients

New software allows them to run "micropractices"

Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - A growing number of primary care doctors are opting out of hospitals and big medical groups to open up mom 'n' pop doc shops. Key to these "micropractices,"  reports the Wall Street Journal, is technology that allows doctors to schedule their own appointments, order prescriptions, and process... More »

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medicine • health care • technology • health care costs • health • micropractice • doctor

Plastic Surgeons
Cut a New Path
Down Under

Forget breast implants: The frontier in plastic surgery is below the belt

Mar 6, 07 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - David Matlock, a flamboyant California gynecologist who's been a pioneer in cosmetic surgery aimed at giving women "a youthful, aesthetic look" for their nether regions, has unleashed a host of protégés now improving unsightly genitals all over the country. Despite being uninsured, the procedures are growing in... More »

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medicine • plastic surgery • medical breakthrough • vaginoplasty • David Matlock • health • women's health • gynecology • breast implants • cosmetic surgery

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