Victim: Harvard coffee poisoning not an accident

One of six Harvard Medical School researchers sickened after drinking coffee laced with a toxic chemical said Monday he does not see how the poisoning could have been accidental, but has no idea who might be responsible.

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No health coverage tied to 45,000 deaths a year

Nearly 45,000 deaths a year in the U.S. are associated with lack of health insurance, up from a previous estimate of about 18,000, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School.

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HHS names health technology coordinator

A former Harvard Medical School professor who has advised Sen. Edward Kennedy and one-time Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis will lead health information technology efforts for the Obama administration.

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Harvard to Pay More to Doctors Who Teach

Harvard Medical School and three affiliated hospitals will double the pool of money paid to doctors who teach, in hopes of luring them away from patients and research.

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Study: Canadians Healthier Than Americans

You can add Canadians to the list of foreigners who are healthier than Americans. Americans are 42 percent more likely than Canadians to have diabetes, 32 percent more likely to have high blood pressure, and 12 percent more likely to have arthritis, Harvard Medical School researchers found. That is according to a survey in which American and Canadian adults were asked over the telephone about their health.

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The study is the first to associate coffee with prostate cancer, contradicting previous research that's found no link.

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Harvard Medical School researchers study finds that nearly 45,000 people die in the U.S. each year largely due to lack of health insurance. "We're losing more Americans every day because of inaction . . . than drunk driving and homicide combined." Dr.

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Harvard Medical School researchers have succeeded in developing a topical treatment that, in mice, wipes out herpes virus, one of the most intractable sexually transmitted human diseases.

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Ten intrepid genetic explorers have volunteered to have their genetic information posted on the internet for anyone's perusal, along with photographs, their disease histories, allergies, medications, ethnic backgrounds and a trove of other traits, called phenotypes, from food p …

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Searching for a more simplified way to represent the complex library of information inherent in gene expression, Alterovitz decided to represent those changes with music.

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Red wine may be much more potent than was thought in extending human lifespan, researchers say in a new report that is likely to give impetus to the rapidly growing search for longevity drugs.

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Each year, intensive care units in the United States hospitalize nearly 750,000 patients with severe sepsis, a syndrome that manifests when a body's immune system overreacts to infection.

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FRIDAY, Feb 29 (HealthDay News) -- A gene in Asian monkeys that may have evolved as protection against a group of viruses that includes HIV has been identified by Harvard Medical School researchers, who add that their finding suggests the current AIDS epidemic is not a new kind o …

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The nation's failure to provide health insurance for all Americans seems to be harming even many of those who do have health coverage.

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Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified 273 proteins that the AIDS virus needs to survive in human cells, which could lead to new strategies for combating the disease.

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An international team led by a Boston researcher yesterday unveiled the most detailed look ever at the genetic ravages inside a lung tumor, finding at least one target for drug research and laying the foundation for an ambitious - and controversial - federal effort to identify al …

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Brain scans can show how the brain gets "tired and over-emotional" when someone is deprived of sleep. US researchers kept volunteers awake for 35 hours and found huge increases in brain activity when shown images designed to make them angry or sad.

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A key ingredient in chili peppers, chased with a local anesthetic, could be just the ticket for ending pain in the dentist's chair and on the operating table without the potentially dangerous side effects and all-numbing aftermath of traditional anesthesia, says a new Harvard Med …

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Strawberries are not only delicious and nutrient-rich, new research from Harvard Medical School found that they may offer cardiovascular disease protection.

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A group of scientists at Harvard Medical School claim that a family of enzymes called sirtuins has anti-aging properties and can outright cure a number of diseases. Will this be the new "miracle" or yet another hope for so many that gets boggled down in red tape?

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Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer. Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from someone in the now little-known field of "wet artificial life."

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Why would a woman choose a prettier friend? Our correspondent explains

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Obesity can spread from person to person, much like a virus, according to researchers. When one person gains weight, their close friends tend to gain weight too.

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Experts are debating if fructose is causing problems from obesity to diabetes these days. Fructose is naturally occuring sugar and found in many things including fresh fruit., honey, and even small amounts are found in vegetables.

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This is a fascinating interview with Dr Robert Lustig, about the way sugar - all sugar not just high fructose corn syrup - causes obesity and other health problems. It's all about the fructose in sucrose, and the way the liver metabolises it, and the way it relates to insulin.

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Illicit highs wreck lives – but scientists are discovering they could also treat conditions from depression to strokes and cancer [...]

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WASHINGTON -- When Viagra came on the market nine years ago, Time magazine worried that it signaled ''the end of sex as we know it.'' Playboy predicted a sexual revolution ''as monumental as the birth control pill.'' Adweek forecast demand for Viagra so massive that ``not one do …

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This is a great article about the recent findings that link prostate cancer directly to chromosome 8 in men.

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Does God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer?

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we, ourselves, are very much in charge and can influence how our brains will perform, by either allowing a set of thoughts to take place or consciously working to direct thinking and thus mental practise in another direction.

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