 VitaBeat Health News - January 8, 2009
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Harley Davidson Motorcycles has donated tens of millions of dollars over the last twenty years but for 2005 the motorcycle giant is doing something special to fight muscular dystrophy. The company will be employing the ever-popular "rubber wrist band for a cause" campaign. The wrist bands have been used for fund-raising awareness with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, as well as support for troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt says there will be enough vaccine this flu season to meet "the needs of the country." Leavitt acknowledges past vaccine shortages, but says he is "quite certain" there will be an ample amount in the upcoming season. |
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A brain-dead woman who was kept on life support for nearly three months dies after delivering a healthy baby girl. According to an e-mail from the father, there were no complications during delivery and the baby "is doing well." |
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A Mayo Clinic Cancer Center study finds a link between patients that have been diagnosed with diabetes and patients who are at risk for pancreatic cancer. The study shows up to three years after being diagnosed with diabetes, patients' risk for developing pancreatic cancer increases eight-fold. |
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Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt says there will be enough vaccine this flu season to meet "the needs of the country." Leavitt acknowledges past vaccine shortages, but says he is "quite certain" there will be an ample amount in the upcoming season. |
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