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Ontario Women Live Longer But Don't Prosper: Study
While Ontario women live longer than men, a majority are more likely to suffer from disability and chronic conditions, according to a new women"s health study by St. Michael"s Hospital researcher Dr. Arlene Bierman. What"s more, low-income women have more chronic conditions, greater disability and a shorter life expectancy than women in high-income groups.

Somali Refugees Imperiled In Overcrowded Camps In Kenya
More than 270,000 refugees who have fled war in Somalia are facing such alarming shortages of food, water, and adequate shelter in severely overcrowded camps in northern Kenya that many are considering returning to the Somali war zone, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Mç©decins Sans Frontiç¨res (MSF) said today.
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Discovery Of Breast Cancer Gene That's Blocked By Blood Pressure Drug
Researchers have identified a gene that is overexpressed in up to 20 percent of breast cancers and that could be blocked in the lab by a currently available blood pressure drug, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Wave Medical-Clinical Decision Support Now In Hand And Just A Touch Away

Health professionals need to look no further than their iPhone to support them at the point of care. Wave Medical, who provides clinical decision support applications to general practitioners, nurses, emergency doctors and medical students has recently expanded its mobile platform offering to include the iPhone™ and iPod® Touch. Now all healthcare professionals can easily access any of Wave Medical"s specialty-focused clinical decision support applications through iPhone"s innovative platform. With thousands of international drug names, dosing and medical calculators, disease profiles, illustrations and a powerful drug interactions generator, Wave Medical"s fully integrated content enables quick navigation through the clinical decision process. Heavy textbooks are no longer the only reference physicians consult in their daily clinical decision routine. Now the most up to date clinical decision support content is available on their iPhone, in hand and right at their fingertips. "The introduction of the iPhone has now opened up the health professionals" imagination of what a handheld device can do for them. In Wave Medical"s case, the incorporation of our applications turns a handheld device into a powerful clinical decision support tool," says Wave Medical Managing Director, Philip May. Each Wave Medical application is specialty-focused providing general practitioners, nurses, emergency doctors and even medical students with the best point-of-care tool designed just for them. Wave Medical applications promote quick and accurate decision-making by the health professional, saving costs and improving patient care. Wave Medical


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