The HEALTHBEAT: Helping doctors keep human touch

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Humerus studied the electronic health record and
 scooted his laptop closer to the diabetic grandfather
 sitting on his exam table. "You can see," he pointed
 at the screen  weight, blood sugar and cholesterol
are too high and rising.
The man didn't reveal he was too nearsighted to see
 those numbers, but he'd quietly volunteered that he'd
 been ignoring his own health after his wife's death.
The future-Dr. Humerus looked away from the
 computer for a sympathetic conversation
exactly the point of Georgetown University's novel
 training program.
As the nation moves to paperless medicine, doctors
 are grappling with an awkward challenge: How do
they tap the promise of computers, smartphones
 and i Pads in the exam room without losing the
 human connection with their patients? Are the
gadgets a boon or a distraction.

The common cold drug maker to a cure

The talking sick days get to the set tougher there money .
The common cold for a cure. The Australian maker biota
Wednesday drug the reported stunning success of its antiviral
compound named vaepndavir. the Tested in 300
asthmatic patients infected with the cold-causing
human retrovirus, the clinical trial showed that cold
symptoms eased quickly and the duration of the
 infection was shortened considerably.Patients given a placebo experienced the worst cold
 symptoms at 2.5 days, where as those dosed with
 Vapendavir began rapid recovery after just 1.7 days.

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The effect of busing  with acupuncture  needle small .
 The currents may be effect vie in treating depression
 a study in Hmong Kong has found.

Led by Zhang Zhang-kin at the School of Chinese
Medicine, University of Hon Kong, the researchers
 used acupuncture to stimulate seven spots on the heads
 of 73 participants, who had suffered several bouts of
 depression in the last 7 years.