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Ten Questions About High Cholesterol
The biggest heart risk factor still mystifies top scientists. Here's what you need to know.
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Ten Misleading Drug Ads
The FDA is finally cracking down on drug companies for ads that underplay serious risks.
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The Least Deadly Hospitals
Some regional hospitals do a better job preventing fatal complications than famous academic medical centers.
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America's Least Deadly Hospitals
Some regional hospitals do a better job preventing fatal complications than famous academic medical centers.
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Industrial Chemicals Lurking In Your Bloodstream
Everyone has heard about BPA. How many other potentially nasty chemicals may be in your body?
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Reuters
Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Even third-hand smoke carries carcinogens: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Popular antidepressant interferes with cancer drug
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday.
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For obese, vaccine needle size matters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Our ever-expanding waistlines may have outgrown the doctor's needle, researchers say, in what could be another casualty of the obesity epidemic.
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Drug shows promise against river blindness: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Closantel, an older drug used to treat a parasitic liver disease in animals, may prove effective at combating river blindness in humans, a major cause of infection-related blindness, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists Spot Genes Tied to Aging (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have discovered genetic
variants that are associated with biological aging, a finding that could
explain why some people seem to age faster than others.
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Drug Cures Osteoporosis in Mice (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that inhibits
serotonin in the gut cured osteoporosis in lab mice and rats, a new study
has found.
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Health Tip: What's Behind Nasal Congestion (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Nasal congestion, commonly called a stuffy
nose, occurs when the tissues that line the inside of the nose become
swollen.
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Health Tip: Spot Unsafe Playgrounds (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Some parents may falsely assume that all
playground equipment is safe.
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Cleaning Agent Tied to Parkinson's in Study (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The industrial cleaner
trichloroethylene (TCE) has been linked to an increased risk of
Parkinson's disease, U.S. researchers say.
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3 Home Habits Help Youngsters Stay Slim (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Something as simple as sitting
down to dinner together as a family can go a long way in helping a child
fend off obesity.
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Soft Drinks Could Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- People who down two or more soft
drinks a week may have double the risk of developing deadly pancreatic
cancer, compared to non-soda drinkers, new research suggests.
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Health Highlights: Feb. 8, 2010 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
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Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 8, 2010 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com:
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Handgrip Strength Helps Predict Death Risk in Elderly (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Decreased handgrip strength in the
elderly is associated with increased risk of death, researchers say.
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Yahoo! Back Pain News
Competitive sports tied to teens' back pain (Reuters)
Reuters - Years of competitive sports may raise teenagers' risk of developing lower back pain, a new study finds.
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Weak evidence of benefit for scoliosis bracing (Reuters)
Reuters - The use of braces to correct excessive curvature of the spine (scoliosis) in adolescents is a subject of ongoing debate and a new review of the medical literature does little to resolve the matter.
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