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03/10/2010 07:03 PM
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Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given
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 AP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
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03/10/2010 05:14 PM
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Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section
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AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."
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03/10/2010 10:03 PM
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CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella
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 AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
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03/09/2010 03:04 AM
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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening
(AP)
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 AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
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03/07/2010 02:15 PM
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Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow
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AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
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03/09/2010 07:34 PM
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Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years
(AP)
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 AP - Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.
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03/10/2010 07:04 PM
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Health Tip: What's Behind Childhood Obesity
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major problem in the United
States, and children are no exception. Today's kids are spending more
hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and
less time being active.
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03/10/2010 07:04 PM
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As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into
better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and
good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research
finds.
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03/10/2010 08:33 PM
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FDA rules out bisphosphonate, thigh fracture link
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Reuters - U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they have found no link between oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis medications such as Merck & Co Inc's Fosamax and certain thigh bone fractures.
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03/10/2010 07:12 PM
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Personal look at genes locates disease causes
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AP - Children inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family.
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03/10/2010 07:03 PM
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Longtime Smokers May Find Protection From Parkinson's
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to
understand the relationship between tobacco smoke and Parkinson's disease,
researchers have found that smoking for many years may reduce risk for the
disease but smoking a large number of cigarettes a day does not seem to
reduce risk.
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03/09/2010 11:48 PM
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Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who
are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following
treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study
reveals.
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03/09/2010 11:48 PM
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Genetic Variant Raises Lung Cancer Risk
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- People with a particular
genetic trait are at much higher risk of developing lung cancer from
exposure to secondhand smoke than others, even if they rarely come into
contact with it, a new study finds.
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03/10/2010 07:04 PM
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Jump in Kids' Sports Injuries Due to Overuse
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Orthopedic surgeons warn that
sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a "silent
epidemic."
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03/10/2010 11:04 AM
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New maps guide African truckers to AIDS clinics
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 AFP - African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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03/08/2010 11:48 PM
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Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart
Disease
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 HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary
soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases
of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in
the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.
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03/02/2010 11:49 PM
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Asthma Rates Rising Across the U.S.
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma rates are increasing
across the United States, a new government study shows, but certain states
have significantly lower rates of the respiratory disease.
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03/09/2010 09:27 AM
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NY seeks 'fat tax' on sodas to fight rising US obesity
(AFP)
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 AFP - New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.
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