AFP – Women who drink a lot of coffee may have less risk of developing cancer of the uterus, a Japanese study said Monday.
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Reuters – Mature brains need a continuous supply of new nerve cells to sustain functions like smelling and memory, an experiment with mice in Japan has shown.
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AFP – Researchers have broken the code of an enzyme that plays a key role in the growth of most cancers, opening a path that potentially leads to a new class of anti-cancer drugs, according to a study released Sunday.
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AFP – Teams of doctors on Sunday said they had uncovered genetic flaws that separately boost the risk of a common form of leukaemia and bowel disease in children and may also influence obesity and fertility.
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HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,compiled byeditors of HealthDay:
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HealthDay – SUNDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) — A new study has found a"master switch" in the brain of mice that helps control both body weightand fertility.
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HealthDay – SUNDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) — A new study offers a possiblealternative to heart patients and diabetics who need to keep their bloodpressure under control but who cannot tolerate the standard treatment ofACE inhibitors.
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HealthDay – SUNDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) — Daily supplements of omega-3polyunsaturated fatty acids — the kind found in fish oil — reduceddeaths and hospitalizations of people with heart failure, an Italian studyfound.
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Reuters – Cancer specialists set a plan on Sunday to stem the rise in deaths from cancer by 2020 and ensure that all patients suffering in the late stages of the disease can access painkillers.
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AP – Fish oil supplements may work slightly better than a popular cholesterol-reducing drug to help patients with chronic heart failure, according to new research released Sunday.
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AFP – Months after US authorities sounded the alarm, European officials are warning of dangerous possible side effects from the wrinkle-smoothing injection Botox, according to a German news report.
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AFP – The surviving Nepalese conjoined twin who underwent a marathon operation in Singapore seven years ago is to return to the city-state in September for reconstructive skull surgery, a report said Sunday.
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AFP – Two US hospitals were put on emergency lockdown Saturday after several patients arrived at St. Louis, Missouri emergency rooms after being exposed to an unknown substance, hospital officials said.
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The air in and around New Orleans is electrified with anticipation — and anxiety.
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AFP – Belgian authorities reduced on Saturday a safety zone near a medical laboratory in the southern town of Fleurus where a leak of radioactive iodine occurred recently.
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HealthDay – SATURDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) — This Labor Day weekend, theVision Council and National Sleep Foundation are warning people of thedangers of driving with poor vision or while drowsy.
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HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,compiled byeditors of HealthDay:
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AFP – Alcoholism among women in Sweden rose by 50 percent between 2003 and 2007 as beer, wine and spirits have become more accessible in the country long known for its restrictive alcohol policy, a report on Saturday said.
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Reuters – High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan are linked not just to war but to mothers being uneducated and having little or no say when their children need medical help, a study has found.
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AP – A provincial health official says that an unusually high number of people have fallen ill with salmonella food poisoning across Quebec.
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MONTREAL, Quebec (AP) — A provincial health official says that an unusually high number of people have fallen ill with salmonella food poisoning across Quebec….
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Oklahoma health officials said Friday they are searching for the source of a rare form of E. coli that has killed one person and sickened 115 others in the northeastern part of the state.
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Reuters – Ford Motor Co may shift billions of dollars of health care obligations for retired hourly workers to a trust fund overseen by the United Auto Workers union in 2010, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday….
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states….
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