This Halloween, 5-year-old Dylan Warren is going to be Anakin Skywalker from “Star Wars.” The kindergartner in Rumson, New Jersey, likes Halloween candy, but he knows he’ll have to follow his mother’s rules about how much he can have.
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Consumers in Beijing’s malls and shops are shunning the milk and poultry sections — for good reasons.
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A panel of experts accused the Food and Drug Administration of creating “a false sense of security” with its assessment that a compound used to make food and beverage containers poses no immediate health risks.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
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Reuters – Many adults may be meeting experts' recommendations on exercise if all types of activity, from work and play, are counted, a study of Swedish adults hints.
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Reuters – When it comes to managing chronic headache, a practical coordinated approach aimed at filling the gaps in "usual" care leads to a marked improvement in patients' quality of life and satisfaction with treatment, researchers report in the journal Headache.
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) — A mutation in mice that mimics progressive hearing loss in humans has been identified by European researchers.
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Reuters – Most employees have positive views of workplace policies that help women keep up breastfeeding after they return to the job, a new study suggests.
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HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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Reuters – Giving children a type of "good bacteria" during their first 6 months of life doesn't reduce their risk of developing allergies in early childhood, researchers from Australia report.
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Reuters – People who say they wouldn't want life-sustaining treatments if they were brain dead tend not to change their minds over time, but the preferences of those who want more aggressive treatment are less stable, a new study of aging doctors suggests.
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) — Vigorous activity can reduce the risk of breast cancer by about 30 percent in normal-weight women, according to an 11-year U.S. study of 32,269 postmenopausal women.
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) — In a double whammy for the female gender, new research shows that 40 percent of women report sexual problems, but only 12 percent are distressed about it.
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AFP – Over 70,000 people, including 30,000 children, have been left homeless in quake-hit southwest Pakistan, UNICEF said Friday, as health workers warned that deadly diseases were spreading.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — An insulin pump offers many benefits for diabetics, including better blood glucose control and greater convenience.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — There may be nothing women can do if their infertility is associated with genetic issues or an illness.
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) — With Halloween right around the corner, many parents are wondering how they can help keep their kids safe.
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) — This Halloween, don't put anything in your eye unless it has been prescribed by an eye doctor.
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AFP – UNICEF on Friday warned of the threat of cholera facing tens of thousands of people displaced by fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Reuters – Early puberty, giving birth to multiple children, and taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) all increase a woman's risk of needing joint replacement surgery due to arthritis, according to data from a large, study of middle-aged women in the UK.
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HealthDay – THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) — The cardiac benefits of wine have been touted for years, but heavy metal contamination found in some European red and white wines could turn a health benefit into a hazard, British researchers report.
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Reuters – Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and current treatment recommendations for correcting the deficiency are "inadequate," conclude clinicians from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Reuters – A mother has been spared jail after admitting poisoning and smothering her 20-year-old mentally disabled daughter, a case that throws the spotlight on the plight of the mentally ill in China.
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