AFP – US President Barack Obama tapped Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be his health secretary to carry out his ambitious healthcare reform program, the White House said.
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AFP – A team of 70 medical personnel led by Saudi Arabia's minister of health successfully separated conjoined Egyptian twins on Saturday at a Riyadh hospital, doctors said.
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AFP – Bolivia's dengue fever epidemic, which has left at least 20 dead in recent weeks, is "unprecedented" and could affect neighboring countries, Health Minister Ramiro Tapia warned Saturday.
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HealthDay – SATURDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) — Staying healthy while on a trip is as important as packing the right clothes.
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AFP – China on Saturday approved a long-awaited food safety law, state media reported, in a bid to end repeated scandals involving dangerous food products in the country.
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AFP – Two already existing drugs to fight bacterial infections could combine to help treat the most deadly form of tuberculosis, according to a study published Friday.
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Reuters – President Barack Obama's administration took a first step on Friday toward rescinding a controversial rule mandated by the Bush administration that protects U.S. health workers who refuse to participate in abortions and other care on moral grounds.
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) — You might look like you're not paying attention when you doodle, but science says otherwise.
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AFP – A Japanese court Friday ordered the government to pay more than 57 million dollars in compensation to residents over noise pollution from a US air base on the southern island of Okinawa.
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Researchers announced this week that they’ve found a new gene, ALS6, which is responsible for about 5 percent of hereditary Lou Gehrig’s cases.
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that young people who assume life is rough for seniors are more likely to suffer from heart attacks and stroke when they reach that age themselves.
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) — Anti-social behavior among young elementary school girls and increased anxiety in either boys or girls that age tend to predict whether they develop depression in adolescence, a new study shows.
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Reuters – While physical frailty puts elderly adults at risk of falls and bone fractures, emotional distress can be the immediate trigger of some of those accidents, new research suggests.
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The Obama administration plans to reverse a regulation from late in the Bush administration allowing health-care workers to refuse to provide services based on moral objections, an official said Friday.
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Reuters – Drawn by payments of up to $10,000, an increasing number of women are offering to sell their eggs at U.S. fertility clinics as a way to make money amid the financial crisis.
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Reuters – Antidepressants and psychological therapies, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), appear to provide relief from irritable bowel syndrome, at least in the short-term, according to published studies.
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Reuters – Supplements containing "good" bacteria can help some people with chronic fatigue syndrome feel better, but they may make others feel worse, report Swedish researchers who conducted a small study.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
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Reuters – Some athletes may be able to boost their performance by working out the muscles that control breathing, a small study suggests.
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Reuters – In developing countries, young women's use of modern methods of contraception is limited by a range of factors, a review of seven studies conducted in five countries suggests.
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Reuters – New research suggests that high levels of calcium in the bloodstream may increase a man's risk of dying from prostate cancer. If verified in future studies, determining levels of calcium in blood could assist doctors and patients in making decisions regarding treatment.
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Reuters – * WHO confirms bird flu death of Vietnamese man, 32
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Reuters – Many Americans are crossing their fingers that President Barack Obama's ambitious $634 billion plan to reform the U.S. healthcare system — funded by a mix of tax increases and Medicare spending cuts — will succeed, but they are worried, too.
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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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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — As many as 13 percent of new mothers are depressed after giving birth.
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