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Brazil’s Silva quits smoking after 50 years
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Brazil’s president says a recent health scare led him to quit smoking _ a habit he’s had for 50 years.
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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening
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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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UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015
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The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned.
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Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow
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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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WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination
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The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.
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FDA warning for hand sanitizer in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico’s government sent inspectors across the island Thursday to stop stores from selling locally produced hand sanitizers tainted with a dangerous bacteria.
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Gene test claims to show what diet works best
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Diet not working? Blame your genes. That’s the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan.
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Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut
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Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria.
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WHO: Korean cooperation boosting health in north
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North Koreans are getting better medical treatment as the result of a joint program between the two Koreas that has trained thousands of doctors, provided modern equipment and renovated hospitals, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
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Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests
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Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good.
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Sanofi drug shows promise against prostate cancer
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For the first time, an experimental drug has extended the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments and are out of options for fighting the disease, a company-led study found.
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Sanofi drug shows promise against prostate cancer
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A study suggests that an experimental drug may modestly extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments.
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Should men be tested for prostate cancer?
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The American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for prostate cancer screening on Wednesday. The advocacy group is one of many organizations that make such recommendations. Some questions and answers:
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More than one way to trim health coverage premiums
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Skyrocketing premiums have stunned some consumers who buy their own health insurance policies. People in several corners of the country are facing increases of 20 percent or more from some insurers.
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Mullahs help promote birth control in Afghanistan
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Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms. Others are quoting the Quran to encourage longer breaks between births. Health experts say contraception is starting to catch on in a country with the world’s second highest maternal death rate.
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Shanghai declares indoor smoking ban ahead of Expo
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Restaurants and office buildings in China’s commercial capital Shanghai are scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas as the city bans lighting up in indoor public spaces ahead of the World Expo.
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Scientists try to break fat-and-disease link
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What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key.
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Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids
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It’s a situation too agonizing to contemplate _ a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents’ request.
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Striking number of obesity risks hit minority kids
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The odds of obesity appear stacked against black and Hispanic children starting even before birth, provocative new research suggests.
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1 in 4 parents buys unproven vaccine-autism link
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One in four U.S. parents believes some vaccines cause autism in healthy children, but even many of those worried about vaccine risks think their children should be vaccinated.
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Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective
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People at risk of a stroke because of narrowed neck arteries can be safely treated with a less drastic option than the surgery done now, the largest study ever done on these treatments concludes.
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Feds probe Mass. special needs school
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The U.S. Justice Department has begun a review of whether the use of electric shock therapy by a Massachusetts special needs school violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Interval training can cut exercise hours sharply
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People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse. Some experts say intense exercise sessions could help people squeeze an entire week’s workout into less than an hour. Those regimens _ also called interval training _ were originally developed for Olympic athletes and thought to be too strenuous for normal people.
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UK publishes new rules for assisted suicide
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New guidelines published Thursday offer people in England and Wales broad hints about how to help a gravely ill loved one end their life with minimal fear of prosecution.
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Cheney’s 5 heart attacks unusual, shows good care
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Surviving five heart attacks makes former Vice President Dick Cheney pretty unusual _ showing that he has good medical care as well as a particularly aggressive form of heart disease.
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