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Toll-Free Hotline to Help Seniors Avoid Falls
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- In the United States, about
Laura Bush promotes healthy living
AP - In a rare break from tradition, first lady Laura Bush offered this week's national radio address to promote healthy living and heart-disease prevention.
FDA: Chantix may pose psychiatric risks
AP - Government regulators said Friday the connection between Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix and serious psychiatric problems is "increasingly likely."
CDC: Flu outbreaks reported in 11 states
AP - Flu season is in full swing, with wide outbreaks in 11 states — and a new strain is starting to emerge that this year's vaccine doesn't specifically target, the government's public health chief said Friday.
Pregnant Women With Asthma Should Stay on Low Dose of Meds
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- During pregnancy, asthmatic
USDA bird flu plan needs test
AP - The Agriculture Department cannot ensure its response plan for a bird flu outbreak will work, largely because many aspects of the plan have not been tested, an inspector general's report said Friday.
Safe sex the message as Rio launches into Carnival
Reuters - Wearing nuns' veils,
Double dipping: Worse than you think
AP - Keep an eye on the salsa this Super Bowl Sunday: A researcher inspired by a famous "Seinfeld" episode has concluded that double dipping is just plain gross.
HPV causing more oral cancer in men
AP - The sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women is poised to become one of the leading causes of oral cancer in men, according to a new study.
Obese patients wait longer for kidney transplants
Reuters - Extremely obese adults in need
Sarkozy unveils plan to fight Alzheimer's disease
AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday unveiled a five-year plan to fight Alzheimer's disease that afflicts 860,000 elderly people in France.
Good food in early childhood improves adult wages: study
AFP - Poor children given a nutritional boost during the first two years of life earned adult wages nearly 50 percent higher than peers deprived of a food supplement, a study has shown Friday.
Clinical Trials Update: Feb.1, 2008
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
Fla. doctors remove girl's rare tumor
AP - Surgeons removed a rare brain tumor from a 12-year-old Cambodian girl who was being cared for by a Christian school for the disadvantaged in Phnom Penh.
Medicare's Drug Program Enrollment Up, Costs Down
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- The three-year-old
Parenting lessons don't stop toddler tantrums: study
AFP - A new study shows that parent training programmes fail to reduce behavioural problems in toddlers, suggesting that coaching on how to rear children may be a waste of time and money.
Japan researchers put tiny camera in mouse's brain
Reuters - Japanese researchers have implanted a
Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 31, 2008
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with epilepsy who
Drug-resistant flu is found in Europe
AP - A small number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu, a top antiviral drug, have been detected in Europe, health authorities said this week.
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