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This year's flu vaccine guards against new strains
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:05PM September 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Time to get your flu vaccine — and a surprising new report shows babies and toddlers seem to be getting protected better than the rest of us.
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What Looks Like Play May Really Be a Science Experiment
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM September 27, 2012 CommentToddlers often test hypotheses, make inferences while having fun, review finds
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Flu Season's Approaching So Roll Up Your Sleeve
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM September 27, 2012 CommentU.S. health officials say this year's vaccine protects against two new strains
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Smoking Scenes on Rise in Top-Grossing Youth-Rated Movies: CDC
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM September 27, 2012 CommentStudios including Disney, Universal and Warner featured more smoking in 2011
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School Debt, Income Gap Push Med Students Away From Primary Care
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM September 27, 2012 CommentBy graduation, many turn to more lucrative specialties
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More Than Half of Severe Mental Disability Cases Not Inherited: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM September 27, 2012 CommentFinding may encourage parents to have more children, researcher says
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Follow-Up Lacking for Babies After Hepatitis B Vaccination: CDC
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM September 27, 2012 CommentTesting needs to ensure vaccine blocked mother-to-child transmission of virus
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Hospital Observation Units Could Save Billions in Health Costs, Study Says
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM September 27, 2012 CommentER patients not ready for home can receive care in these units instead of being admitted as inpatients
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Antioxidants May Lower Risk of Heart Attack in Women: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM September 27, 2012 CommentFruits and vegetables particularly good sources of the substances
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WHO urges docs to watch for new SARS-like virus
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:16AM September 27, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Global health officials have alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a virus related to SARS but said there were no signs the disease was behaving like the respiratory syndrome that killed hundreds in 2003.
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Complementary Medicine May Help Soldiers With PTSD: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM September 27, 2012 CommentHealing touch, guided imagery eased symptoms, improved quality of life
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Genes May Influence Impotence After Prostate Radiation
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM September 27, 2012 CommentPreliminary research suggests genetic analysis might help men assess their risk
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Health Highlights: Sept. 27, 2012
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Health Tip: Get Some Rest After Giving Birth
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM September 27, 2012 CommentSuggestions to help you recover
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Health Tip: Don't Combine Medication and Alcohol
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM September 27, 2012 CommentThe interaction can be deadly
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Quitting driving: Families key but docs have role
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:14AM September 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Families may have to watch for dings in the car and plead with an older driver to give up the keys — but there's new evidence that doctors could have more of an influence on one of the most wrenching decisions facing a rapidly aging population.
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Bizarre tumor case may lead to custom cancer care
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:26PM September 26, 2012 CommentIt's a medical nightmare: a 24-year-old man endures 350 surgeries since childhood to remove growths that keep coming back in his throat and have spread to his lungs, threatening his life. Now doctors have found a way to help him by way of a scientific coup that holds promise for millions of cancer patients.
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Girl who called self 'Mrs. Bieber' dies of cancer
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:08PM September 26, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — A 6-year-old Massachusetts girl whose love for Justin Bieber encouraged physicians and nurses at a Boston hospital to organize a pretend wedding to the pop star as she battled a rare brain cancer has died.
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Using 'Gender-Specific' Objects to Identify Faces May Backfire
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM September 26, 2012 CommentVisual cues such as high heels and shavers led to unexpected gender 'assignment' in study
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Some Women's Brains Contain Male DNA: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM September 26, 2012 CommentHealth implications are unclear, researchers say
