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Health Highlights: May 16, 2012
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Palpitations May Signal Future Heart Rhythm Problem
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Study found greater odds of developing atrial fibrillation
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Education Is Key to Health: Report
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM May 16, 2012 Comment (1)Along with poverty, less schooling linked to more chronic disease, disability and shorter life
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Scientists Hunt Ways to Stall Alzheimer's Earlier
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.
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Health Tip: When Should I Wash My Hands?
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM May 16, 2012 CommentWhen preparing food and at other times
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Health Tip: When Physical Therapy Ends
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM May 16, 2012 CommentDon't neglect exercise
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Undereducated Parents Have Fat Kids, Says CDC's Annual Report
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The Centers for Disease Control released their annual report on health.
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FDA panel backs first rapid, take home HIV test
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:32PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their own homes, after a panel of experts on Tuesday recommended approval of the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test.
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Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:27PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.
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Blacks, Hispanics Have Higher Colon Polyp Risk Than Previously Thought
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM May 15, 2012 Comment (1)Their rate of the precancerous colon growths was higher than that of whites, study finds
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Genes Might Be Key to Parkinson's Spread
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM May 15, 2012 CommentCertain variants were related to faster progression of movement disorder
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Beijing's Olympic Smog Shows Pollution's Effect on Health
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM May 15, 2012 CommentAs air quality rose and fell, so did blood-clotting factors, study found
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U.S. Assistance to Africa Cut AIDS-Related Deaths: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM May 15, 2012 CommentEvaluation attributes more than 740,000 lives saved to the program launched in 2003
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Trial Set to See if Drug Can Prevent Alzheimer's
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM May 15, 2012 Comment (3)Many of the study participants are genetically prone to the disease
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Asthma Cases Continue to Rise in U.S., Affecting Millions
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM May 15, 2012 Comment (1)Latest numbers from the CDC find 19 million adults and 7 million kids have the illness today
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Plavix's New Generic Status Could Be Boon for Patients
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM May 15, 2012 Comment (1)Price of widely used blood thinner should drop once patent ends Thursday
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U.S. Task Force Issues Blood Pressure Guidelines
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM May 15, 2012 CommentPatients do better when they receive care from a team of health professionals
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Two-Drug Combo Helps Teens With Migraines
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM May 15, 2012 CommentMany doctors already prescribe Treximet off-label to this age group, expert says
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Inhaled Steroids Lead to Big Drop in Asthma Deaths at Texas Hospital: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM May 15, 2012 CommentThey reduce inflammation in the lungs, improving control of asthma symptoms
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Doctors Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic Patient
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM May 15, 2012 Comment (3)Location of spinal cord damage allowed surgeons to bypass damaged nerve in arm
