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Health Highlights: May 25, 2012
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Cancer Patients Share Web Info With Docs for Insight, Advice
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Man Receiving Radiation Therapy for Cancer Treatment
They are not typically challenging their treatments, study found
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More Mental Health Care Urged for Kids Who Self-Harm
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM May 25, 2012 CommentParents, ER docs need to be alert for signs of behavior such as cutting, experts say
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Health Tip: Walk at Work
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM May 25, 2012 CommentAnd ask a colleague to join you
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Health Tip: Keep Magnets Away From Children
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Braden holds actual magnets removed from his stomach, corroded, close-up
They are choking and ingestion hazards
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Therapy May Help Ease 'Ringing in the Ears'
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Man covering ears to ignore someone
Tinnitus can be frustrating for patients, hard to treat, researchers say
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German doctors apologize for Nazi-era crimes
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:50AM May 25, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — Germany's medical association has adopted a declaration apologizing for sadistic experiments and other actions of doctors under the Nazis.
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Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:51PM May 24, 2012 CommentDALLAS (AP) — Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them.
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Discovery of Gene May Lead to New Male Contraceptive
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM May 24, 2012 Comment (3)Findings from mouse study could also result in new treatments for infertility
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High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy May Threaten Kids' Heart Health
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Teenage girl visiting her physician for a checkup. The doctor is taking her blood pressure.
Preeclampsia bodes ill for offspring, study says.
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Japanese-American Men With Low Vitamin-D Diet Face Higher Stroke Risk
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM May 24, 2012 CommentLong-term study followed participants for nearly 35 years
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Report: State tobacco prevention funding lacking
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:09PM May 24, 2012 CommentRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — States have spent only about 3 percent of the billions they've received in tobacco taxes and legal settlements over the last decade to fund tobacco prevention programs, making it harder to reduce the death and disease caused by tobacco use, according to a report released Thursday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Surgical Residents Often Fatigued, Study Confirms
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM May 24, 2012 CommentAlthough not startling, findings may have implications for patient safety
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Severely Obese Have More Complications With Spinal Surgery
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM May 24, 2012 CommentStudy found almost doubled risk after spinal fusion
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Strokes More Common in Southern States: CDC
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM May 24, 2012 Comment (1)Little decline seen in past 5 years, minorities hardest hit
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Autism Often Not Diagnosed Until Age 5 or Older: U.S. Report
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM May 24, 2012 Comment (1)But earlier interventions make a big difference, experts say
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States Use Only Fraction of Tobacco Revenues to Fight Smoking, Study Finds
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM May 24, 2012 Comment (1)Just $8 billion was spent on prevention out of almost $244 billion received, CDC says
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Babies' Vulnerability to Colds Tied to Immune Response at Birth
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM May 24, 2012 CommentSmall study found some infants had up to 10 colds in their first year
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Work-Related Asthma a Significant Problem: CDC
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM May 24, 2012 Comment (1)9 percent of all asthma cases are caused or worsened by job exposures, agency says
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Health Highlights: May 24, 2012
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