Health News
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Early Study Hints That Breast Cancer Vaccine Might Work
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM April 02, 2012 Comment (1)Treatment aimed at stopping recurrence does trigger immune response, but true significance unknown
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Measles Vaccines Won't Raise Seizure Risk in Young Kids: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM April 02, 2012 CommentKaiser Permanente researchers find youngsters aged 4 to 6 not at higher risk after shots
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Health Tip: Selecting a Childcare Provider
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM April 02, 2012 CommentFactors to consider include staff-to-child ratio
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Health Tip: Caring for Stitches
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM April 02, 2012 CommentSuggestions to help the wound heal
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Melanoma Rates On the Rise Among Young Adults: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM April 01, 2012 Comment (5)Young women hit the hardest, tanning beds may explain trend, researchers say
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Study: Long use of any hormones poses cancer risk
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:42PM April 01, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — New research suggests that long-term use of any type of hormones to ease menopause symptoms can raise a woman's risk of breast cancer.
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Blacks have trouble clearing cervical cancer virus
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:26AM April 01, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: They seem to have more trouble clearing HPV, the virus that causes the disease.
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HPV Infection Lasts Longer in Young Black Women: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM April 01, 2012 Comment (2)This persistence could explain higher rates of cervical cancer, researchers say
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Long-Term Estrogen Therapy Does Up Breast Cancer Risk: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM April 01, 2012 Comment (5)Data from government-funded study contradicts earlier findings on menopause treatment
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Diabetes Drug Metformin Might Also Help Fight Cancer
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM March 31, 2012 Comment (3)People taking it seemed to fare better when faced with prostate, pancreatic tumors, studies found
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U.S. Advisers Say It's Now Safe to Publish Bird Flu Studies
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM March 31, 2012 CommentRevisions to the research erase worry that bioterrorists might learn how to unleash a pandemic
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Most People Can't Tell a Tree Nut From a Peanut
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM March 31, 2012 Comment (1)Knowing which nuts to avoid can be a matter of life-or-death for those with nut allergies, study says
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Panel backs sharing studies of lab-made bird flu
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:53PM March 30, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government's biosecurity advisers said Friday they support publishing research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu because the studies, now revised, don't reveal details bioterrorists could use.
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CDC: Ads spark huge increase to quit smoking line
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:25PM March 30, 2012 CommentATLANTA (AP) — More than twice as many people called a toll-free number to help them quit smoking a week after the launch of a $54 million ad campaign that shows graphic images of diseased smokers, federal health officials said Friday.
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Changes in Insurance Make ER Visits More Likely: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM March 30, 2012 Comment (1)Researchers note that coming health-care reforms may lead to surge in emergency department use
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FDA Calls on Tobacco Companies to List Harmful Ingredients
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM March 30, 2012 Comment (1)Manufacturers must also back up claims that certain products are 'safer' to smoke
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Secondhand Smoke Affects Young Girls More Than Boys: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM March 30, 2012 CommentBy age 7, lung function was six times worse for exposed girls than boys, research shows
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Diet, Smoking May Affect MS Progression
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM March 30, 2012 CommentCaffeine, alcohol could slow multiple sclerosis, while cigarettes accelerate it, study suggests
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U.S. Women in Labor Longer Than They Were 50 Years Ago
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM March 30, 2012 Comment (3)Possible explanations include greater use of epidurals and mothers today are older, heavier, study says
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Study Weighs In on Diets for Kids
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM March 30, 2012 Comment (3)Meal plan with very low carbs was tough for children to follow, researchers say
