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  Whooping cough vaccine fades after 3 years: study AFP - 9 hrs agoThe vaccine for whooping cough commonly administered to young children loses its effectiveness after three years, according to the preliminary results of a new US st … More »Whooping cough vaccine fades after 3 years: study
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  Marijuana blocks PTSD symptoms in rats: study AFP - 13 hrs ago
  

  Marijuana administered in a timely fashion could block the development of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in rats, a new study conducted at Haifa University has … More »Marijuana blocks PTSD symptoms in rats: study
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  Race to save mothers, children set to fall short AFP - Mon, Sep 19, 2011A global campaign to save new mothers and children under five in developing nations has made strong gains but is set to fall well
  
  

  • Preemies may face higher death rates as adults Elaine Lies - Reuters - 2 hrs 23 mins ago(Reuters) - Health problems are common among premature babies, who are more likely to die than their full-term peers during the first few years of life -- and they may … More »Preemies may face higher death rates as adults
  • States still unclear on health insurance exchanges Alina Selyukh - Reuters - 5 hrs agoCRYSTAL CITY, Virginia (Reuters) - State health officials weighing the 2014 arrival of insurance exchanges heard little about the federally run option in a two-day meeting … More »States still unclear on health insurance exchanges
  • Doctors predict impotence after prostate treatment Frederik Joelving - Reuters - 8 hrs agoNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A man facing prostate cancer treatment can now get a rough sense of his odds of becoming impotent after the procedure, researchers said T … More »Doctors predict impotence after prostate treatment
  • Preemies face higher death rates as young adults Frederik Joelving - Reuters - 9 hrs agoNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When preemies grow up to be young adults, they could face slightly increased death rates, according to a new study based on Swedish data. More »Preemies face higher death rates as young adults
  • Express, Medco tout savings, competition in hearing Diane Bartz - Reuters - 10 hrs agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Express Scripts' deal to buy Medco Health Solutions will bring down drug costs and help the U.S. government track waste, fraud and abuse, executives … More »Express, Medco tout savings, competition in hearing
  • Talk therapy may ease OCD in kids Genevra Pittman - Reuters - 10 hrs agoNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding talk therapy to medication helps some kids and teens with obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to a new study. More »
    
    

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      Encouraging exercise may help teens quit smoking 

      Amy Norton - Reuters - 10 hrs agoNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Encouraging teenage smokers not only to quit, but to get physically active, may boost their odds of kicking the habit, a new study sugges … More »Encouraging exercise may help teens quit smoking
      
    • Too little evidence for ECG heart screening: panel Amy Norton - Reuters - 10 hrs agoNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although some doctors use electrocardiograms to screen symptom-free people for heart disease, there is too little evidence that it does any … More »Too little evidence for ECG heart screening: panel
      
    • WHO reports polio outbreak in China, warns of spread Reuters - 14 hrs agoGENEVA (Reuters) - Polio has broken out in China for the first time since 1999 after being imported from Pakistan, and there is a high risk of the crippling virus spreading … More »WHO reports polio outbreak in China, warns of spread
      
    • Tailored breast cancer drugs in focus at cancer meet Katie Reid - Reuters - 14 hrs agoZURICH (Reuters) - Doctors and investors at a cancer conference starting on Friday will be keen to find out more on the effectiveness of two promising new breast cancer … More »Tailored breast cancer drugs in focus at cancer meet
      
    • Qualitest recalls birth control pills: FDA 

      Reuters - 14 hrs agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qualitest Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling several lots of birth control pills because of a packaging error that could leave women at risk … More »Qualitest recalls birth control pills: FDA
      
    • New bird flu outbreak reported in India 

      Matthias Williams - Reuters - 18 hrs agoNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Authorities in eastern India will start culling chickens and destroying eggs to contain a new outbreak of H5 bird flu, the government said in a … More »New bird flu outbreak reported in India
      
    • Child abuse climbed with recession: study 

      Frederik Joelving at Reuters Health - Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the U.S. economy began to tank, the number of abused children landing in the hospital with severe brain injuries spiked, according to a study … More »Child abuse climbed with recession: study
      
    • Study looks at pedestrians hospitalized after bicycle crashes 

      Jonathan Allen - Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 1,000 pedestrians are hospitalized each year in New York state after being hit by bicyclists, with more than half those collisions occurring … More »Study looks at pedestrians hospitalized after bicycle crashes
      
    • Obese may be less able to control food impulses: study Julie Steenhuysen - Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thin people may be able to summon more mental defenses to resist tempting, high-calorie foods than obese people, researchers said on Monday. More »Obese may be less able to control food impulses: study
      
    • U.N. assembly backs steps to fight chronic disease 

      Lewis Krauskopf and Debra Sherman - Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - World leaders risk economic damage if they do not tackle killers like cancer and diabetes in concert with the industries that affect public … More »U.N. assembly backs steps to fight chronic disease
      
    • U.S. mental-health executive gets 35 years for fraud Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami mental-health executive was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Monday for her role in a $205 million healthcare fraud scheme. More »U.S. mental-health executive gets 35 years for fraud
      
    • Heart failure hits the poor extra hard Genevra Pittman - Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Poor women are more likely to end up in the hospital with heart failure, even when taking other measures of health and well-being into co … More »Heart failure hits the poor extra hard
      
    • Study sees no clear link between BPA, diabetes Amy Norton - Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study out Monday finds no clear evidence that people's exposure to bisphenol A, a controversial chemical in plastics, is related to their … More »Study sees no clear link between BPA, diabetes
      
    • Poor women get more unneeded breast cancer surgery Frederik Joelving - Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Old, poor and Hispanic women are all more likely to have lymph nodes under the armpit removed unnecessarily during breast cancer surgery, … More »Poor women get more unneeded breast cancer surgery
      
    • Gilead: Second trial of 4-drug AIDS pill meets goal Deena Beasley in Los Angeles - Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc's four-drug experimental HIV pill worked as well as a regimen containing protease inhibitor Reyataz in the second pivotal trial of the … More »Gilead: Second trial of 4-drug AIDS pill meets goal
      
    • Giving flu vaccine to US tots cuts ER visits Reuters - Mon, Sep 19, 2011(Reuters) - Recommending that all preschoolers get a flu shot cut visits to the emergency department for flu-like illness by more than a third, U.S. and Canadian researchers … More »