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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening
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 AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
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Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow
(AP)
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AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
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WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination
(AP)
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 AP - The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.
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Gene test claims to show what diet works best
(AP)
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AP - Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan.
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Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut
(AP)
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AP - Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria.
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Senators: Lift ban on gays donating blood
(AP)
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AP - The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday.
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Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who
are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following
treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study
reveals.
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As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates
into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex
(and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research
finds.
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Clinical Trials Update: March 9, 2010
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of
ClinicalConnection.com:
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Kids Who Get Flu Shots Protect the Unvaccinated
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get a flu shot
help prevent flu from spreading in their communities, Canadian researchers
say.
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Men likelier than women to enjoy sex in old age
(AFP)
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 AFP - Men are more than twice as likely as women to be sexually active in old age but good health is the key for both to feeling naughty, says a study published Wednesday by the British Medical Journal.
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Obesity and Depression: A Vicious Circle?
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be a
back-and-forth link between depression and obesity, say researchers who
reviewed the findings of 15 studies that included nearly 59,000
people.
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Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya
(AFP)
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 AFP - Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.
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Canadian vaccination study proves 'herd immunity'
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.
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HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells
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HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of
the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and often
roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving
scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the
killing powers of medicine.
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Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart
Disease
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 HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary
soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases
of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in
the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.
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Asthma Rates Rising Across the U.S.
(HealthDay)
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma rates are increasing
across the United States, a new government study shows, but certain states
have significantly lower rates of the respiratory disease.
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NY seeks 'fat tax' on sodas to fight rising US obesity
(AFP)
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 AFP - New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.
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