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You don't hear much about mentally ill people being locked in the attic by misguided relatives anymore. There are no "insane asylums" where patients go for counseling but end up getting a lobotomy instead. Words such as "warehouse," "snake pit" and "cuckoo's nest" are no...(more)
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ATLANTA -- A nasty, sometimes deadly stomach bug is at least six times more common than was thought, researchers said Tuesday, based on a survey of hundreds of U.S. hospitals. The germ, Clostridium difficile, is resistant to some antibiotics and has become a regular menace...(more)
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior than among those who have tamer viewing tastes. "Sex and the City," anyone? That was one of the shows used in...(more)
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When you gaze at Stonehenge, it's impossible not to ask, "What, when, where, who and why?" But even experts can't unravel the entire mystery of this ancient ring of huge stones in southern England. However, they keep trying. Earlier this year, Geoffrey Wainwright and Tim...(more)
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Reuters - U.S. researchers have found a way to switch on a cell-killing protein in the body, a finding that could lead to new ways to treat diseases like cancer in which cells grow out of control.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Doctors removed a tumor from an East Timorese baby that was almost one-third the child's body weight during a life-saving operation in New Zealand, officials said Thursday....
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Reuters - Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins modestly reduce levels of a protein in a man's blood that doctors often use to screen for prostate cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.
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(Teresa Fasolino) I really appreciate all the comments and suggestions that followed my recent post on wines for Thanksgiving. One recurring thought among the comments: why was I not recommending American wines for Thanksgiving? First of all, it's not really true. In my Thanksgiving wine panel...(more)
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Women who suffer regular migraines may face a much lower risk of breast cancer, say researchers.
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A large government study of whether Vitamin E and selenium protect men against prostate cancer has been suspended, federal health officials announced yesterday, after an independent analysis determined that the nutrients did not reduce the risk for the common malignancy. The $119 million study, involving...(more)
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Reuters - African Americans with heart disease are as likely to suffer from depression as their white counterparts, but they are less likely to be on medication for it, a new study suggests.
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AFP - Migraine sufferers who likely have no kind words about the condition may take comfort in news that women who get the extra-strength headaches have a 30-percent lower breast cancer risk, according to a new US study.
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