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The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a law outlawing the promotion of assisted suicide was unconstitutional, a decision likely to shape the national debate over the practice.
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To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see....
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Reuters - Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians believe ovarian cancer screening is effective and many would offer it to patients, according to a new survey.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Some things are fashion, and some are necessity. Where do men's undergarments fall? Increasingly, right in the middle....
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Close to 4,600 kids in the United States were hospitalized as a result of child abuse in one recent year, and 300 of them died, a new study shows.
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Design Within Reach has introduced a new line of bedding from the product designer Judy White.
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Reuters - Investigators searched the offices of French healthcare regulator Afssaps on Thursday in connection with a case involving the anti-diabetes drug Mediator, which officials blame for at least 500 deaths in France.
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Reuters - Programs that teach parenting skills early on may help prevent obesity in poor U.S. kids, a study published Monday suggests.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Children who move frequently may be at greater risk for worse health and psychological distress later on in life, according to a new study.
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ContributorNetwork - In a recent, not-at-all-surprising study published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists concluded that green tea could be -- in the words of Reuters -- the "secret to healthy old age." Researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan...(more)
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study further eases fears that the rotavirus vaccine might increase the risk of blocked bowels in infants -- a concern that led to an earlier version of the vaccine being pulled from the market in the United States.
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ContributorNetwork - FIRST PERSON | When should you get your first mammogram? The current guidelines from the American Cancer Society are that all women over 40 should get yearly mammograms. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) states women over 50 should get one every two...(more)
