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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)
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Sam Anderson visits Dickens World, a theme park based on the works of Charles Dickens.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of dying from a hormone receptor-positive breast cancer increases with age, according to new research. And one reason might be that older women with breast cancer are undertreated compared to their younger peers.
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A report published today by the Royal Society tackles the divisive issue of the potential uses of neuroscience research by the military or security forces -- whether to improve the performance of our troops, to "diminish" the performance of the enemy or, perhaps most controversially, in...(more)
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Dr. Jan Chozen Bays, a pediatrician and meditation teacher in Oregon and the author of a guide to mindful eating, will answer your questions on the philosophy and practice of eating thoughtfully.
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | We all have ideas about what child abuse victims look like--who they are and what their experiences may be. When I think of child abuse victims, my ideas are probably similar to those of most Americans. I think of shaken four-year-olds, beaten...(more)
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An advocate for the prevention of child abuse said at a conference that the church should listen to victims rather than focus their attention on priests accused of wrongdoing.
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Reuters - Dr. Joe Casillas, an obstetrician in Southern California, routinely prescribes birth control for his patients. Though he's a practicing Catholic, he doesn't follow his church's stern warning that contraception is a sin. He believes women should have access.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer - "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. - she was so moved she sat in her car and wept....
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LiveScience.com - When it comes to offering healthier food choices to children, urban schools may do better than suburban schools, according to a new study.
