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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 1:39:12 PM EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmissi... (source: Reuters) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among children and teenagers with asthma, those who also have peanut allergies may have more or more-severe asthma attacks, a new study suggests. (source: Reuters) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
When a friend is depressed, it's hard to know what to say. But by simply reaching out, you may help avert a tragedy like the one Marie Osmond's family experienced. Here's how to gently help. (source: CNN) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
Some mothers refuse to breast-feed -- and not because they can't produce milk or prefer formula. They simply prefer to pump milk and exclusively bottle-feed their babies (source: Time) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
In her new book, How to Never Look Fat Again: Over 1,000 Ways to Dress Thinner -- Without Dieting!, author Charla Krupp has solutions for everything from the muffin top to the Buddha belly (source: Time) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
A physics student at the University of California thinks hella deserves immortalization in the annals of mathematics as an officially recognized scientific-unit prefix (source: Time) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Potentially Lethal Inhalants More Commonly Used by 12-Year-Olds than Marijuana, Cocaine and Hallucinogens Combined (source: CBS News) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
It now appears possible to sequence a patient's genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful. (source: New York Times) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two studies published on Wednesday show it is possible to sequence the entire gene maps of families with inherited diseases and pinpoint the offending bit of DNA. (source: Reuters) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
The Acculift anti-aging procedure is the latest trend in the quest to look better and younger. Erica Hill spoke with facial plastic surgeon Dr. Jon Turk to explain the new method. (source: CBS News) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
Dr. Jennifer Ashton discussed Harry Smith's televised colonoscopy, as well as who should get the screening and why. And David Letterman joked about it. (source: CBS News) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Wellington - A tobacco company executive defended adults' right to smoke when he appeared Thursday before a New Zealand parliamentary inquiry at which Maori leaders have said smoking is killing their people. Graeme Amey, managing director of British ... (source: Earth Times) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
What Families living with muscle disease in the East of England are joining forces with clinicians and MPs at an inaugural conference for the region, organised by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. The conference will be an opportunity for families to learn... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
"Value-based insurance design" plans help steer patients to high-quality treatments, which could improve health and possibly ... (source: USATODAY) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
The medical experts told an National Institutes of Health conference that the trend of "once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean" may be safely reversed. (source: New York Times) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com
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