 |
| AP - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection? |
| Can home cooking be hazardous to your health?
(AP)
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 AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. |
| Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation
(AP)
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 AP - Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it. |
| New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB
(AP)
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| AP - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill"and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems. |
| Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia
(AP)
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| AP - Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests. |
| Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal
(AP)
|
 AP - The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic"and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands. |
| Double hand transplant patient shows new hands
(AP)
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| Time.com - A new study finds that some users of the weight-loss pill Meridia may have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke |
| Study: Diet Drug Meridia May Boost Heart Risks
(Time.com)
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| LiveScience.com - To most human males, the thought of your mother anywhere near your sex life is probably horrifying. Not so for the bonobo, one of our closest primate relatives. A new study confirms that hanging out with mom boosts male bonobos'chances of getting intimate with a fertile female. |
| For Bonobo Males, Mom Is the Best Wingman
(LiveScience.com)
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| HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com: |
| Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 3, 2010
(HealthDay)
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| HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Children with sickle cell
disease experience more life-threatening complications from the H1N1 swine
flu than from seasonal flu, a new study has found. |
| Sickle Cell Kids at Greater Risk of 'Swine Flu'Complications
(HealthDay)
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| HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Older people prefer to read
negative news stories about the young, possibly because it makes them feel
better about themselves, a new study suggests. |
| Seniors Get Boost From Bad News About the Young
(HealthDay)
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| AP - People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study suggests. |
| Bone drugs may raise risk of throat cancer
(AP)
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| HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A drug widely used to
treat high blood sugar in type 2 diabetics may hold some promise in the
prevention of tobacco-induced lung cancer, according to extremely
preliminary findings in a mouse study. |
| Diabetes Drug Metformin Linked to Lower Lung Cancer Rate in
Mice
(HealthDay)
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| HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of bowel surgery for
children with Crohn's disease is much lower than reported in previous
studies, according to new findings. |
| Lower Risk of Surgery Than Thought for Kids With Crohn's
(HealthDay)
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| AP - The military has arrested an Air Force sergeant and accused him of having unprotected sex with partners he met at "swinger"parties in central Kansas even though he knew he was HIV positive, according to a military affidavit. |
| Air Force: Sergeant may have exposed others to HIV
(AP)
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