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| VA probing possible contamination at medical sites
April 7, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an investigation into whether there is a connection between improperly sterilized endoscopy equipment and a veteran's positive HIV test. |
| Trying to lose weight? Watch what you drink
April 7, 2009 at 9:47 am
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| 75 percent of U.S. adults are projected to be overweight or obese by 2015, according to researchers. Americans consume anywhere from 150 to 300 more calories than they did three decades ago and half of those calories come from liquid. A new study out of John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that reducing liquid calories, especially from sugar-sweetened drinks such as punches, fruit juices and sodas, helps people lose weight and keep it off. |
| Pistachio recall widened
April 6, 2009 at 10:50 pm
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| A California company has widened its recall of pistachios to raw nuts and all roasted nuts produced in 2008 after health inspectors raised concerns of salmonella contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday. | | | 
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| Yale Plans Closer Look at Exercise and Cancer (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 11:49 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A Yale professor has received $7 million in federal grants for two studies into whether exercise affects ovarian and breast cancer recovery. |
| Male Infertility Treatment Boosts Sperm Count (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 11:49 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A hormone-antioxidant combination therapy appears to improve sperm count and motility in infertile men, according to an Egyptian study. |
| Health Tip: Signs of Nail Fungus (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 11:49 pm
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| | HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Fungi can creep underneath nails on the toes and fingers, causing an infection. While this problem usually can be treated with a prescription medication, keeping nails clean and dry can help prevent it in the first place. |
| Topical Spray Helped Men With Premature Ejaculation (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 11:49 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A new spray enabled men with premature ejaculation to delay their orgasm six times longer than before, according to a study that included 300 European men. |
| Colon Screenings Don't Follow Guidelines, Study Suggests (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 11:48 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Despite clear guidelines recommending that older people undergo a colonoscopy only if they expect to live at least four more years, a new study reveals that seriously ill elderly men in the United States are being screened for colon cancer on par with healthy people. |
| Study finds 1 in 5 obese among 4-year-olds (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 9:03 pm
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|  AP - A striking new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese. Researchers were surprised to see differences by race at so early an age.
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| Colon Screenings Don't Follow Guidelines, Study Suggests (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 7:04 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Despite clear guidelines recommending that older people undergo a colonoscopy only if they expect to live at least four more years, a new study reveals that seriously ill elderly men in the United States are being screened for colon cancer on par with healthy people. |
| Male Infertility Treatment Boosts Sperm Count (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 7:04 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A hormone-antioxidant combination therapy appears to improve sperm count and motility in infertile men, according to an Egyptian study. |
| Obesity may raise risk of restless legs syndrome (Reuters)
April 6, 2009 at 4:31 pm
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| | Reuters - People who are obese may have an increased risk of developing the neurological disorder restless legs syndrome (RLS), researchers reported Monday. |
| Many suicidal men had problems in childhood: study (Reuters)
April 6, 2009 at 4:26 pm
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| | Reuters - Teenage and young adult men who make serious suicide attempts often had emotional problems at age 8, while most suicidal women succumb to depressions that develop after puberty, Finnish researchers said on Monday. |
| Yale Plans Closer Look at Exercise and Cancer (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A Yale professor has received $7 million in federal grants for two studies into whether exercise affects ovarian and breast cancer recovery. |
| Topical Spray Helped Men With Premature Ejaculation (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A new spray enabled men with premature ejaculation to delay their orgasm six times longer than before, according to a study that included 300 European men. |
| Among 4-year-olds, 1 in 5 obese, study finds (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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| | AP - A striking new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese. Researchers were surprised to see differences by race at so early an age. Overall, more than half a million 4-year-olds are obese, the study suggests. |
| When should Alzheimer's patients stop driving? (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 3:51 pm
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|  AP - Scientists are creating tests to show when it's time for people with early Alzheimer's disease to stop driving. It's one of a family's most wrenching decisions, and as Alzheimer's increasingly is diagnosed in its earliest stages, it can be hard to tell when a loved one is poised to become a danger.
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| Fawcett treated for cancer's spread to liver (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 3:48 pm
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|  AP - Farrah Fawcett is being treated for anal cancer that has spread to her liver and has been hospitalized for a complication from a routine treatment, a producer who worked with the actress and her doctor said Monday.
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| China in bold move on volatile health care issue (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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| | AP - China announced Monday the outlines of a thorough reform of the health care system that pledges to provide improved services to all citizens by 2020, tackling a critical issue that has become a major source of public dissatisfaction. |
| French hospital performs face, hand transplants (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 12:58 pm
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|  AP - Dozens of doctors working in teams over 30 hours performed the world's first simultaneous partial-face and double-hand transplant during the weekend, Paris' Public Hospital authority said Monday.
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| Health Tip: Signs of Nail Fungus (HealthDay)
April 6, 2009 at 9:03 am
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| | HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Fungi can creep underneath nails on the toes and fingers, causing an infection. While this problem usually can be treated with a prescription medication, keeping nails clean and dry can help prevent it in the first place. | | | 
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