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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Health News New guidelines back mammograms starting at age 40 January 4, 2010 at 7:57 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mammograms should begin at 40 for women with an average risk of breast cancer and by 30 for high-risk women, according to guidelines released on Monday by two groups that specialize in breast imaging, contradicting controversial guidelines from a U.S. advisory panel last year. Psychotherapy, guided self-help best for binge eating January 4, 2010 at 5:13 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain kinds of talk therapy and guided self-help are both more likely than behavioral weight loss treatment to keep people free from binge eating disorder, according to a new study. Study finds quitting smoking raises diabetes risk January 4, 2010 at 5:07 pm LONDON (Reuters) - Smoking is well known as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but scientists said on Monday that quitting the habit can raise the risk even more in the short term. Many antipsychotic users not getting needed tests January 4, 2010 at 4:18 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who take newer drugs for schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions are supposed to have their blood sugar and cholesterol levels checked regularly but many don't, according to a study released today. Coughing smokers get more antibiotics, to no avail January 4, 2010 at 4:07 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors are more likely to prescribe antibiotics to treat cough in patients who smoke, but smokers get no more benefit from the drugs than non-smokers do, a large study from Europe shows. Later-to-bed teens risk sadness, suicidal thoughts January 4, 2010 at 3:24 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Earlier bedtimes make for happier teens, a new study in the journal Sleep suggests. Even with fewer risk factors, heavy men die earlier January 4, 2010 at 3:20 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight middle-aged men may have a higher risk of heart problems and strokes and die earlier than their thinner peers -- even in the absence of some traditional risk factors, a new study suggests. One in 10 births around world premature: WHO January 4, 2010 at 12:21 pm GENEVA (Reuters) - One in 10 of the some 130 million births around the world each year is premature, the vast majority in poorer countries where chances of survival are low, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Another study finds no MMR-autism link January 4, 2010 at 12:04 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study provides further evidence that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is not associated with an increased risk of autism. Job stress may raise diabetes risk in women January 4, 2010 at 11:47 am NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - White, middle-aged women working in British civil service jobs may want to keep an eye on their blood sugar. Those reporting high levels of job strain and little work-related social support appear to be at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Denim may thwart rattlesnake venom January 4, 2010 at 11:45 am NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're planning a trek into the wild, you might want to pack jeans instead of shorts. A new study suggests that a layer of denim offers at least some protection from rattlesnake bites. Restless legs syndrome, erectile dysfunction linked? January 4, 2010 at 11:34 am NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two disorders that seem completely unrelated except that each is the focus of massive drug company ad campaigns may actually have something in common: Older men who suffer from restless legs syndrome at night are almost twice as likely to have erectile dysfunction as those without restless legs, researchers report. AIDS drug cocktails saving lives: study January 4, 2010 at 11:07 am NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking a cocktail of powerful AIDS drugs appears to have cut the average death rate by half in a group of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, who were followed for an average of more than three years.   This email was sent to createrofheaven.healthnewsupdates@blogger.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.