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Stress may raise breast cancer risk in young women
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women who experience more than one stressful life event are at greater risk of developing breast cancer, but a general feeling of happiness and optimism may help guard against the disease, Israeli researchers report.
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Salmonella outbreak over: CDC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of an unusual strain of Salmonella that sickened more than 1,400 people and put 286 in the hospital appears to be over in the United States, federal health officials said on Thursday.
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Under-tongue therapy may ease bee-sting allergy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people who are strongly allergic to bee venom, desensitization using sublingual (i.e., under-the-tongue) immunotherapy may be a safer than injection immunotherapy, according to a proof-of-concept clinical trial conducted in Italy.
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Cervical cancer advances give hope to poor
LONDON (Reuters) - New screening tests and effective vaccines from Merck & Co and GlaxoSmithKline make tackling cervical cancer in poor countries a real possibility for the first time, researchers said on Thursday.
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WHO study backs universal health care
GENEVA (Reuters) - Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist worldwide, according to an independent World Health Organization commission which on Thursday called for all countries to offer universal health care.
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Skills-based therapy may curb eating disorders
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who suffer from bulimia or binge-eating disorder and who have borderline personality may be helped with "dialectical behavior therapy," results of a pilot study suggest.
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"Natural" cesarean mimics vaginal birth experience
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cesarean childbirth procedure developed in the UK takes a "woman-centered" approach and incorporates many important aspects of natural childbirth, according to a recent report.
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Water disinfection products no harm to pregnancy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking water that contains disinfection by-products at regulatory cut-off levels does not appear to raise a pregnant woman's risk of delivering a small baby or delivering prematurely, new research shows.
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AIDS cases seen on the rise in Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has a lower incidence of HIV than most of its neighbors despite sharing many of the risks, but health officials warned on Thursday that many new cases were now coming to light.
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HIV spreads in NY at three times the U.S. average
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers are contracting HIV at three times the national rate, the city health department said on Wednesday, attributing the difference to New York's large population of high-risk groups such as gay men and blacks.
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Maple Leaf takes blame for food poison outbreak
TORONTO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The head of Canada's biggest meat processor said on Wednesday his company was fully accountable for a nationwide outbreak of listeriosis food poisoning, which has been linked to deaths of 15 people.
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Stroke drugs show similar results, or no benefits
BOSTON (Reuters) - Two studies released on Wednesday call into question the advantage of using a blood pressure medicine and a well-known blood thinner for preventing the recurrence of a stroke.
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Researchers regrow crucial hair in inner ear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers working on mice have regrown the tiny hairs in the inner ear that are crucial to hearing, and said on Wednesday their findings might lead to ways to restore hearing loss in humans.
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Study points to brain chemical involved in obesity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers studying people with a rare genetic disorder have identified a brain chemical that may play a role in appetite and obesity, a finding they say could lead to new drugs to help some obese people.
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Mental skills fade earlier than thought: study
LONDON (Reuters) - The rapid deterioration of our mental abilities as we age begins far earlier than scientists had suspected, Swedish researchers said on Wednesday.
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Scoring system predicts risks of heart procedure
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new scoring system may help doctors and patients get a better handle on the potential risks of undergoing a common procedure to open blocked heart arteries, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday
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Researchers turn living cells into insulin-makers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have transformed ordinary cells into insulin-producing cells in a living mouse, improving symptoms of diabetes in a major step towards regenerative medicine.
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Flying is a headache, literally, for many travelers
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Headaches associated with air travel appear to be a "huge and painful problem," Israeli researchers report.
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Sleep helps selectively preserve emotional memories
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleep tends to help people better remember aspects of a negative event while allowing memory of background information to fade, researchers have found.
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Experiences key to injury prevention for teens
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Injury prevention programs for teens that evoke a strong emotional response and involve learning through experience, rather than classroom instruction, are more likely to get results, Canadian researchers say.
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