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Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy Increases Autism Risk
Pregnant women taking valproate, a drug used to treat
epilepsy, may significantly increase their...
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Obese Older Women Have an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer
A series of studies have shown that being obese or even
overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
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Family History Weighs Heavier Than Breast Cancer Gene Test
A study
conducted by University of Toronto
cancer specialist Dr. Steven Narod has recently...
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Breast Cancer Risk Up in Women with a Family History of the Disease
Women with a family history of breast cancer have a very
high risk of developing the disease even...
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Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant
Medical history was written recently, after a patient with both leukemia and HIV received a bone...
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Large Waists - Early Death Risk Factor
Obesity is one of the main risk factors in developing cardiovascular diseases and other serious...
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Hydrogen Sulfide May Regulate Blood Pressure
Hydrogen sulfide, the same gas used in many stink bombs, may also control blood pressure, US and...
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Study Identifies New High-Risk Group for Suicide: Middle-Aged Whites
A new study shows that the worrying trend
of suicides among middle-aged white men and women really...
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U.S. Suicide Rate Rise For White, Middle-Aged Men And Women
Though the suicide rate dropped between
1986 and 1999, the number of suicides for white women age...
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Breast Cancer Post-Op Radiations Raise Risks Of Developing Contralateral Tumors
Breast cancer research for cure, cause and prevention is an
on-going struggle for scientists, for...
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More Americans Suffer from High Blood Pressure
The number of Americans with hypertension,
or high blood pressure rose by 4 percent in recent...
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Think Pink! This Is Not a Joke!
In the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month a lot of measures are taken in order to make people...
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20-Year Disease Risk Study Commences
Increasingly younger people are developing chronic, progressive
and consumptive diseases, such as...
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Whose Health Care Plan Is Better? Obama Says McCain’s All Talk, No Substance
As the presidential campaign entered its final round, Sen. Barack Obama launched an attack on...
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The Domenici Wellstone Health Bill Approved
Though mental illnesses have been regarded for a long time
as real diseases, caused by certain...
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Think “Pink” for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
October is our chance to show that we care about breast
cancer victims or survivors. It is our...
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One Step Further: High Secretion of Adiponectin Lowers Cancer Risk
Medicine is taking vital steps towards identifying the causes of cancers - and perhaps even a cure....
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October’s Focus – Raising Breast Cancer Awareness
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks off
today, it is important to remember that early...
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Gene Variant for the Vitamin D Receptor Linked to Melanoma
Researchers at the University
of Padova in Italy have identified
a possible link between...
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Update: Pfizer Is Seeking FDA’s Approval For Osteoporosis Drug
Pfizer, the world’s biggest drugmaker, is
seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for...
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices Help Control Diabetes Better
Adults with type 1 diabetes who use
continuous glucose monitoring devices to control their blood...
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New Experimental Method, MBI, Detects More Breast Cancers
According to the American Cancer Society, more
than 180,000 women in the U.S.
will be diagnosed...
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Network Partnership Stands Up To Cancer
Famous networks CBS, ABC and NBC are combining to air a live, one-hour unique show and to donate...
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Suicide Rates among Teens Still High Compared to Previous Years
Though the youth suicide rate dropped in
2005 after a sharp rise in 2004, the number of suicides...
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Children With Older Dads Are More Likely To Develop Bipolar Disorder
Kids born to fathers older than 30 stand a higher chance of developing bipolar disorder, Swedish...
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Older fathers Are More Likely To Have Children With Bipolar Disorder
Older fathers are more likely to have
children with bipolar disorder, a mental illness also known...
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Study Links Skin Cancer To The Increase Of Other Types Of Cancer
Having a history of non-melanoma skin cancer may increase the risk of developing any other...
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Moisturizers May Increase the Risk for Skin Cancer in Mice. New Report Says
As more studies say that the incidence of
the most lethal form of skin cancer, melanoma, has...
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One In 5 Men Had A PSA Test In The Past Year
New research study shows that one in five
American men in their 40s had a PSA test in the past...
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Genetic Variants Could Explain The Onset of Schizophrenia
Two separate studies have linked schizophrenia to some
specific gene variations moving closer to...
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World
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German Prince Seeks Return Of Property
Potsdam, Germany - Some 63 years after the end of World War II, a German prince is trying to secure...
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Director, Egyptian Fans Find Common Ground On Mahfouz Novel
Cairo - Egyptians who flooded a cinema hall in downtown Cairo were curious to watch a movie based...
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Same-Sex Marriage Allowed in Connecticut
Starting today, same-sex couples will be able to get married across Connecticut. An official order...
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Hollywood Actor Ryan O’Neal and Son Busted For Possession
Sixty-seven-year-old actor Ryan O’Neal and his son Redmond,
23, were arrested on Wednesday on...
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McCain promises "change," slams his own party
St Paul, Minnesota - John McCain touted his military service and record as a reformer in seeking to...
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Sarah Palin, a surprise pick, brings conservative credentials
Washington - John McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin may come as a surprise, but she...
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Possible Kennedy surprise as Democrats open convention
Denver, Colorado - Edward Kennedy, the venerable Democratic Party stalwart who underwent surgery...
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Obama seeking convention cure for summer slump
Much rides on the historic Democratic convention opening Monday in Denver, Colorado.
US Senator...
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World Leaders Praised the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony
Foreign leaders present in Beijing
for the Olympic Games have acclaimed abundantly the successful...
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Barack "O'Bama": A Prince Of Ireland?
A Dublin-based genealogy firm has traced US presidential hopeful Barack Obama's Irish roots back to...
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Suicide of Scientist Linked to Anthrax Attacks Case Leaves Questions
The United States scientist who supposedly killed himself this week apparently did it because...
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Protesters Interrupt Bush’s Welcoming Speech
President George W. Bush made his first visit to Monticello
in Charlottesville, Va,
on...
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George Washington’s Boyhood Home Attracts Visitors
After several years of intense investigations, archaeologists finally
discovered the boyhood home...
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Obama Can Take Pride in His Health
Following John McCain’s release of his medical record, amounting to more than one thousand pages,...
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Court Grants Polygamist Sect Custody of Children
The members of the Texas polygamist sect have been given custody of their children after the Texas...
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Tornadoes, Storm System Kill At Least 7 in US Midwest
A huge system of tornadoes and powerful thunderstorms moved across the United States' midsection on...
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American Wine Pioneer Died At Age 94
The man responsable for popularizing the concept of quality American wine died Friday at the age of...
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DNA Confirms Austrian Incest Case
DNA results were presented by Austrian authorities in the
extremely shocking and highly debated...
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Polygamist Sect Children Relocated, Some Mothers Forced to Leave
One of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history has been under way during the past couple of...
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State Offers Settlement To Families Of The Va. Tech Victims
The state is offering a
settlement to the families of the Virginia Tech slaughter of...
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Woman on Boat Killed Accidentally when Hit by a Stingray
A woman from Michigan died
after a 75-pound stingray leaped from the water off the Florida
Keys...
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Gay Couple Sues Univ. For Rejecting Campus Housing Application
A gay couple has filed a suit
against the University
of Hawaii alleging the
institution has...
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Agreement to Triple AIDS Funding For PEPFAR
The Bush administration recorded one of the most successful achievements yesterday when a major...
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NYPD Reports: Therapist Kathryn Faughey’s Killer Arrested
New York police investigators
got a hold of the author of the terrible incident on Tuesday night,...
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Vancouver Man Claims to Be JFK’s ‘Love Child;’ He Wants DNA Tests
A Canadian man, who claims to be the secret child of former American President John F. Kennedy, has...
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Mexico Struck by 6.4 Magnitude Earth Quake
A powerful earthquake hit southeastern Mexico on Tuesday. The latest reports show that the...
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Five Killed During L.A. House Standoff
The gunman who shot his relatives and two SWAT officers
during a standoff at a house in San...
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President of the Mormon Church, Gordon Hinckley, Dead at 97
Gordon B. Hinckley, President and prophet of the Mormon Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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Child Molester Kenneth Parnell Dies in Prison at 76
Convicted Kenneth Eugene Parnell known for kidnapping Steven
Stayner in 1973 and for being the...
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Woman Walks Children on I-495, Murder-Suicide
A woman with a brief history of mental illness walked with her niece and nephew on Interstate 495...
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Specials
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Fall-Born Babies More Likely to Develop Asthma
Babies who are born in autumn, four months before
the peak of winter virus season, have a higher...
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Annette Gordon-Reed Wins National Book Awards
This year’s National Book Awards was a very special edition as the grand winner is an...
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No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes
The results of genetic testing for Type 2
diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...
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Arteries of Most Obese Kids – As Thick and Stiff as Middle-Aged Adults’
Hundreds of previous studies have shown that obesity comes with
a number of risks, such as heart...
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Bullies Enjoy Seeing Others Suffering, Study Indicates
A new study of brain activity reveals that aggressive boys and men may enjoy seeing others in...
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Paul McCartney Receives “Ultimate” MTV Europe Honor
Music icon Paul McCartney could not miss the MTV Europe
Music Awards on Thursday, especially since...
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'The View's' Hasselbeck Feels Good About Barack Obama's Victory
History was indeed made on November 4th when Democrat Barack Obama became the 44th President of the...
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Motown’s Tops Levi Stubbs Dies at 72
The world lost a great voice Friday. Four Tops’ lead singer Levi Stubbs Jr., considered by many the...
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Angioplasty Overused in Heart Patients
Percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI is the clinical
name for angioplasty and cardiac...
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Space Flight, A Family Tradition
Richard Garriott, an American game designer known for his imaginative RPGs, has successfully...
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High Blood Pressure Rates Up 5 Percent In The US
High blood pressure rates appear to increase in the United States,
according to a report released...
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AstraZeneca’s Seroquel XR Gets FDA Clearance for Bipolar Disorder
SEROQUEL XL, AstraZeneca Plc’s schizophrenia drug was approved by the Food and Drug Administration...
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French Author Le Clezio Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
Stockholm - Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, 58, of France was awarded this year's Nobel prize for...
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How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?
A 20-year, landmark study involving 10,000
participants, funded by a research group and three...
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OJ Simpson Found Guilty
After a deliberation process that demanded 13 hours, the
jury assembled for OJ Simpson’s trial...
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Elie Wiesel Turns 80
New York - Elie Wiesel survived Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp where his father, mother and...
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Actor Paul Newman Departed This Life At 83
Actor and philanthropist Paul Newman passed away Friday, at the age of 83. After having struggled...
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Paul Newman: A Star Among Stars
Paul Newman left this world at the age of 83, after a long
battle with cancer. He left behind his...
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Ryan O’Neal’s Sad Story
Fame and fortune do not ensure happiness nor a peaceful old
age, as is the case with “Love Story”...
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US Surgeon General Issues 'Call to Action' to Cut DVT and PE Numbers
In an attempt to reduce the number of people dying from deep
vein thrombosis and...
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Britney Breaks the Ice at the VMAs
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