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Honduras seeks to stop smoking — even at home
AP – Tue Feb 22, 1:54 am ET TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Lighting up a cigarette at home could bring a visit from Honduran police if a family member or even a visitor complains about secondhand smoke. Full Story »
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Education Might Help Kidney Recipients Spot Skin Cancer
HealthDay – Mon Feb 21, 11:47 pm ETMONDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Educating kidney transplant patients about their risk for skin cancer helps increase rates of skin self-examination and follow-up with a dermatologist, researchers have found. Full Story »
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Surviving Melanoma May Take Different Toll on Women, Men
HealthDay – Mon Feb 21, 11:47 pm ETMONDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The experience of surviving a melanoma may weigh more heavily on the emotional lives of women than men, a new study suggests. Full Story »
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Oral sex linked to cancer risk
AFP – Sun Feb 20, 8:57 pm ET
AFP/File WASHINGTON (AFP) - US scientists have said there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papillomaviruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men. Full Story »
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Gastric Bypass Best for Weight Loss, Study Finds
HealthDay – Mon Feb 21, 11:47 pm ETMONDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to shedding pounds and improving or eliminating type 2 diabetes, gastric bypass surgery may be better than other surgical weight-loss procedures, two new studies find. Full Story »
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Pot Use May Mellow Out Men's Sexual Function
LiveScience.com – Thu Feb 17, 8:14 am ETMarijuana users sometimes report that pot enhances their desire for sex. But a new review of research on marijuana and sexual health suggests that male smokers could be courting sexual dysfunction. Full Story »
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Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 18, 2011
HealthDay – Fri Feb 18, 11:48 pm ET(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story »
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Indian man has 39 wives, nearly 100 children
Reuters – Tue Feb 22, 2:27 am ETGUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - The more, the merrier is certainly true for Ziona Chana, a 66-year-old man in India's remote northeast who has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren -- and wouldn't mind having more. Full Story »
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Can Prescription Amphetamine Use Raise Parkinson's Risk?
HealthDay – Mon Feb 21, 11:48 pm ETSUNDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Taking prescription amphetamines may raise your risk of developing Parkinson's disease later, new research suggests. Full Story »
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Peer Support Beats Usual Care for Depression, Analysis Finds
HealthDay – Fri Feb 18, 11:47 pm ETFRIDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis of existing research finds that peer support may do a better job of treating depression than standard care. Full Story »
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Can early baldness signal elevated prostate cancer risk?
ContributorNetwork – Thu Feb 17, 1:51 pm ETAccording to a study was published in the Oxford Journals Annals of Oncology, men who experienced androgenic alopecia, or male pattern baldness, by the age of 20 were at an increased risk for prostate cancer later in their lives. The male hormone, androgen, might play an important role in developing both prostate cancer and male pattern baldness, or adrogenic alopecia. Full Story »
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Myanmar mass inoculation plan after polio case: UN
AFP – Tue Feb 22, 1:04 am ET
AFP/File YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar is planning a mass polio vaccination after a seven-month-old baby was diagnosed with the virus, the country's first case in three years, according to the the United Nations Children's Fund. Full Story »
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AIDS Relief Plan Spurs Approval of HIV Drug
ContributorNetwork – Fri Feb 18, 8:01 pm ETThe President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) spurred the FDA to declare tentative approval of the generic abacavir sulfate oral solution for the treatment of HIV-1. Ziagen-equivalent abacavir sulfate is made by Cipla, Ltd. of Mumbai, India. Full Story »
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Group of Short Ecuadoreans Holds Anti-Aging Secret
LiveScience.com – Sat Feb 19, 8:15 am ETA group of short-statured Ecuadoreans has surprised scientists, not for its members' dwarfism, but because they are also immune to cancer and diabetes. Now scientists think they've figured out the group's healthy secret. Full Story »
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Eight known carcinogens to remove from your house
Y! Green – Mon Feb 14, 11:58 am ETSecond only to heart disease as a leading cause of death in the United States, cancer is responsible for close to 500,000 deaths per year. Many products we use in our homes contain ingredients linked to or suspected to cause cancer, not to mention other ingredients that can cause allergies, asthma, and other health problems. Poor government regulation in the face of so many chemical ingredients is to blame, but we can take charge once we know what to look for. Full Story »
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