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Health Tip: Don't Drive Distracted (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Distracted driving -- including driving while talking on the phone, trying to answer the phone or texting -- is a dangerous habit.
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Health Tip: Are You at Greater Risk of Pneumonia? (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Pneumonia, a respiratory infection of the lung, can be caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi.
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Cost of Junk Food May Influence Consumption (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- When the cost of junk food increases, people consume less of it, a new study has found.
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Alzheimer's 'Epidemic' Hitting Minorities Hardest (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, and blacks and Hispanics are at highest risk of developing the disease, a new report finds.
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Clinical Trials Update: March 9, 2010 (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
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Health Highlights: March 9, 2010 (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
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Survey May Help Docs Diagnose Mood Disorders (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- A single-page questionnaire can help primary-care doctors screen patients for common psychiatric illnesses, U.S. researchers report.
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Shift Work Can Put a Crimp on Sleep (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- To make ends meet these days, many Americans are sacrificing sleep to work night shifts or juggle two jobs.
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Doctor's Specialty Often Steers Prostate Cancer Care (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- The kind of treatment received by a prostate cancer patient often depends on the type of specialist providing the patient's care, new research shows.
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Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis (HealthDay)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study reveals.
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FDA approves Botox to treat wrist, finger spasms (Reuters)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 4:39pm
Reuters - U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved the use of Allergan Inc's wrinkle smoother Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers in adults.
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U.S. says "drugged driving" growing threat (Reuters)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 4:38pm
Reuters - Motorists under the influence of drugs are a growing threat on U.S. roads, while the number who drink and drive has fallen thanks to education and law enforcement, a top U.S. drug control official said on Tuesday.
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Medication fears lead to worse side effects (Reuters)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 4:17pm
Reuters - It may not be surprising, but a new study offers some proof that patients who are worried about their medications are more likely to have side effects from them.
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Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years (AP)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 9:50am
AP - Brazil's president says a recent health scare led him to quit smoking — a habit he's had for 50 years.
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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 2:04am
AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
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Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay)

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.
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Processed Meat May Harm the Heart (HealthDay)

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Conventional wisdom has dictated that fat from red meat is a risk factor for heart disease, but a new analysis from Harvard researchers finds it's eating processed meat -- not unprocessed red meat -- that increases the risk for heart disease and even diabetes.
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Breast-Feeding Helps Mom Stay Slimmer Later in Life (HealthDay)

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- The benefits of breast-feeding for infants are numerous and well-known, but researchers are finding more and more that breast-feeding can be a boon to mom's health as well.
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HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells (HealthDay)

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and often roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the killing powers of medicine.
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Health Tip: Dress Your Salad for Success (HealthDay)

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A salad can be a delicious and healthy meal or side item. But even a salad can become laden with calories with just a few toppings and dressings.
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