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Lifelong Health: Study Finds Aspirin Lowers Return of Breast Cancer

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:27:41 +0000

A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that
women with breast cancer who were taking a low dose of aspirin had a 46
percent lower risk of recurrent disease than those who did not take the
easily accessible, over-the-counter medication.
Researchers from Harvard

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Non-heterosexuals subject to cyberbullying

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:43:28 +0000

The online survey involved 444 junior-high, high-school and college
students between the ages of 11-22 — including 350 self-identified
non-heterosexual subjects.

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Michelle Obama named fitness role model

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:43:28 +0000

The magazine’s first annual Champions of Health and Fitness Awards were
nominated by health experts for their contributions over the past year.
Aso named were: Serena Williams; Donna Karan; Anne Mahlum; James Park
and Eric Friedman; Julie Wilkes; Mick Cornett; Mia Birk; Jamie Dukes,
Rich Eisen and Scott Hanson and Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg.

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Bone marrow may harbor HIV

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:43:28 +0000

Scientists at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor discovered bone
marrow — thought to be resistant to the virus — may contain latent
forms of the infection not affected by current anti-human
immunodeficiency virus drug regimens.

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Men more interested, have better sex life

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:43:28 +0000

The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found the gender
differences increased with age and were greatest among the 75- to
85-year-old group.

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Supplements may hurt prostate treatment

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:33 +0000

Researchers at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., looked at
three widely used commercial prostate-specific dietary supplements taken
by many prostate cancer patients to improve or increase sexual potency
or alleviate symptoms associated with poor prostate health.

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Less kidney cancer for men who work in sun

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:33 +0000

Sara Karami of the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Md., and
colleagues observed a 24 percent to 38 percent reduction in kidney
cancer risk with increasing occupational sunlight exposure among men.

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Patients like same-day medical treatment

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:33 +0000

Arif Ahmed and Jack Fincham of the University of Missouri, Kansas City,
conducted a telephone survey of nearly 500 U.S. adults that found the
time and cost savings offered by retail clinics are attractive to
patients, who are likely to seek care for minor illnesses at such
clinics, given sufficient cost savings.

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N.Y. health dept. slams sugary drinks

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:33 +0000

Speaking at a symposium on obesity in Albany, N.Y., Richard F. Daines
said the tax, included in the executive budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal
year, is a battle to reduce obesity. He detailed the efforts of the
beverage industry to market cheap soda, especially in low-income and
minority communities; manipulate pricing to promote greater consumption;
rally opposition to government efforts to reduce consumption of sugary
beverages and blame the rise in childhood obesity on parents, while
denying any link between obesity and non-diet soda consumption.

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Teach self-control, improve kids’ behavior

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:21:38 +0000

The study, published in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, found
children in a school-based mentoring program were about half as likely
as others to have any discipline incident during the 3-month period of
the study.

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