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Autism testimony resumes in vaccine court
Testimony resumed Monday in a long-running case involving thousands of children with autism that their parents contend was triggered by an early childhood vaccination.
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Drugs Alone Don't Lower Heart Disease Risks for OverweightAmericans
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Daily doses of statins andblood pressure medications will not be enough to prevent heart diseaseamong the ever-growing number of Baby Boomers who are overweight or obese,a new study suggests.
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Study: Older brains don't benefit from painkillers
AP - Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people.
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Painkillers don't slow dementia, study says
Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people.
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Hookah smoking popular with the college crowd
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A sizable percentage of college students have tried smoking waterpipes, often under the false impression that they offer a "safer" way to smoke, a new study suggests.
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Text nagging prods teens to take meds
4gt yr meds? Getting kids to remember their medicine may be a text message away.
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Court hears claim linking vaccines to autism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The parents of two 10-year-old boys who believe vaccines caused their sons to develop autism brought their case to U.S. federal court on Monday, arguing a mercury preservative in the shots caused a rare reaction.
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Nagging via text messages to help teens remember meds
AP - 4gt yr meds? Getting kids to remember their medicine may be a text message away.
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Being breast-fed may lower breast cancer risk
Reuters - Adult women who were breast-fed as infants may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who were not breast-fed, unless they were first-born, study findings suggest.
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Health Canada issues lobster tomalley advisory
Health Canada is advising people to limit their consumption of tomalleys, the loose, green substance found inside cooked lobsters, out of concern for possible toxic contamination.
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