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BALI, Indonesia (AP) — The world must prepare now for the serious impact climate change will have on health, from a jump in waterborne diseases to heart attacks and heat-wave deaths, the World Health Organisation said yesterday.
"We need to wake up,"...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) ¿ One measure of the troubled state of U.S. health care is the hordes of idealistic young people lining up to fix it.
A generation ago, college kids interested in health would have become doctors or nurses. Some might have picked...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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ATLANTA — Volumes have been written about how to properly behave at weddings or which fork to use at fancy dinners.
But when it comes to dealing with the neighbouring passenger who hogs precious airline arm space or the unruly kid who won't pipe down...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Those lords-a-leaping and ladies dancing may want to consider the downside of the holidays: Heart attack season has arrived.
December and January are the deadliest months for heart disease, and many of the things that make the seaso...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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NEW YORK — Researchers say they have discovered a major reason why women who inherit a mutated version of the gene BRCA1 run a high risk of breast cancer — and that finding might aid the search for new treatments.
A second gene, called PTEN, plays a ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ¿ After a stroke or mini-stroke, intensive lowering of "bad" low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with a statin drug significantly reduces the risk of a second stroke, according to new data from the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive R...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The oil-boom epic "There Will Be Blood" was chosen as 2007's best film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, one of the first key groups to weigh in during the long buildup to the Academy Awards.
Based on the novel "Oil!" by...
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A yearlong exploration by The Associated Press suggests that despite immense challenges, progress is gaining a foothold in pockets of Africa, in spheres ranging from democracy to education. And after minimal results from five decades of Western advic...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a time when black sitcoms are losing their luster, the eighth season of "Girlfriends" is worth noting.
The CW comedy about three close-knit LA gal pals is the longest-running live-action comedy currently airing on prime time net...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 58-year-old man who is in constant pain from head to toe. My hands and feet tingle, itch, burn, ache and sometimes go numb. I feel so tired all the time. I have gone to two neurologists, and still no answers have been given as t...
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