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1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder, researchers report
(AP)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:32:13 GMT |
| AP - Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind. |
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Depression leads to internal fat in 70-somethings
(AP)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:10:12 GMT |
| AP - Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat — the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease — than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study found. |
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Asthma inhalers to go 'green' on Dec. 31
(AP)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:28:39 GMT |
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Some doctors may give up vaccines because of cost
(AP)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:28:01 GMT |
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Study shows families' financial strain from autism
(AP)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:36:04 GMT |
| AP - More than half a million U.S. children have autism with costly health care needs that often put an unprecedented financial strain on their families, national data show. |
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Obesity fuels fears of faster diabetes rise
(Reuters)
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:36:28 GMT |
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India's hijras spread safe sex message in life or death AIDS fight
(AFP)
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:25:51 GMT |
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Mexicans catch meth habit in shadow of drugs war
(Reuters)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:27:18 GMT |
| Reuters - Drug violence, including decapitations and grenade attacks, has killed some 4,500 people in Mexico this year but thousands of others are falling victim to a quieter crisis: addiction to methamphetamine. |
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More HIV testing can save babies' lives: U.N. report
(Reuters)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:14:30 GMT |
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Study Recruiting From Alzheimer's-Prone Families
(HealthDay)
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:47:22 GMT |
| HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- The adult children of people with
the rarer, inherited form of Alzheimer's disease are being sought for a
new study to better understand the biology of the brain disorder. |
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Radioactive 'Seed' Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight Breast
Cancer
(HealthDay)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:02:45 GMT |
| HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have had their breasts
augmented with implants and are later diagnosed with early-stage breast
cancer may be treated successfully with a partial-breast radiation
treatment known as brachytherapy, according to an Arizona physician and... |
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