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Vaccine court finds no link to autism
Health News - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:58
A special court ruled Friday that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that vaccines caused autism in three cases.
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Reid's wife undergoes neck surgery after wreck
Health News - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:24
The wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid underwent neck surgery Friday after being injured with their daughter in a four-vehicle wreck in suburban Washington a day earlier, her surgeon said.
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Boundaries always teacher's duty
Health News - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:41
A 33-year-old California teacher is charged with having sex with a 14-year-old student. Whatever strong bonds students and teachers may have, it's always the adult's responsibility to set boundaries, experts say.
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Reset sleep cycle for better grades
Health News - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:06
Ethan Merbaum knows all too well the feeling of not getting a good night's rest, of lying in bed with nothing happening and being tired without being able to fall asleep. He knows all about watching his grades plummet and even about falling asleep in class.
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U.S. maternal deaths 'scandalous'
Health News - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:06
Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful" Friday.
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More pain for disfigured Haitian teen
Health News - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 11:34
The town of Petite Riviere de L'Artibonite lies two hours south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Bacterial meningitis reportedly kills student
Health News - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 07:07
An Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness.
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Post-9/11 illness, injury claims settled
Health News - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 21:24
The WTC Captive Insurance Co. announced settlements Thursday with more than 10,000 plaintiffs who claimed sickness or injuries after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The settlements could total up to $657 million.
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Haim had enlarged heart, manager says
Health News - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 17:37
The autopsy on Corey Haim revealed the actor's heart was enlarged and his lungs were filled with water when he died, Haim's manager said.
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Coroner: Post-Katrina hospital death not homicide
Health News - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 13:36
After reviewing the case of a woman who died at New Orleans, Louisiana's Memorial Hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina, coroner Frank Minyard said Thursday that he cannot classify her death as a homicide.
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Report: 12-year-olds abusing inhalants
Health News - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:20
When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting high on inhalants.
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How to save a friend from the brink
Health News - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:21
When a friend is depressed, it's hard to know what to say. But by simply reaching out, you may help avert a tragedy like the one Marie Osmond's family experienced. Here's how to gently help.
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31 reasons for no mom guilt
Health News - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 08:04
Sure, you could always be more organized, more cheerful, more on top of every little detail. But you're not a Mombot, thank goodness, and no one (except, perhaps, you!) expects you to be.
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Healthier men want more sex for more years
Health News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:20
Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women.
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CDC: Herpes still 'serious' threat
Health News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:42
As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday.
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What can I do for chronic sinusitis?
Health News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 06:53
I have been diagnosed with chronic sinusitis. It would seem like every six months or so, I have an episode where I am unable to go to work for about three days because I develop a temperature, swollen lymph nodes, (recently, swollen, inflammed tonsils) headaches and skin flora on my scalp. How is skin flora associated with sinusitis? Will this ever stop?
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Minorities' higher Alzheimer's risk
Health News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:41
Francisca Terrazas and other Latinas are about 1.5 times more likely than Anglos to develop Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, a new report says. Read how her family copes.
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'You just don't look disabled'
Health News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 08:35
People come up to Aimee Mullins all the time and say, "you know, I have to tell you, you just don't look disabled."
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Bipolar being diagnosed younger
Health News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 06:50
This week, Dr. Charles Raison offers part two of his answer to the viewer question: Can a 9- or 10-year-old be bipolar?
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Dems: No health bill sked promises
Health News - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 18:40
Despite a call from the White House for health care legislation to pass this month, key Democrats are avoiding any promises about how soon the next steps may come.
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