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Skip Day Links- Health Highlights: Aug. 12, 2009
- Scientists Reverse Multiple Sclerosis in Mice
- FDA Details Access to 'Investigational' Drugs
- Gene Therapy Offers Hope Against Inherited Blindness
- Stray Breast Cancer Cells Yield to Post-Op Chemo
- Ventilation After Breathing Tube Removal May Alter Outcomes
- Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 12, 2009
- Surgery for Neck Pain May Also Relieve Headaches
- When It Comes to Casual Sex, Men Aren't So Picky
- U.S. Women Delaying Motherhood, Report Shows
- New Antibiotics May Target Cancer-Causing Proteins
- Female Supervisors More Likely to Be Sexually Harassed
- Experts Urge Cognitive Testing of Kids With Epilepsy
- Stressed Out College Students Losing Sleep
- Folk Medicine Therapy May Prevent Alcoholic Relapse
- Weight Lifting Can Ease Arm Swelling in Breast Cancer Survivors
- Health Highlights: Aug. 11, 2009
- New Genetic Link Suspected for Muscular Dystrophy
- Many Parents, Caregivers Lack Basic Child-Safety Information
- Swine Flu May Not Be Any Deadlier This Fall: Experts
- Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 11, 2009
- Limb-Sparing Surgery May Offer Little Benefit to Cancer Patients
- Mediterranean Diet Plus Exercise Lowers Alzheimer's Risk
- For Macho Men, Doctor Visits Are Less Likely
- Stem Cell Advance May Further Disease Research
- New Bone-Building Drug Promising Against Prostate Cancer
- How Weight Loss Helps the Heart
- Oral Drug Ups Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases
- Suicide Risk With Antidepressants Falls With Age
- Aspirin May Stem Deaths From Colorectal Cancer
- Delivery-Related Infant Deaths Decline in Scotland
- Health Highlights: Aug. 10, 2009
- Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 10, 2009
- Seizures, Not Epilepsy Itself, May Raise Birth Risks
- Sharing Prescription Meds Common Among U.S. Teens
- 9/11 Responders May Be At Raised Myeloma Risk
- Blows to the Chest Up Death Risk for Lacrosse Players
- Staph Infection May Follow People Home From Hospital
- Optimism Good for Heart and Longevity
- Study Ties Mini-Strokes to Memory Loss
- Genome Sequencing Gets More Affordable
- Dogs and 2-Year-Olds on Same Mental Plane
- Fertility Can Be Preserved in Ovarian Cancer Patients
- Radiation for Brain Tumors May Affect Cognition
- Kids With High IQs Live Longer
- Young Moms Follow Their Mother's Parenting Style
- Breast-Feeding May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
- More Evidence Healthy Living Brings Long Life
- Health Highlights: Aug. 7, 2009
- Expanding Health Coverage May Not Improve Access
- Steroid Can Ease Severe Sore Throat
- U.S. Stem Cell Research Seems to Focus on Two Lines
- Signs of Depression Noted in Second Graders
- Immunoglobulin Can Predict Some Diabetic Complications
- Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 7, 2009
- Many Opt for Surgery to Lower Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk
- Beetroot Juice May Boost Stamina
- Drinking Moderately or More Ups Men's Cancer Risk
- Cell Conversion Shows Promise for Diabetes Treatment
- Cholesterol Screening Shouldn't Rely on Kids' Weight
- Slide Into Debt Could Bring Wider Waistline
- School Closures May Not Be Necessary When Swine Flu Strikes
- When Kids Are Hospitalized, Parents Fret About Errors
- If Baby Is Breech, Technology Might Help
- Health Highlights: Aug. 6, 2009
- Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 6, 2009
- Cold, Flu or Pneumonia? Answer May Lie in Blood Test
- Sperm Cell Insights May Aid Stem Cell Research
- Hospice Care Eases the End for Loyal Pets
- Food Allergy Facts Need More Focus
- Living in U.S. May Raise Hispanics' Cancer Risk
- TNF Blockers May Help Some With Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Men With Angina Do Worse Than Women
- Bacteria May Be Connected to Colic
- Sunlight May Cause Rash in Autoimmune Disease
- Rooks Show Intelligence in Catching the Worm
- Rapid Swine Flu Test Misses Many Infections
- Stroke Doubles Risk of Hip, Thigh Fractures
- Combo Treatment May Ease Depression After Stroke
- Many Texas Docs Not Pushing HPV Vaccine for Girls
- Health Highlights: Aug. 5, 2009
- Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 5, 2009
- Fish Oils May Prevent and Treat Heart Disease
- Gut Hormone Could be Key to Blood Sugar
- Genome of Leukemia Patient Reveals Common Mutations
- Surgery, 'Sham' Equal in Treating Compression Fracture Pain
- Sex Hormone Protein May Predict Type 2 Diabetes
- Not-For-Profit Nursing Homes Fare Better in Studies
- DEET in Bug Spray Tied to Neural Damage in Mice
- Scientists Decode HIV Genome
- Autism May Hinder Ability to Read Body Language
- Less Aggressive Care for More Severe Heart Disease
- Scientists Learn How Cancer Drugs Cause Hypertension
- Social Stress Sends Body Fat to the Stomach
- U.S. Spending on Mental Health Care Soaring
- Health Highlights: Aug. 4, 2009
- Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 4, 2009
- With a Broken Hip Comes Higher Risk for Dying
- Key Factors Define 'Prolonged Grief'
- Young Vets With PTSD More Prone to Heart Risk Factors
- Elder Abuse, Neglect Make Early Death Far More Likely
- For Many, 9/11-Linked Trauma Emerged Years Later
- Special Eye Drops May Reverse Glaucoma Damage
- Medicines Top Source of Kids' Poisonings
- Scientists Find Way to Stop Epilepsy in Mice
- No Link Found Between Birth Anesthesia and Learning Issues
- Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA
- Periodic Dieting May Cut Breast Cancer Risk
- Screening May Not Lessen Domestic Violence
- Midlife Heart Risk Factors Linked to Later Dementia
- Health Highlights: Aug. 3, 2009
- Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 3, 2009
- Crucial Finding Advances Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Low Birth Weight Might Raise Adult Kidney Disease Risk
- Surgical Masks Help Ward Off Flu, Maybe
- Scientists Bioengineer New Teeth in Mice
- Induced Labor May Improve Outcome in Risky Pregnancies
- Antidepressant Use in U.S. Has Almost Doubled
- Young Kids' Screen Time May Raise Blood Pressure
- Lots of Schoolkids Squint to See Chalkboard
- One in 10 High School Seniors Have Used Narcotic Painkillers
- Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Heart Risk Factors in Kids
- Blood Type May Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk
- Gym Class Injuries Up 150 Percent
- Metformin May Lower Diabetics' Odds for Pancreatic Cancer
- Rock-Climbing Injury Rate Soaring
- Scientists ID First Human With Gorilla Strain of HIV
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