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June 27, 2006

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200 babies tested after hospital TB scare Monsters and Critics.com - 5 hours ago More than 200 babies are to be tested for tuberculosis (TB) after a hospital worker was diagnosed with the condition. Letters have been sent to the families of 213 babies born at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson ... Babies tested after TB found in hospital worker Guardian Unlimited Babies Called in for TB Tests After Health Worker Falls Ill International News Service BBC News - BBC News - Gulf News - all 9 related

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10 things contribute to obesity, experts say Detroit Free Press - 18 hours ago Why are so many people fat? It's not only Twinkies, contends a report published today in the International Journal of Obesity. Why are so many people fat? News24 Ruling nothing out, scientists list 'Top 10' reasons for obesity Pioneer Press Newark Star Ledger - Sky Valley Journal - Rocky Mountain News - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - all 28 related

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Danbury group plans HIV Testing Day Danbury News Times - 15 hours ago It's in the Danbury High School curriculum. But Tim Salem, the school's assistant principal wants to underline its importance: People of any age should think carefully before doing the things that can spread the HIV virus. US capital in HIV test initiative BBC Bulgaria Washington, DC, To Launch HIV Testing Campaign for All Residents ... Kaiser network.org WNDU-TV - WEAU-TV 13 - Christian Post - WTVF - all 127 related

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Coffee cuts risk of adult diabetes - US study Reuters AlertNet - Jun 26, 2006 Coffee, especially the decaffeinated kind, seems to offer protection against adult-onset diabetes, a study said on Monday. What causes the apparent effect is unclear, the report ... Coffee consumption linked with reduced diabetes risk (but watch ... Newstarget.com Report Shows That Coffee May Prevent Diabetes Dog Flu Diet and Diseases Ivanhoe - Best Syndication - Pioneer Press - Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - all 118 related

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Study suggests being gay has basis in biology Houston Chronicle - 21 hours ago Men with several older brothers have a greater chance of being gay - whether they were raised together or not â€- finding researchers say adds weight to the idea that sexual orientation is based in biology. Study Says Homosexuality More Likely In Men With Biological Older ... Wall Street Journal (subscription) Being gay 'starts in the womb' Telegraph.co.uk Independent Online - Los Angeles Times - News-Medical.net - FOX News - all 418 related

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Singapore Eye Infections Heighten Contact Lens Concerns Forbes - 5 hours ago TUESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Health concerns focused on a recalled contact lens solution are continuing, with a report of 66 cases of a potentially blinding eye infection in Singapore. Contact lens fungus link to blindness Scotsman Pharmacies Ignore Pullout Order, Sell Harmful Ophthalmic Solution Arab News HealthCentral.com - all 6 related

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State's First Vioxx Trial Begins NBC4.TV - 1 hour ago LOS ANGELES -- A man who alleges he had a heart attack because he took the painkiller Vioxx became the first plaintiff Tuesday to have his civil suit go to trial in California against drug maker Merck & Co. Opening Statements Begin In California Vioxx Trial Wall Street Journal (subscription) Opening statements begin in California's first Vioxx trial KESQ Fox 12 Boise - CBS 2 - all 88 related

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Doctors oppose surgeries in supermarkets Guardian Unlimited - 28 minutes ago Supermarkets must not be allowed to set up walk-in clinics on their premises because a GP's advice to patients would be undermined by the cigarettes, alcohol and junk food on sale, doctors said yesterday. Fear for junior doctors' futures BBC News BMA blasts supermarket surgery proposals Retail Week (subscription) Haber Sağlık - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Earthtimes.org - Daily Mail - UK - all 65 related

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The eyes have it: watchful poster helps honesty study Irish Examiner - 53 minutes ago BRITISH scientists claim to have found a way of making people behave more honestly in an experiment they say could have a knock-on effect on everyday life. The eyes have it for making people behave more honestly Guardian Unlimited Teabreak freeloaders turn over new leaf when faced with a picture ... Telegraph.co.uk New Scientist (subscription) - Independent - BBC News - all 13 related

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Questions and answers about the smoking report USA Today - 40 minutes ago Surgeon General Richard Carmona on Tuesday released a 700-page report detailing the dangers of secondhand smoke. USA TODAY's Liz Szabo spoke to experts to answer some important questions about the report. US Surgeon General Embraces Workplace Smoking Ban MedPage Today Study Cites 'Indisputable' Evidence Against Secondhand Smoke Los Angeles Times Reuters.uk - Reuters - Forbes - CTV.ca - all 494 related

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Red Meat Linked to Pancreatic Cancer SR International - Radio Sweden - 15 hours ago Swedish researchers report that a diet high in red meat appears to raise the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Writing in “The International Journal of Cancer”, Dr. Red Meat Diet Linked To Pancreatic Cancer All Headline News Milk thistle drug blocks lung cancer in mice Reuters.uk Reuters - Medscape (subscription) - all 10 related

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Contact lens fungus link to blindness Scotsman - 38 minutes ago CONTACT lens wearers have been warned about a new fungus that can lead to blindness, after an investigation found that 200 people in the United States and the Far East have contracted the condition. Singapore Eye Infections Heighten Contact Lens Concerns Forbes Pharmacies Ignore Pullout Order, Sell Harmful Ophthalmic Solution Arab News HealthCentral.com - all 6 related

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Probe continues into 'first bird flu death' China Daily - 1 hour ago Chinese scientists are continuing investigations into what is believed to be the world's first bird flu fatality. In a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine last Thursday ... Journal says case closed on attempted withdrawal of Chinese bird ... CBC News Human-to-Human Transmission of Bird Flu Confirmed About - News & Issues International Herald Tribune - Wall Street Journal (subscription) - Canada East - SciDev.net - all 32 related

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NHS endangered by health reforms, warns BMA chief Belfast Telegraph - 15 hours ago Government health reforms are putting the NHS in danger and giving private companies a “licence to print money”, the chairman of the British Medical Association has warned. Patients say NHS does not offer real choice Haber Sağlık Fear for junior doctors' futures BBC News Guardian Unlimited - Telegraph.co.uk - Monsters and Critics.com - all 64 related

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Smoking Ban Only Way to End Secondhand Threat, US Report Says Bloomberg - 59 minutes ago Cigarettes, cigars and pipes should be banned in all public places because that would be the only cheap and effective way to protect Americans from secondhand smoke, the US surgeon general said. Study Cites 'Indisputable' Evidence Against Secondhand Smoke Los Angeles Times Experts and Officials React to Report on Secondhand Smoke UK News Reuters - International Herald Tribune - Forbes - MedPage Today - all 489 related

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HIV discordant couples on the increase in Uganda People's Daily Online - 14 hours ago Alex Apio, the assistant commissioner of the National Diseases Control in the Ministry of Health, was quoted by Tuesday's Daily Monitor as saying the situation makes it even more important that couples should use condoms. Record shows lack of condom use Fiji Times HIV discordant couples on the increase in Uganda Xinhua African News Dimension - African News Dimension - African News Dimension - all 7 related

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Red Meat Diet Linked To Pancreatic Cancer All Headline News - 55 minutes ago New York, NY (AHN) - A study by researchers at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, has revealed that a diet high in red meat may raise the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Milk thistle drug blocks lung cancer in mice Reuters.uk Red meat associated with pancreatic cancer Reuters SR International - Radio Sweden - all 10 related

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Health News Canada East - 16 hours ago OTTAWA (CP) - Canadian chocolate lovers have been advised to avoid some Cadbury products made in Britain after the confectioner announced some of them may have been tainted with salmonella bacteria. China Scientists Back Publication Wall Street Journal (subscription) First Chinese bird flu death 'was in 2003, not 2005' SciDev.net News-Medical.net - International Herald Tribune - CBC News - New Scientist (subscription) - all 30 related

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Being watched 'improves honesty' BBC News - 41 minutes ago The feeling of being watched makes people act more honestly, even if the eyes are not real, a study suggests. A Newcastle University team monitored how much money people put in a canteen "honesty box" when buying a drink. Watchful gaze that can keep you honest Independent Watchful eyes foster honesty CBC Nova Scotia all 4 related

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Handphones excite brain Electric New Paper - 2 hours ago That is the finding of a study by Italian researchers published in the Annals of Neurology. About 730 million handphones are expected to be sold this year, according to industry estimates, and nearly 2 billion people around the world already use them. Mobile phones could trigger brain disorders TMCnet Diagnosing Autism From the Womb? ABC News BetaNews - World Fitness - 7Online.com - People's Daily Online - all 87 related

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Coffee drinking may lower diabetes risk Reuters.uk - 19 hours ago Consumption of coffee, particularly the decaffeinated variety, is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Coffee consumption linked with reduced diabetes risk (but watch ... Newstarget.com Six Cups of Decaf a Day May Fend Off Diabetes MedPage Today Melbourne Herald Sun - Food Consumer - Medical News Today - KARE - all 116 related

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Surgeon General Warns of Secondhand Smoke Forbes - 3 hours ago 27.2006, 04:28 PM. Breathing any amount of someone else's tobacco smoke harms nonsmokers, the surgeon general declared Tuesday - a strong condemnation of secondhand smoke that is sure ... US Surgeon General Report Confirms Health Consequences of ... AScribe Passive smoke kills, says top doctor Daily Telegraph ABC News - KBTV4.tv - KTEN - 7Online.com - all 456 related

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Red meat associated with pancreatic cancer Reuters.uk - 18 hours ago A diet high in red meat appears to raise the risk developing pancreatic cancer, Swedish researchers report in the International Journal of Cancer. Red Meat Linked to Pancreatic Cancer SR International - Radio Sweden Milk thistle drug blocks lung cancer in mice Reuters.uk Cancerpage.com - Medscape (subscription) - all 9 related

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Ugandan warns on ARV's African News Dimension - 1 hour ago Ugandan Minister for Presidency,Dr Beatrice Wabudeya says, top social and medical actors in the fight against HIV/Aids have held a national Think Tank on the disease; with a warning that ... HIV discordant couples on the increase in Uganda People's Daily Online HIV Discordant Couples Increase AllAfrica.com Xinhua - African News Dimension - Fiji Times - all 7 related

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Stem cells may make brain repair for stroke victims PakTribune.com - 3 hours ago ISLAMABAD: US scientists may have discovered a new way to use stem cells to make the brain repair itself after a stroke, which brings much hope for stroke victims. Study raises hopes for new treatment for stroke victims Irish Examiner Stem cells offer brain damage hope Guardian Unlimited Earthtimes.org - Belfast Telegraph - all 18 related

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Counseling better than drug treatment for insomnia Reuters.uk - 1 hour ago Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a counseling method that emphasizes the role of thinking and behavior modification, is more effective than zopiclone for the short- and long-term treatment of chronic insomnia in older adults ... Therapy Bests Medication for Chronic Insomnia HealthCentral.com Behavioral Therapy 1, Sleeping Pills 0 Forbes FOX News - Forbes - WHDH-TV - all 9 related

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Cadbury linked to disease outbreak The Australian - Jun 25, 2006 CADBURY was fighting to save its reputation at the weekend as genetic tests showed a possible link between the salmonella strain that contaminated its products and dozens of cases of illness around Britain. Cadbury hid salmonella for months Irish Independent Cadbury Says It Didn't Try to Cover Up Chocolate Contamination Bloomberg Melbourne Herald Sun - Independent Online - Khaleej Times - Irish Examiner - all 134 related

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Memory Lapses May Herald Early Alzheimer's Forbes - 9 hours ago TUESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors with no outward signs of dementia but some deterioration in memory could still harbor the accumulated brain plaques that are typical of Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. Alzheimer's more common than previously thought, study finds Myrtle Beach Sun News `Senior moments' not that funny Toronto Star CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador - Winston-Salem Journal (subscription) - WQAD - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - all 476 related

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US Surgeon General Embraces Workplace Smoking Ban MedPage Today - 1 hour ago Calling secondhand tobacco smoke a significant risk to cardiovascular health, the US Surgeon General today praised states and municipalities ... Surgeon General's report slams second-hand smoke CTV.ca Experts and Officials React to Report on Secondhand Smoke UK News Medical News Today - Washington Post - USA Today - New York Times - all 440 related

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Insomnia: Talk Therapy Beats Sleeping Pills FOX News - 38 minutes ago A few talk therapy sessions help long-lasting insomnia better than sleeping pills, Norwegian researchers find. The simple treatment is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Behavioral Therapy 1, Sleeping Pills 0 Forbes Sleeping success WHDH-TV Forbes - Reuters.uk - HealthCentral.com - all 8 related

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Milk thistle drug blocks lung cancer in mice Reuters.uk - 40 minutes ago Silibinin, a drug derived from milk thistle, destroys lung cancer in mice, investigators at the University of Colorado, Denver report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Red meat associated with pancreatic cancer Health Sentinel Red Meat Linked to Pancreatic Cancer SR International - Radio Sweden Cancerpage.com - all 9 related

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Yuba and Sutter Counties Start Spraying for West Nile Virus KXTV - 1 hour ago Spraying to eradicate mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus begins tonight in Yuba and Sutter counties. The Yuba-Sutter Mosquito and Vector Control District says the communities of Robbins and Meridian will be sprayed first. West Nile Virus Found In Needham Mosquitoes CBS4Boston Severity of West Nile virus will depend on weather, birds DetNews.com WOWT - Flint Journal - KETV.com - Laramine Boomerang - all 119 related

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Cadbury chocs in Malaysia safe Malaysia Star - 23 hours ago There is no need to worry as the seven types of Made-in-Britain Cadbury chocolates cited for possible salmonella contamination are not sold in Malaysia. Health scare choc bars still on sale Manchester Evening News Cadbury kept quiet about contaminated chocolate News-Medical.net Independent Online - Melbourne Herald Sun - Wall Street Journal (subscription) - Channel News Asia - all 135 related

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Hoyer Recognizes National HIV Testing Day Southern Maryland Online - 36 minutes ago WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today recognized the important mission of National HIV Testing Day. "The Washington Metropolitan area is suffering from an AIDS epidemic and it is critical ... Free Tests Offered for National HIV Testing Day WTOC