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Many postmenopausal women take multivitamins in the belief that they help prevent cardiovascular disease or cancer, but a large study has found that they do neither.Previous studies have had mixed results, some suggesting that multivitamin supplements are associated with a reduced risk for some cancers, others finding little or no effect.For the new findings, published in the February issue of

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By Karla GaleNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When breast cancer develops during pregnancy, its diagnosis and treatment of are often delayed. As a result, the woman's long-term survival may be jeopardized, doctors at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report."Pregnancy-associated breast cancer is the most frequent cancer associated with pregnancy," Dr. George H. Perkins told Reuters

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being treated for pancreatic cancer, but doctors reportedly caught the small tumor early, which may improve her odds of surviving the usually deadly disease. Pancreatic cancer is relatively rare, but in the past few years, it has gotten more attention because it has afflicted actor Patrick Swayze and Apple CEO Steven Jobs. Here are some facts you need

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S.C. Lawmakers Cut Medicaid Hospice Benefits From BudgetGREENVILLE, S.C. -- The hospice mission is to serve all, regardless of ability to pay -- but that may become a bigger challenge to fulfill for hospice groups statewide.In efforts to save money, South Carolina state lawmakers decided to cut Medicaid hospice benefits -- a move that will force dying patients to fend for themselves.Home care is

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One of the largest studies to explore whether fertility drugs increase a woman’s risk of ovarian cancer found “no convincing association” with the cancer, though researchers said they would continue to follow tens of thousands of Danish women to see if their risk increased with age.The generally reassuring results were consistent with several other recent studies, which have tempered an initial

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Review of the health problems with soy and why it is not the health food you were led to believe it is.

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By Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In more good news for coffee lovers, a new study suggests that middle-aged adults who regularly drink a cup of java may have a lower risk of developing dementia later in life.Whether coffee itself deserves the credit is not yet clear, but researchers say the findings at least suggest that coffee drinkers can enjoy that morning cup "in good conscience."The

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Having a CT scan of the heart to check for heart disease? You may want to ask how your hospital plans to conduct the test. A new study suggests that people who get the common heart test can get a dramatic range of radiation exposures.In the study of 1,965 patients undergoing the CT scans (also known as cardiac CT angiography), the median exposure was roughly equivalent to 600 chest X-rays, or

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WASHINGTON -- Emergency medical helicopter pilots had the most dangerous jobs in the U.S., racking up fatalities at a faster clip than loggers and other historically risky professions, according to a new study presented to federal air-crash investigators.In addition to sobering statistics about the hazards of such medical chopper flights for patients as well as pilots, testimony at a National

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By MARY SWIFTSOMETIME SOON, perhaps even this week, President Barack Obama is expected to lift federal regulations on the use of embryonic stem cells in medical research.With recently awarded FDA approval, a California biotech firm sits poised to begin the world's first human trial that will involve injecting embryonic stem cells into the spinal cords of people who are paralyzed.The subject spurs

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Many women who need to hear this message the most aren't getting it: Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women.Nationally, only 28 percent of African-American women and 24 percent of Hispanic women understand this reality, said Elizabeth Cisco, a member of the board of the American Heart Association's Midwest Affiliate. The comparable figure for all women is 57 percent, according to association

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Northwestern University-led research team reports that insulin, by shielding memory-forming synapses from harm, may slow or prevent the damage and memory loss caused by toxic proteins in Alzheimer's disease.The findings, which provide additional new evidence that Alzheimer's could be due to a novel third form of diabetes, was published Monday in the online edition

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By Megan RauscherNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children and teenagers who face the greatest risk of nutritional deficiencies tend to use vitamin and mineral supplements the least, researchers reported Monday.Among 10,828 US children ages 2 to 17 years old who participated in the 1999 to 2004 United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, roughly 34 percent had used vitamin and

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Many a new mother suffers the ravages of postpartum depression just when her new baby demands the most attention. Until recently, there’s been little physical evidence to determine which mothers are most at risk of developing this debilitating condition but doctors at the University of California, Irvine, have just reported their finding that a simple blood test, taken during pregnancy, does

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WASHINGTON — Even though federal health officials have begun a criminal investigation into whether the Peanut Corporation of America deliberately sold contaminated products, the government still needed the company’s permission last week before announcing a huge recall of its products.The wording of the recall statement had to be approved by the company before the Food and Drug Administration

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BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Despite knowing all the harms of smoking, Li Pingping, who lives in Shanghai, still decided to buy two cartons of cigarettes as presents for her father back in southwest China's Chongqing."When you pick up gifts for the elders during festivals or anniversaries, cigarettes are a nice choice," she said.Li will take the cigarettes with her on the three-hour-flight to her

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As President Obama continues his welcome sprint past former President George W. Bush's policies - goodbye gag rules, torture, inattention to climate change - we'd like to pause at one destination that has a particular interest for California. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved a request from Geron, a biotechnology company based in Menlo Park, to begin a human clinical trial

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With the nation preoccupied by the financial crisis, Democrats have been quietly working to nationalize health care.Tom Daschle is still waiting to be confirmed as secretary of health and human services, not that he's in any rush. Democrats are already enacting his and Barack Obama's agenda of government-run health care -- entirely on the QT.This was the real accomplishment of this week's House

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By Jessica Garrison, Andrew Blankstein and Jeff GottliebWhen she learned that she was expecting multiple babies, doctors gave her the option of selectively reducing the number of embryos, but she declined.The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week already has six young children and never expected that the fertility treatment she received would result in eight more babies, her mother said

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THURSDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Sertraline (Zoloft) and escitalopram (Lexapro) are the best of 12 new-generation antidepressants, while reboxetine is the least effective, a new analysis shows.The Italian researchers reviewed 117 studies that included more than 25,000 patients with major depression to come to this conclusion.The drugs tested in the trials were bupropion (Wellbutrin/Zyban),

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By GARDINER HARRIS and PAM BELLUCKChristopher Meunier, 7, had not been sick since he was a toddler, but in late November, he suddenly had a high fever and bloody diarrhea and started vomiting.Christopher Meunier had salmonella poisoning last year. “He was just screaming in pain,” his mother, Gabrielle Meunier, said.“He was just in screaming pain,” said his mother, Gabrielle Meunier of South

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People who donate a kidney live just as long and are just as healthy as those with two kidneys, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers that is the largest ever done on the long-term health consequences of donation.The study provides a reassurance that experts hope will encourage more organ donations at a time when the need for such life-saving transplants is on the rise.

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SCHIP Could Cover 11 Million ChildrenThe Senate is expected to approve a bill today that provides health insurance to about 11 million low-income children, paving the way for President Obama to claim an early legislative victory and collect a quick down payment on his campaign pledge to guarantee care to every American child.Senate Democrats, after easily defeating Republican attempts to narrow

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By Daniel J. DeNoonStudy Shows More Than Expected Amounts of BPA May Accumulate in Americans' BodiesJan. 28, 2009 -- The plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) doesn't leave the body as easily as previously thought, a new study suggests.BPA is everywhere: in PVC pipe, in polycarbonate drink containers, in the plastic that lines food and soft-drink cans, and even in dental sealants. It's also in our

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BY CAROL MARBIN MILLERcmarbin@MiamiHerald.comWith deep cuts looming in the state budget, children's advocates are eyeing a potentially bountiful source of new dollars: small tobacco companies.As the nation's largest cigarette makers battle upstart companies that sell smokes for half the price of older brands in Florida, a new combatant with a singularly sympathetic agenda has entered the fray:

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