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Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery
about 3 hours ago
ATLANTA (AP) -- Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and ne  Read Story.
Studies: Intense treatment doesn't help diabetics
about 3 hours ago
ATLANTA (AP) -- Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets di  Read Story.
Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests
March 13, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) -- Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks....  Read Story.
Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes
March 13, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) -- Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for the  Read Story.
Experts say even Obama getting too many med tests
March 12, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President Bara  Read Story.
Court says thimerosal did not cause autism
March 12, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal court has ruled that the vaccine additive thimerosal does not cause autism....  Read Story.
Women on the pill may live longer
March 12, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says....  Read Story.
People with variable blood pressure at stroke risk
March 12, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday....  Read Story.
Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating
March 12, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even President Barack Obama - are bei  Read Story.
Guidelines: Do medical tests later, less often
March 12, 2010
Recent reports and guideline changes suggest some medical tests should be delayed, avoided, or done less often:...  Read Story.
Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given
March 10, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest  Read Story.
Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section
March 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government panel says too many women who want to avoid a second Cesarean-section for child birth are being denied the chance....  Read Story.
Study: those who stay fit have longer sex lives
March 10, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- It seems the old cliche may be true....  Read Story.
Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years
March 9, 2010
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's president says a recent health scare led him to quit smoking - a habit he's had for 50 years....  Read Story.
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening
March 8, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call   Read Story.
UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015
March 8, 2010
GENEVA (AP) -- The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned....  Read Story.
Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow
March 7, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better tre  Read Story.
WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination
March 5, 2010
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio....  Read Story.
WHO: 85 million African children to get polio shot
March 5, 2010
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio....  Read Story.
Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut
March 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria....  Read Story.


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