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Antibiotics May Not Cause Diarrheal Bacteria (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new study questions the
commonly held belief that intestinal Clostridium difficile (C.
difficile) infections are always preceded by antibiotic use.
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NSAIDs Might Lower Breast Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are associated with a reduced risk for
breast cancer, a new review suggests.
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Small Intestine Senses Bitter Toxins in Food (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- If bitter-tasting food makes
you feel ill, it may just be your digestive system doing its job, a new
report says.
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Drug firms agree to invest more in AIDS research: U.N. (Reuters)
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that major pharmaceutical firms promised to invest more on researching treatments for the AIDS virus and diagnostic procedures for poorer regions.
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CEO says listeria in Toronto meat plant no surprise (Reuters)
Reuters - Maple Leaf Foods Inc Chief Executive Michael McCain said on Thursday it was not surprising to find listeria bacteria lingering in a Maple Leaf meat plant in Toronto whose products have been linked to at least 20 deaths in a food-poisoning outbreak.
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Obesity tied to early heart attack (Reuters)
Reuters - Heart attacks occur earlier in people who are overweight or obese, compared with normal-weight people, new research indicates.
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Parents' beliefs impact kids' asthma control (Reuters)
Reuters - Asthma control in over one in three children with asthma is not as good as it could be, and in many cases the suboptimal control relates to potentially modifiable beliefs of the parents, new research suggests.
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New Avian Flu Vaccine Strategy Proposed (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- People can be protected
against a potential avian flu epidemic by getting advance shots of a
vaccine that may or may not be effective against the strain causing the
epidemic, British researchers suggest.
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Don't use cold drugs in kids under 4: manufacturers (Reuters)
Reuters - Oral cough and cold medicines sold over the counter should not be used in children younger than 4 years old because of the risk of rare complications linked to inappropriate use, manufacturers said on Tuesday.
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Role of Circumcision in Reducing HIV Risk Still Unclear (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis of existing
research finds little evidence that circumcision protects gay men from
infection with the AIDS virus, but the issue is still far from
settled.
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