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China gains international recognition for immediate, effective responses to H7N9
Xinhua
GENEVA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- China has gained international recognition for its immediate and effective responses to the human infections with H7N9 virus, a side event on Influenza A (H7N9) showed Tuesday. The Chinese delegation to the 66th World ...
China's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billionReuters
H7N9 Flu: Shutting Bird Markets 'Crucial'MedPage Today
Bird Flu Costs in China set at $6.5 BillionVoice of America
Sky News Australia -Toronto Star -CIDRAP
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British man has healthy prostate removed to reduce cancer risk
UPI.com
Man makes decision as Angelina Jolie -- he removes healthy organ. Angelina Jolie arrives on the red carpet at the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood and Highlands Center in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. UPI/Kevin Dietsch. License photo ...
California study: Treatments for prostate and breast cancer vary widely ...Contra Costa Times
Does prostate cancer treatment help older, sick men?Reuters
How Likely Is Prostate Cancer to Kill?MedPage Today
dailyRx -Health.com
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FDA Says Suvorexant Increases Suicidal Thinking?
Guardian Express
Chris Brown Rear Ends Lady Chris Brown has rear-ended a lady driver just over an hour ago. Poor Chris… Carol Burnett Named as Mark Twain Prize Recipient · Carol Burnett Named as Mark Twain Prize Recipient Carol Burnett has been named as the Mark ...
FDA staff says Merck's sleep drug effective, questions dosageReuters
FDA Queries Need for Higher Doses of Insomnia DrugMedPage Today
Merck Insomnia Drug Safer at Lower Dose, FDA Staff SaysBloomberg
USA TODAY -Wall Street Journal
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Skin Cancer prevention– Sunscreen or Vaccine?
Guardian Express
May is skin cancer awareness month, with this Friday, May 24th being “Don't Fry Day”, supported by the EPA, the FDA and the National Cancer Association. How can we take measures to avert over-exposure to damaging rays? A recent article on Fox ...
That pre-holiday tan session to protect your skin could be fatalDaily Mail
Free Skin Cancer ScreeningsPhilly.com
Seven skin cancer prevention tips for "Don't Fry Day" on May 24thExaminer.com
Fox 59 -Fall River Herald News -The Columbian
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Dog owners tend to have healthier hearts
San Francisco Chronicle
Owning pets - especially dogs - is a good way to keep a healthy heart. That's according to the American Heart Association, whose researchers point out that dog owners were likely to get the recommended amount of weekly exercise. But the scientists can't ...
Good for youAlbany Times Union
Pet Ownership May Reduce the Risk of Heart DiseasePetside
Pets Ward Off Heart DiseaseTo Your Health
Quartz -Deseret News -Independent Online
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Asthma Tied to Sleep Apnea
MedPage Today
PHILADELPHIA -- Patients with asthma were also more likely to develop obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported here. Participants in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort who self-identified as having asthma at the start of the research in 1988 had a 41% ...
ATS: Adenotonsillectomy Offers Relief to Kids With Sleep ApneaDoctors Lounge
Removing Tonsils Helps Kids With Sleep Apnea, Study FindsU.S. News & World Report
Tonsil surgery reduces behavioral problems in kidsBoston Globe
dailyRx -Medical Xpress -Science Codex
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Tunisian Man is Latest Coronavirus Fatality
Wall Street Journal
A 66-year-old Tunisian man who died after returning from a pilgrimage to the Saudi holy city of Mecca is likely to have been sickened by a SARS-like virus and two of his children tested positive for the virus, Tunisian and World Health Organization officials ...
SARS-Like Virus Spreads to TunisiaABC News
A Tunisian man died of SARS-like virus after Mecca pilgrimageUPI.com
SARS-like virus claims new life in Saudi: ministryAFP
Al-Shorfa -Brandon Sun -Arab News
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New Drug May Help Some Asthmatics, Study Finds
New York Times
A new asthma drug being developed by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals may help patients whose condition is not well controlled by existing medicines, according to the results of a small clinical trial released Tuesday. Enlarge This Image ...
UPDATE 1-Regeneron, Sanofi asthma drug seen as potential game changerReuters
New Asthma Drug Generates Excitement For Patients -- And Its MakerForbes
Antibody Gets High Marks for Asthma ControlMedPage Today
Nature World News -Guardian Express -FierceBiotech
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Bed-sharing 'raises cot death risk fivefold'
BBC News
Sharing a bed with a newborn increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome fivefold, research claims. The risk applies even if parents avoid tobacco, alcohol and drugs - other factors firmly linked to cot deaths. The BMJ Open research compared nearly ...
Any Bed-Sharing Puts Baby at Risk for SIDSMedPage Today
Bed sharing may increase risk of SIDS by five timesCBS News
Sudden infant death risk greater when parents share bed with babiesThe Guardian
CBC.ca -Telegraph.co.uk -WebMD.Boots.com
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Vitamins That Cost Pennies a Day Seen Delaying Dementia
Bloomberg
A cheap regimen of vitamins in use for decades is seen by scientists as a way to delay the start of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, a goal that prescription drugs have failed to achieve. Drugmakers including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and ...
Should you be taking vitamin B to protect against Alzheimer's?Daily Mail
Vitamin B could stave off AlzheimersTelegraph.co.uk
The truth about Alzheimer's: Can you really fight off condition with pills or lifestyle ...Mirror.co.uk
New Scientist -msnNOW -Counsel & Heal
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