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| Researchers studying better insect repellants
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| AP - Researchers have identified seven possibilities for the next generation of mosquito repellant, some of which may work several times longer than the current standard-bearer, DEET. The next step: safety testing to make sure they're not harmful. -- read full article |
| Tue, 27 May 2008 07:49:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Conditions ripe for disease in Myanmar delta
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| AP - Myint Hlaing's family bathes and draws cooking water from an irrigation ditch fouled by human waste and a rotting cow carcass. His 10-year-old daughter suffers from diarrhea, despite drinking bottled water donated by aid groups.
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| Tue, 27 May 2008 07:42:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers
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| HealthDay - MONDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new laser treatment for early
vocal-cord cancer targets tumor blood vessels while preserving and
restoring patients' voices, according to Massachusetts General Hospital
researchers, who noted that radiotherapy or surgery can permanently damage
vocal quality. -- read full article |
| Mon, 26 May 2008 18:02:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Mild insulin pump-related skin problems common
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| Reuters - Many children and teens using
insulin pumps to control type 1 diabetes experience skin
problems at the infusion catheter insertion site, but few
report thinking about stopping insulin pump therapy because of
these problems. -- read full article |
| Mon, 26 May 2008 14:54:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| Suicides linked to work-related stress up in Japan
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| AP - The number of people who committed suicide or tried to in Japan because of work-related stress has doubled in the last five years, a government report said, illustrating the growing anxiety many here feel from increased workloads and competition. -- read full article |
| Sat, 24 May 2008 10:54:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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| McCain deemed in good health by doctors
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| Reuters - Republican John McCain
was deemed by his doctors on Friday to be in sufficient good
health to serve as president even as they reported a long
history of skin cancer, colon polyps, kidney stones and
dizziness.
-- read full article |
| Fri, 23 May 2008 17:21:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News |
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