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    Health Tip: Taking a Mental Status Test (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Mental status tests are given to determine the state of a person's mental health. The test, for example, can help gauge the mental progression of a physical illness such as Alzheimer's disease. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:03:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Study details heart problems after childhood cancer (Reuters)
    Reuters - Survivors of childhood cancer who had aggressive chemotherapy are at increased risk of structural and functional heart problems, a new study indicates. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:22:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Keep GERD Under Control (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GERD) occurs when a valve in the esophagus opens spontaneously, and stomach contents rise up into the esophagus. It can be controlled with a doctor's treatment plan, which is likely to include medication. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:03:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Couple charged in Norway for circumcising 5 girls (Reuters)
    Reuters - Police in Norway have arrested a Gambian-born man and charged him and his wife with subjecting five of their six daughters to genital mutilation, officials said on Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:32:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes doubles the risk of liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis, or cirrhosis, a Dutch study reports. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:46:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    High cholesterol may up Parkinson's disease risk (Reuters)
    Reuters - High cholesterol levels are associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, according to findings from a Finnish study. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:02:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Sunlight, Vitamin D May Cut Kids' Diabetes Risk (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Adequate sun exposure and vitamin D levels may play an important role in helping to prevent type 1 diabetes in children, a new study suggests. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:46:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Teens with bipolar disorder are at greater risk of smoking and substance abuse, says a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study that supports previous research. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:46:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    NY considers creating 'organ-removal' ambulance (AP)
    AP - Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve the body so that the organs might be taken for transplant. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:14:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes doubles the risk of liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis, or cirrhosis, a Dutch study reports. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:01:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Osteoporosis drugs little used in nursing homes (Reuters)
    Reuters - Few nursing home patients at high risk of bone fractures are given medications to strengthen their bones, a new study suggests. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:26:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Sunlight, Vitamin D May Cut Kids' Diabetes Risk (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Adequate sun exposure and vitamin D levels may play an important role in helping to prevent type 1 diabetes in children, a new study suggests. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:01:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Teens with bipolar disorder are at greater risk of smoking and substance abuse, says a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study that supports previous research. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:01:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    South African health minister says HIV rates declining (AP)

    A young South African woman holds a poster for the AIDS Legal Network in 2006. The number of HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa appears to have dropped further last year, signalling a possible overall decrease in cases of the virus, the health minister said Thursday.(AFP/File/Rodger Bosch)AP - South Africa's health minister said Thursday that HIV infection rates among pregnant women declined for the second straight year and claimed it was proof of the success of government policies.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:09:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials have started a safety review of a class of drugs known as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers, which are widely prescribed to treat autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:47:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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