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    Workshop Helps Parents, Kids Talk About Sex (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Teach parents how to talk about sex with their teen, and they will tackle this tough subject more readily and often, a new study says. -- read full article
    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:43:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: July 11, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:43:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Pioneering heart doctor Michael DeBakey dead at 99 (AP)

    In this Oct. 6, 1977 file photo Dr. Michael DeBakey, 69, Houston famed heart surgeon, poses with his wife Katrin, 34, for the first public photograph of their two month old daughter Olga Katrina, born on July, 29, 1977 in Houston. DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday night July 11, 2008 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, officials announced. He was 99. (AP Photo, FILE)AP - Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99.


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    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:02:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- A chemically modified form of interferon improves the chances that melanoma patients will survive and have no recurrence of the skin cancer, according to a new report. -- read full article
    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:46:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Workshop Helps Parents, Kids Talk About Sex (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Teach parents how to talk about sex with their teen, and they will tackle this tough subject more readily and often, a new study says. -- read full article
    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:46:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: July 11, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:46:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Study finds arsenic threats in SE Asia (AP)
    AP - Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta and Indonesia's Sumatra island face high risks of arsenic contamination in groundwater that could cause cancer and other diseases in residents, according to a new study. -- read full article
    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:59:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Hospital error blamed for more infant overdoses (AP)

    Hector and Maggie Chapa, grandparents to twins Keith and Kaylynn Garcia who died this week at a  Corpus Christi, Texas hospital, talk about their grandchildren Friday, July 11, 2008 at their attorney's office in Corpus Christi. The hospital has acknowledged that an error in its pharmacy caused the overdose of 14 infants in the hospital. (AP Photo/Caller-Times, Todd Yates)AP - The case of 14 babies who received accidental overdoses while in intensive care has raised new questions about how a common blood-thinning medication could be given to infants repeatedly in the wrong dosage.


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    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:56:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Study: As gas prices go up, auto deaths drop (AP)

    High gas prices are posted at a Shell gas station in San Mateo, Calif., Thursday, July 10, 2008. The average roadside price for gasoline on Thursday stood at $4.104 a gallon — just a hair below the record $4.108 hit Monday, according to auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - High gas prices could turn out to be a lifesaver for some drivers. The authors of a new study say gas prices are causing driving declines that could result in a third fewer auto deaths annually, with the most dramatic drop likely to be among teen drivers.


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    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:33:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Pioneering heart doctor Michael DeBakey dead at 99 (AP)

    Heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey of Houston addresses the press after returning from Egypt where he performed surgery on the deposed Shah of Iran. DeBakey said in this Thursday on April 3, 1980 file photo taken in Houston that the Shah was quite ill, but that the operation was a complete success. DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday night July 11, 2008 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, officials announced. He was 99. (AP Photo, FILE)AP - Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99.


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    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:16:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- A chemically modified form of interferon improves the chances that melanoma patients will survive and have no recurrence of the skin cancer, according to a new report. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:08:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New genetic mutation tied to Alzheimer's disease (Reuters)
    Reuters - Scientists have found evidence that a mutation in a gene called CALHM1 that results in abnormal calcium signaling influences the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects early 18 million people in the world. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:44:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Repeat TB test urged for kids adopted from overseas (Reuters)
    Reuters - Children adopted from overseas may harbor tuberculosis infection even if they test negative for TB upon arriving on US soil, a new report warns. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:41:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: July 11, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:08:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    ED from prostate cancer hormone therapy treatable (Reuters)
    Reuters - A new study shows that a substantial minority of men receiving so-called androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT, for prostate cancer experience erectile dysfunction (ED). However, many respond well to ED therapy, doctors from Memphis have found. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:47:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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