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    Study: Drug combos may raise breast cancer risk (AP)

    Golf fans at the sixth hole are shown wearing pink at the Colonial golf tournament, Saturday, May 30, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Many spectators and golf players are wearing pink at the tournament Saturday in a show of support for Amy Mickelson, who announced last week that she has breast cancer. Mickelson is the wife of professional golfer Phil Mickelson. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)AP - Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows.


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    Sun, 31 May 2009 05:26:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Who And What Are You To Believe About HIV? (PlanetOut)
    PlanetOut - "I have had three partners die as a result of the HIV virus since the mid 80’s and I am still negative. -- read full article
    Thu, 21 May 2009 19:05:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Combo treatment allows surgery for liver cancer (Reuters)
    Reuters - Direct injection of drugs into the arteries feeding the liver coupled with standard chemotherapy can make inoperable liver cancers suitable for surgery in about half of patients, new research shows. -- read full article
    Fri, 29 May 2009 21:27:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Methodology for AP-mtvU poll on student stresses (AP)
    AP - The Associated Press-mtvU poll on college student stress, the economy and mental health was conducted April 22 to May 4, 2009. -- read full article
    Thu, 21 May 2009 10:03:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- A two-drug combination treatment proved successful in safely slowing advanced non-small cell lung cancer in a recent clinical trial. -- read full article
    Sat, 30 May 2009 18:03:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Australian cruiser docks after swine flu outbreak (AP)

    In this Nov. 6, 2007 image provided by P&O Cruises is the cruise ship the Pacific Dawn as it sails past the Sydney Opera House in Sydney. The ship with 2,000 passengers aboard will cut short a Great Barrier Reef voyage and head to a major Australian port after three crew members were found Thursday, May 28, 2009, to have swine flu. (AP Photo/P&O Crusies, James Morgan,  HO)AP - An ocean liner docked in an Australian city on Saturday despite objections raised by port officials over a swine flu outbreak on board that cut short a Great Barrier Reef cruise.


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    Sat, 30 May 2009 10:02:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Congressional panel to analyze VA hospital mishaps (AP)
    AP - A congressional panel will question Department of Veterans Affairs officials about mistakes that put patients at risk of possible exposure to HIV and other infectious body fluids at three VA hospitals. -- read full article
    Sat, 30 May 2009 14:51:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Hormone pills may make lung cancer more deadly (AP)
    AP - There's more troubling news about hormone therapy for menopause symptoms: Lung cancer seems more likely to prove fatal in women who are taking estrogen-progestin pills, a study suggests. -- read full article
    Sat, 30 May 2009 18:08:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Daily glucose testing may lower macrosomia risk (Reuters)
    Reuters - Daily self-monitoring of blood sugar, or blood "glucose," levels by pregnant women who have mild gestational diabetes is more effective than weekly office-based testing in reducing the risk of having an infant born with macrosomia, excessively large size for his or her duration of development, according to research published in the current issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. -- read full article
    Fri, 29 May 2009 21:04:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Eating Out With a Diabetic Child (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It's easy to monitor what your diabetic child eats at home when you're the one preparing the meals. But it gets trickier when the family eats at a restaurant. -- read full article
    Sat, 30 May 2009 03:48:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    US cancer care: Treatment choices are all about you (AFP)

    Doctors review the results of PET scans of a patient being treated at the Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. US cancer experts are preparing to focus on new developments in making treatment ever more personalized, right down to the molecular level, at their main annual gathering this weekend.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - US cancer experts are preparing to focus on new developments in making treatment ever more personalized, right down to the molecular level, at their main annual gathering this weekend.


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    Fri, 29 May 2009 16:50:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Low oxygen level prostate tumors often recurrent (Reuters)
    Reuters - Hypoxia, or reduced oxygen levels, in prostate tumors significantly predicts a poor long-term biochemical outcome, regardless of other prognostic factors, such as tumor stage or type, according to results of a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting in Orlando. -- read full article
    Fri, 29 May 2009 21:22:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Neighborhood Safety Is Linked to Disability (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Living in unsafe neighborhoods -- or even believing that a neighborhood is unsafe -- can lead to disability among elderly, low-income people, suggests a new study. -- read full article
    Sat, 30 May 2009 03:48:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Stimulant Chewing Gum Can Be Dangerous for Kids (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- Stimulant chewing gum can be dangerous if used excessively by children and teens, warn doctors who wrote a case report about a teenage boy who was hospitalized after chewing a large amount of the caffeine-containing gum. -- read full article
    Sat, 30 May 2009 03:48:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Value of Taking Aspirin to Cut Heart Risk Varies (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) --Taking aspirin reduces heart attack risk in people with no previous history of vascular disease but increases the risk of internal bleeding, say British researchers who analyzed the results of 22 clinical trials. -- read full article
    Sat, 30 May 2009 03:48:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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