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2008-09-04 13:06:11 - Prenatal counseling may aid black women's health (Reuters) (health)
Reuters - Counseling on smoking cessation and other health issues during pregnancy may have lasting benefits for low-income African-American women, a study suggests.

2008-09-04 13:06:11 - Breast cancer care faulted in community hospitals (Reuters) (health)
Reuters - Women who have advanced breast cancer treated in a local community hospital appear to have a lower long-term survival rate than their counterparts treated at academic medical centers, a new study indicates.

2008-09-04 13:06:10 - Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 4, 2008 (HealthDay) (health)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

2008-09-04 11:06:02 - New Screening Catches More Breast Cancers (HealthDay) (health)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- While tremendous progress in screening and treatment for breast cancer has been made in recent years, some 184,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2008, and about 41,000 women will die of the disease.

2008-09-04 01:05:23 - Prescription drug abuse seen up, cocaine down (Reuters) (health)
Reuters - More young adults abused prescription pain drugs last year but their use of cocaine and methamphetamines fell, while illicit drug use by baby boomers in their late fifties soared, a U.S. agency said on Thursday.

2008-09-03 21:05:17 - U.S. study clears measles vaccine of autism link (Reuters) (health)
Reuters - Scientists who tried to replicate a study that once tied a measles vaccine with autism said on Wednesday they could not find any link and hope their study will encourage parents to vaccinate their children to combat a rash of measles outbreaks.

2008-09-03 21:05:15 - Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism (AP) (health)
AP - New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge in measles cases fueled by children left unvaccinated.

2008-09-03 19:06:05 - Heart defibrillator shock can signal more trouble (AP) (health)
AP - A lifesaving shock from an implanted heart defibrillator provides relief that a crisis was avoided, but new research suggests it can also be a sign that more trouble is ahead.

2008-09-03 17:06:13 - Statin reduces risk of repeat stroke in elderly (Reuters) (health)
Reuters - Age should not preclude people who have suffered a stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack) from being treated with a "statin" drug to lower the risk of a recurrence, US and European investigators report.

2008-09-03 17:06:12 - Singulair not linked to suicide, depression (Reuters) (health)
Reuters - There's no evidence that using the allergy/asthma drug Singulair increases the risk of depression or suicide, according to a review of data from three clinical trials.

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