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N.J. student gives dorm room diet advice (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 23 2006 20:20

This photo provided by publisher Newmarket Press shows author and Princeton student Daphne Oz on the Princeton University campus in Princeton, N.J., in March 2006. The book Oz wrote, 'The Dorm Room Diet: The 8-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works,' about how she lost weight in her freshman year at Princeton, is coming out Sept. 6, just in time for the new crop of students heading into the pizza-munching, beer-swilling world of higher education. (AP Photo/Newmarket Press, Anthony Collins) NO SALESAP - Daphne Oz didn't just lose weight her first year of college, she wrote a book about it. The Princeton University student's book, "The Dorm Room Diet: The 8-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works," is coming out Sept. 6, just in time for the new crop of students heading into the pizza-munching, beer-swilling world of higher education.






Innovative ways to prevent AIDS languish on drawing board
Source: USATODAY.com - Aug 15 2006 20:31
Creative approaches to AIDS prevention now on the horizon, such as male circumcision and diaphragms, may never reach the people ...


Study: Young with breast cancer ill more (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 15 2006 16:24
AP - Younger breast cancer patients seem to suffer more serious side effects from chemotherapy than previously thought. Roughly one in six of those women wind up at the emergency room or hospitalized because of such side effects as infection, low blood counts, dehydration or nausea, researchers reported Tuesday.

White House: Lesser bird flu may be here (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 14 2006 12:35

A mute swan ruffles its feathers on Lake Arrowhead in Milton, Vt., in this June 1993 file photo. Scientists have discovered the possible presence of bird flu in wild mute swans in Michigan _ but it does not appear to be the most worrisome strain, the Bush administration announced Monday. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Meeri Zetterstrom)AP - Scientists have discovered the possible presence of bird flu in the United States — in wild swans near the banks of Lake Erie — but it does not appear to be the worrisome strain that the government has long feared.



Formerly conjoined twins recovering (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 9 2006 20:22

Erin Herrin, 25, left, Courtney Herrin, 6, center and Jake Herrin, 26, parents and sister of formerly conjoined 4-year-old twins Kendra and Maliyah Herrin talk at a news conference at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006. Swathed in gauze, Kendra and Maliyah Herrin were rolled from the operating room and moved to separate beds for the first time in their lives Tuesday after 26 hours of surgery in which doctors separated the 4-year-olds and reconstructed their internal organs. (AP Photo/Fred Hayes)AP - A day after the 26-hour surgery that separated their 4-year-old conjoined daughters, Jake and Erin Herrin said they were overwhelmed by their reunion with Kendra and Maliyah.



No therapy for patients on antidepressants (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 9 2006 00:30

Gina O'Brien poses in her Howard City, Mich. home in this July 16, 2006, file photo. O'Brien is battling addiction to prescription antidepressants with little success.  (AP Photo by Adam Bird, File)AP - A huge study found that patients on antidepressants rarely get the psychiatric therapy needed right after they start the drugs, a time when risk of suicidal behavior can rise temporarily.



Obesity studies continue to stir the soft-drink debate
Source: USATODAY.com - Aug 8 2006 19:20
A new study states sugary beverages contribute to weight gain and obesity. This may seem as if it's stating the obvious, but ...


'Well child' visits revisited
Source: USATODAY.com - Aug 8 2006 19:01
Pediatricians are busy. Parents are, too. So fitting one more thing into a "well child" visit in addition to the weighing, measuring, ...


Self-monitoring doesn't help type 2 diabetics
Source: Reuters - Aug 8 2006 12:21
Dr. Wendy A. Davis and colleagues examined data from 1,286 patients enrolled in the Fremantle Diabetes Study. A total of 531 subjects completed annual reviews over five years. The results of the study are published in the journal Diabetes Care.


Bangladesh immunizes millions for polio (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 6 2006 04:30
AP - Hundreds of thousands of health workers and volunteers fanned out across Bangladesh on Sunday in an effort to immunize 24 million children against polio after the disease recently resurfaced.

Survey: Most obese claim to eat healthy
Source: USATODAY.com - Aug 2 2006 08:48
More than three-quarters of obese Americans say they have healthy eating habits, according to a survey of more than 11,000 people.


Scientists take step toward obesity vaccine (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 1 2006 08:11
Reuters - A vaccine that slows down a key hunger hormone kept rats from gaining weight, even when they over ate, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Nickelodeon to Kids: Go out and play
Source: USATODAY.com - Jul 30 2006 08:20
It's the heart of the summer, a time when a kid's thoughts may well turn to watching television lots of television. But one television ...


Protopic effective for nickel-induced allergy
Source: Reuters - Jul 28 2006 20:00
The investigators used nickel to create an experimental model of chronic allergic contact dermatitis. "Theoretically, since the mechanism of action is the same," tacrolimus ointment would be effective in allergic contact dermatitis induced by other compounds, Dr. Donald Belsito from the University of Missouri in Kansas City told Reuters Health.


Better diagnosis of vocal cord problems needed
Source: Reuters - Jul 28 2006 20:06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vocal cord dysfunction is often misdiagnosed as asthma, according to a study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.


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