2008 Feb 20
Date : 2008 02 20 Weight Loss 
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AP - Kids who load up on salty meals and snacks get thirsty, and too often they turn to calorie-filled sodas. So maybe cutting back on the salt is a good way to cut the calories. That's the idea coming from a British study published Wednesday in an American Heart Association journal. read more »
Yahoo! Health: Weight Loss NewsAP - Kids who load up on salty meals and snacks get thirsty, and too often they turn to calorie-filled sodas. So maybe cutting back on the salt is a good way to cut the calories. That's the idea coming from a British study published Wednesday in an American Heart Association journal. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health 
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Reuters - Reducing the amount of salt that children eat could provide a short-cut to keeping them slim, British researchers reported on Wednesday. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsReuters - Reducing the amount of salt that children eat could provide a short-cut to keeping them slim, British researchers reported on Wednesday. read more »
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Reducing children's salt intake may lower their consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks and reduce their risk of obesity, high blood pressure and other health problems later in life, British researchers say. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsHealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Reducing children's salt intake may lower their consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks and reduce their risk of obesity, high blood pressure and other health problems later in life, British researchers say. read more »
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AP - Heart surgery patients were more likely to die if given the anti-bleeding drug Trasylol, two more U.S. studies have found, renewing the claims that the drug is dangerous. Bayer AG stopped selling the drug last fall, after a Canadian study was halted because of deaths among patients taking Trasylol. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - Heart surgery patients were more likely to die if given the anti-bleeding drug Trasylol, two more U.S. studies have found, renewing the claims that the drug is dangerous. Bayer AG stopped selling the drug last fall, after a Canadian study was halted because of deaths among patients taking Trasylol. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic. Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004. Only about half a percent did in the previous survey, from 1988 to 1994. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic. Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004. Only about half a percent did in the previous survey, from 1988 to 1994. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Kids who load up on salty meals and snacks get thirsty, and too often they turn to calorie-filled sodas. So maybe cutting back on the salt is a good way to cut the calories. That's the idea coming from a British study published Wednesday in an American Heart Association journal. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - Kids who load up on salty meals and snacks get thirsty, and too often they turn to calorie-filled sodas. So maybe cutting back on the salt is a good way to cut the calories. That's the idea coming from a British study published Wednesday in an American Heart Association journal. read more »
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Reuters - Older Americans are having less trouble with their memories, and it may be because they spent more time in school, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsReuters - Older Americans are having less trouble with their memories, and it may be because they spent more time in school, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - Women pregnant with their first child are no more likely to be frightened of giving birth than were first-time moms in years past, despite a growing focus on childbirth fears in the media and in medical research, Danish researchers say. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsReuters - Women pregnant with their first child are no more likely to be frightened of giving birth than were first-time moms in years past, despite a growing focus on childbirth fears in the media and in medical research, Danish researchers say. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - In the first report of its kind, U.S. health officials said the nation's states and cities made a strong effort to prepare for a flu pandemic, bioterrorism or other emergency health crises, but big challenges remain. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - In the first report of its kind, U.S. health officials said the nation's states and cities made a strong effort to prepare for a flu pandemic, bioterrorism or other emergency health crises, but big challenges remain. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Good news continues to come forth from the cancer front: U.S. death rates from the disease have declined by 18.4 percent among men and by 10.5 percent among women since mortality rates first started going down in the early 1990s. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsHealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Good news continues to come forth from the cancer front: U.S. death rates from the disease have declined by 18.4 percent among men and by 10.5 percent among women since mortality rates first started going down in the early 1990s. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsHealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - New infectious diseases have been appearing more often, says a study that suggests "hot spots" where the next new germs are most likely to appear. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - New infectious diseases have been appearing more often, says a study that suggests "hot spots" where the next new germs are most likely to appear. read more »
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Reuters - The U.S. death rate from cancer has continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but it will still kill a projected 565,650 Americans this year, the American Cancer Society said on Wednesday. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsReuters - The U.S. death rate from cancer has continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but it will still kill a projected 565,650 Americans this year, the American Cancer Society said on Wednesday. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Usually, he just finds a way to move faster, to cram more into the day. But some things cannot be rushed, and that is one of the hardest parts. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - Usually, he just finds a way to move faster, to cram more into the day. But some things cannot be rushed, and that is one of the hardest parts. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Ten people in China's western Xinjiang province died of measles last month and more than 4,000 were sickened, the local health bureau said Wednesday, in a dramatic rise in the number of cases. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - Ten people in China's western Xinjiang province died of measles last month and more than 4,000 were sickened, the local health bureau said Wednesday, in a dramatic rise in the number of cases. read more »
Date : 2008 02 20 Health Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday. read more »
Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday. read more »