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AMA acts against trans fats, texting while driving (AP)
Date : 2008 11 10
Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - The American Medical Association on Monday took a stand against two unhealthy habits eating foods made with artificial trans fats and text-messaging while driving. read more »
Blood pressure gap leads to deaths of 8,000 blacks (AP)
Date : 2008 11 10 Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - The lives of nearly 8,000 black Americans could be saved each year if doctors could figure out a way to bring their average blood pressure down to the average level of whites, a surprising new study found. The gap between the races in controlling blood pressure is well-known, but the resulting number of lives lost startled some scientists. read more »
Massive malaria vaccine trial to begin in Africa (AP)
Date : 2008 11 10 Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - Researchers trying to create the world's first malaria vaccine are launching a massive medical trial as early as next month involving 16,000 children that could be the largest such trial ever conducted on children in Africa. read more »
Study: Wider cholesterol drug use may save lives (AP)
Date : 2008 11 09 Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease had dramatically lower rates of heart attacks, death and stroke if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found. read more »
Music headphones can interfere with heart devices (AP)
Date : 2008 11 09 Yahoo! News: Health NewsAP - Have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator? Don't keep your iPod earbuds in your shirt pocket or draped around your neck even when they're disconnected. A study finds that some headphones can interfere with heart devices if held very close to them. read more »