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Screening Test Reduces Prostate Cancer Deaths, Study Finds

Prostate cancer screening does save lives, although screening may have to be done for many years in order to provide a benefit, according to a new study. In ...
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The Healthy Geezer: Are Annual Physicals Really Necessary?

Question: Do you think an annual physical is really necessary? Regular health checkups are important. How often you get one depends on your condition. Let me put it ...
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Viruses Could Target Hard-to-Kill Cancer Cells

For the first time, researchers have shown viruses can be delivered through a person’s bloodstream to infect cancer cells without infecting other tissues, according to a new study. ...
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New Malaria Vaccine Made from Mosquito Spit

One of the more promising avenues of creating a vaccine for malaria involves going  inside mosquitoes’ bodies — typically the source of the disease’s spread — to develop the key component ...
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New Food Nutrition Symbol: What Will It Look Like?

The barrage of symbols and health claims on food these days may leave consumers confused about which products are truly good for them. A new symbol would simplify ...
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Wrong Resolutions: 5 Tips for Finally Changing Your Habits

Who among us hasn’t approached New Year’s – at least once – pledging to lose weight? ‘Tis the season for resolutions, whether it’s to drop pounds, stop smoking, ...
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7 Best Health Quotes of the Year

We get a chance to speak with a lot of medical experts. Many of the things they say make us think, laugh, or do a double-take. (What did ...
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US on Track for Record-High Whooping Cough Rate

Whooping cough infections in the U.S. may be on track for record-high rates this year, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. So far ...
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New Kidney Donation System Could Change Who Gets Best Organs

The way that donated kidneys are allocated to patients needing transplants might be changed in the next few years, so that the fittest organs would be given to ...
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Uterine Fibroids: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Uterine fibroids, clinically known as uterine leiomyomata, are the most common form of non-cancerous growth in the uterus for women of child-bearing age. These fibroids are made up ...
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