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• Never Married, Over 40, Well-Adjusted

  HealthDay – Sun Dec 6, 11:47 pm ET Sent 2,803 times

  SATURDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Pity the poor single people who pass their 40th birthday without ever tying the knot, since research has shown that never-married adults have more health woes than married folks. And, um, isn't there something wrong with those who go it alone anyway? Full Story »

• Study: Parents' Sex Talks with Kids Happening Too Late

  Time.com – Tue Dec 8, 4:20 pm ET Sent 1,243 times

  Teens who talk to their parents about sex are more likely to delay sex and to practice safe sex when they do become sexually active, but parents are waiting too long to have the talk Full Story »

• Study finds benefits of soy after breast cancer

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 5:23 pm ET Sent 828 times

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Is soy food helpful or harmful for women with breast cancer? Studies have yielded mixed results. A new study published today suggests that breast cancer survivors may benefit from eating moderate amounts of soy products. Full Story »

• U.S. cancer rates continue their decline: report

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 5:19 pm ET Sent 111 times

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer people are getting cancer and death rates continue to fall, according to the latest report on cancer in the United States, released on Monday. Full Story »

• Coffee, Exercise Fight Prostate Cancer

  HealthDay – Tue Dec 8, 7:04 pm ET Sent 73 times

  TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Having a few more cups of coffee and running that extra mile each day can reduce a man's risk of dying of prostate cancer, two studies indicate. Full Story »

• Experts: Colon cancer deaths could make big drop

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 8:26 am ET Sent 57 times

  ATLANTA - Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers. Full Story »

• US tops world in health care spending, results lag

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 10:57 am ET Sent 55 times

  PARIS - The United States ranks near the bottom in life expectancy among wealthy nations despite spending more than double per person on health care than the industrialized world's average, an economic group said Tuesday. Full Story »

• Groups try simple steps to avoid hospital rebound

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:16 am ET Sent 47 times

  WASHINGTON - Talk about unnecessary misery: One in five Medicare patients winds up back in the hospital within a month — even worse, one in four patients with heart failure. Full Story »

• Blood Clot Threat After Surgery Worse Than Thought

  HealthDay – Fri Dec 4, 11:49 pm ET Sent 43 times

  THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Potentially fatal blood clots after surgery are a much greater risk than has previously been thought, a British study finds. Full Story »

• British researchers: little evidence Tamiflu works

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:17 pm ET Sent 33 times

  LONDON - British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths. Full Story »

• Breast Cancer's Spread Now Better Understood

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:50 pm ET Sent 24 times
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  SUNDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The spread of breast cancer cells from the main tumor to other parts of the body is controlled by a growth factor known as TGFb, which may prove a promising target for new drugs to prevent metastatic breast cancer, British researchers say. Full Story »

• Half of teen girls have STIs by 2 years of first sex

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 4:46 pm ET Sent 24 times

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Within 2 years of having sex for the first time, half of teenage girls may be at least one of three common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to results of a study published today. Often, those girls are infected by the age of 15. Full Story »

• AIDS May Date Back to Ancient Tiger

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:50 pm ET Sent 14 times

  SUNDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Early roots of the virus that causes AIDS might be found in a tiger that lived thousands or millions of years ago, new research suggests. Full Story »

• Swine flu toll includes a few pets

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:22 pm ET Sent 12 times
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  LOS ANGELES - A handful of pets have been sickened with swine flu in recent weeks, but here are doctors' orders: Wash your hands and don't panic. Full Story »

• Urine Sample May Reveal Sleep Disorder in Kids

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:50 pm ET Sent 10 times

  MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test could be developed to detect whether a child has obstructive sleep apnea, U.S. researchers say. Full Story »

• Review Finds Marijuana May Help MS Patients

  HealthDay – Fri Dec 4, 11:49 pm ET Sent 10 times

  FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients, glaucoma patients and others can benefit from medical marijuana, and now a new analysis shows that it can help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients find relief from the muscle spasms that are the hallmark of the debilitating autoimmune disease. Full Story »

• Breastfeeding may curb heart, diabetes risk factors

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 1:40 pm ET Sent 9 times

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mothers who breastfeed seem to have a lower long-term risk of developing a collection of risk factors for diabetes and heart disease than women who bottle-feed, a new study suggests. Full Story »

• Prostate Hormone Therapy May Up Heart Risks

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:49 pm ET Sent 9 times

  MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes, heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems appear to be more common in men with prostate cancer who are treated with androgen deprivation therapy, which reduces or eliminates the male sex hormones that can promote cancer growth, a new study has found.