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• Serene Bonaire: Diver's Paradise — with flamingos

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 5:56 pm ET Sent 3 times
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  KRALENDIJK, Bonaire - On a slow ascent to the surface of the water from 60 feet down, the divemaster spots something thrilling along the reef and extends her hand with all five fingers wiggling excitedly. It's a signal that can only mean one thing: Octopus! Full Story »

• High-Risk Women May Often Avoid Using Tamoxifen

  HealthDay – Fri Dec 4, 11:49 pm ET Sent 3 times

  FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Worries about side effects are a major reason why only 6 percent of American women at high risk for breast cancer are willing to take the drug tamoxifen to prevent the disease, a new study finds. Full Story »

• Adult Stem Cells Can Repair Damaged Heart

  HealthDay – Fri Dec 4, 11:49 pm ET Sent 3 times

  FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Adult stem cells appear to help repair heart attack damage, a new study shows. Full Story »

• Awaking From a Coma: What Did the Doctors Miss?

  Time.com – Mon Nov 30, 4:20 am ET Sent 2 times

  The case of a Belgian patient who was discovered to be nearly fully conscious after 23 years in a coma raises numerous tricky questions that doctors are still trying to answer Full Story »

• What's Out There site showcases great landscapes

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 5:44 pm ET Sent 2 times

  Designed landscapes are powerful places to visit, but they can sometimes be hard to find. By their very nature, they draw us in quietly. They may be far from the city center. They don't clamor for attention the way other attractions do. With that in mind, The Cultural Landscape Foundation has created an online resource to help steer travelers to some of the greatest parks, gardens, and historic homes in the United States. Full Story »

• Certain Childhood Cancers More Likely to Recur

  HealthDay – Fri Dec 4, 11:49 pm ET Sent 2 times

  FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Some childhood cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and central nervous system tumors, carry the risk of late recurrence, U.S. researchers have found. Full Story »

• New Target May Be Eyed in Kids' Brain Cancer

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:50 pm ET Sent 2 times

  MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified oncogenes that play a role in a particularly aggressive type of childhood brain tumor. Full Story »

• Lead Exposure May Affect Mental Health

  HealthDay – Tue Dec 8, 7:05 pm ET Sent 2 times

  TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Young adults with elevated levels of lead in their blood might be at increased risk for major depression and panic disorders, a new study suggests. Full Story »

• Antidepressants may make people less neurotic

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 5:16 pm ET Sent 2 times

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Antidepressants may go well beyond just easing the symptoms of depression; they may also make people less neurotic, U.S. researchers said Monday. Full Story »

• News coverage of antidepressants for kids uneven

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 12:54 pm ET Sent 2 times

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Media coverage of the warnings on antidepressants and children's risk of suicidal behavior often failed to give the public the whole story, according to a study published Monday. Full Story »

• Bush helps dedicate new Pacific War museum gallery

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 5:33 pm ET Sent 2 times
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  FREDERICKSBURG, Texas - Former President George H.W. Bush used a large pair of gold scissors Monday to cut a red ribbon and dedicate an expansive new gallery that carries his name at the National Museum of the Pacific War. Full Story »

• Lifelong Exercise Keeps Seniors Young at Heart

  HealthDay – Wed Nov 18, 11:48 pm ET Sent 2 times

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Lifelong exercise helps seniors keep their hearts healthy, new research shows. Full Story »

• Bayer unveils European approval for gynecological drug

  AFP – Mon Dec 7, 12:19 pm ET Sent 2 times
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  FRANKFURT (AFP) - The German pharmaceutical and chemical group Bayer said on Monday it had won European approval for its Visanne drug, which treats the gynecological disease endometriosis. Full Story »

• Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes

  HealthDay – Thu Dec 3, 11:50 pm ET Sent 2 times

  THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- New research points to the possibility of a genetic link between vitamin D and heart disease.

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• Antidepressants May Change Your Personality

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:49 pm ET Sent 8 times

  MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Taking antidepressants may not only help alleviate depression, but could make you more extraverted and less neurotic, new research suggests. Full Story »

• Starting some solid foods late boosts allergy risk

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 5:28 pm ET Sent 8 times

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Holding off on introducing certain foods in order to prevent children from becoming allergic to them may be counterproductive. Full Story »

• Selenium, Omega-3s May Stave Off Colorectal Cancer

  HealthDay – Tue Dec 8, 7:05 pm ET Sent 8 times

  TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Certain dietary supplements appear to affect the development of colorectal cancer or its recurrence, two new studies suggest. Full Story »

• Ancient HIV stowaway may hold clue to transmission

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 11:21 am ET Sent 7 times

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An HIV genetic stowaway that may have come from a related cat virus could help the AIDS virus transmit and replicate in people, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday. Full Story »

• Washed-out Fla. road gives hikers a beach paradise

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 12:35 pm ET Sent 6 times
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  GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE, Fla. - It's a 70-degree fall weekday, and I'm sitting on a powdery white beach lapped by gentle turquoise waves as I eat a pear and "work" on my travel story about Gulf Islands National Seashore. Full Story »

• One in Four Teen Girls Have STDs

  HealthDay – Mon Nov 23, 11:48 pm ET Sent 6 times

  MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- As many as one in four U.S. teenage girls have had a sexually transmitted disease (STD), many infected soon after their first sexual encounter, a new government report shows. Full Story »

• Depression, peers top influences on youth violence

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 9:45 am ET Sent 5 times

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who are depressed and have delinquents for friends may be the most likely to lash out violently at others, according to a new study in The Journal of Pediatrics. Full Story »

• Diabetes Drugs Go Head-to-Head in Study

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

  THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A class of drugs still taken by millions of people with type 2 diabetes is associated with a higher risk of dying and heart failure than the newer treatment metformin, researchers say. Full Story »

• When Parent Is Deployed, Kids Struggle

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:49 pm ET Sent 4 times

  MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Children whose parents are deployed appear to have more emotional difficulties, stress, anxiety and problems within the family than their peers, a new study shows. Full Story »

• Monkeys Recognize Their Pals in Photos

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

  FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Monkeys can recognize photographs of other monkeys they know, proving that they can both detect differences in faces and figure out if they've seen them before, researchers report. Full Story »

• Temple of Parisian dining auctions off rare wines

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 4:41 pm ET Sent 4 times
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  PARIS (Reuters Life!) - The illustrious Paris restaurant La Tour d'Argent put up for sale on Monday 18,000 bottles from its vast cellars, offering wine lovers a chance to acquire treasures from one of the world's finest collections. Full Story »

• Keep Asthma, Allergies at Bay for the Holidays

  HealthDay – Sat Dec 5, 11:48 pm ET Sent 4 times

  SATURDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- They're not Scrooges, but people with allergies and asthma can have bad reactions to certain holiday traditions and need to take special steps to prevent sneezing and wheezing, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). Full Story »

• Swine Flu Can Batter Kids With Sickle Cell

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:49 pm ET Sent 4 times

  MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Swine flu is more likely than seasonal flu to cause life-threatening complications in children with sickle cell disease, a new study has found. Full Story »

• Want to Boost Your Memory? Try Sleeping on It

  Time.com – Mon Nov 30, 10:00 am ET Sent 3 times

  Research suggests that exposure to certain stimuli during sleep may help people remember things they learned while they were awake Full Story »

• Child cancer survivors have higher heart risk-study

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 7:37 pm ET Sent 3 times

  LONDON (Reuters) - Children and young people who survive cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease as young adults because of the cancer treatment they received, researchers said Wednesday. Full Story »

• Hormonal Drugs Cool Hot Flashes From Prostate Cancer Therapy

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:50 pm ET Sent 3 times

  SUNDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Hot flashes caused by androgen suppression therapy for prostate cancer are best controlled by the hormonal treatments cyproterone acetate and medroxyprogesterone acetate, according to a new study. Full Story »

• Stem Cells May Hold Hope for Eye Disease

  HealthDay – Tue Dec 8, 7:04 pm ET Sent 3 times

  TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- New research has found that a certain kind of stem cell from human umbilical cords helped restore transparency to the cloudy corneas of laboratory mice, raising the prospect that they could do the same for people. Full Story »

• FDA investigating more dangerous brain scans

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 4:18 pm ET Sent 3 times

  WASHINGTON - Federal health regulators are investigating reports of dangerous radiation levels at two more California hospitals, following earlier unsafe medical scans at a Los Angeles facility.

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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.

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• Swine flu toll includes a few pets

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:22 pm ET
  AP

  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 »

• EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 4:41 pm ET
  AP

  WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. Full Story »

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• Study: Missing DNA can promote childhood obesity

  AP – Sun Dec 6, 2:24 pm ET

  NEW YORK - Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report. Full Story »

• Pa. school drops required fitness class for obese

  AP – Sat Dec 5, 4:37 pm ET

  OXFORD, Pa. - Obese students at a historically black college near Philadelphia won't have to take a fitness class to graduate after all. Full Story »

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

  Time.com – Tue Dec 8, 4:20 pm ET

  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 »

• Los Angeles restricts medical marijuana outlets

  AFP – 32 mins ago

  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Los Angeles city authorities passed an ordinance restricting the number of medical marijuana dispensaries, which have grown to almost 1,000 since the drug was authorized for sale for medicinal purposes in 1996. Full Story »

• Child cancer survivors have higher heart risk-study

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 7:37 pm ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - Children and young people who survive cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease as young adults because of the cancer treatment they received, researchers said Wednesday. Full Story »

• Groups try simple steps to avoid hospital rebound

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:16 am ET

  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 »

• Antidepressants May Change Your Personality

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:49 pm ET

  MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Taking antidepressants may not only help alleviate depression, but could make you more extraverted and less neurotic, new research suggests. Full Story »

• Breast Cancer Decline Only Partly Due to HRT

  HealthDay – Tue Dec 8, 7:05 pm ET

  TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of breast cancer in the United States declined 7 percent between 2002 and 2003, but only part of that decrease can be attributed to reduced use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by menopausal women, researchers say. Full Story »

• Breastfeeding may curb heart, diabetes risk factors

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 1:40 pm ET

  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 »

• U.S. moves to curb emissions, aids U.N. climate talks

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 2:05 pm ET
  Reuters

  WASHINGTON/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Washington took a step on Monday toward curbing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, aiding the first day of the biggest climate talks in history where 190 nations are seeking a deal to curb global warming. Full Story »

• Prostate Hormone Therapy May Up Heart Risks

  HealthDay – Mon Dec 7, 11:49 pm ET

  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. Full Story »

• Keep Asthma, Allergies at Bay for the Holidays

  HealthDay – Sat Dec 5, 11:48 pm ET

  SATURDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- They're not Scrooges, but people with allergies and asthma can have bad reactions to certain holiday traditions and need to take special steps to prevent sneezing and wheezing, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). Full Story »

• Kids should get moving to avoid obesity

  Reuters – Fri Nov 27, 2:04 pm ET
  Reuters

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows. Full Story »

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