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Study: Breast-feeding won't deter obesity
Apr 23 2007 11:48PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - While breast-feeding has many benefits, it won't prevent a child from becoming fat as an adult, says a new study that challenges dogma from U.S. health officials.
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Study: Fat workers cost employers more
Apr 23 2007 10:35PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers' compensation claims as their fit co-workers.
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Can aspirin prevent cancer? Jury's out
Apr 23 2007 8:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The research could give you whiplash: Aspirin prevents cancer, one study says. Oops, maybe not, says another. Now comes word that aspirin may fend off cancer only if people take much more than is used to fight heart disease, suggesting some of the earlier back-and-forth may have been due to confusion over the right dose.
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Vision restoration study shows promise
Apr 23 2007 8:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Electrodes inserted in the brain may point the way to restoring sight lost to eye disease or trauma. The research in monkeys is in very early stages, but has shown some promise, Harvard Medical School researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Study doesn't back abortion-cancer link
Apr 23 2007 8:03PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Harvard study released Monday supports earlier findings by a panel of experts that having an abortion doesn't increase a woman's risk of getting breast cancer.
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