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Antidepressants not big risk for defects
Jun 27 2007 10:04PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Newborns face little risk of birth defects from antidepressants taken by many women early in pregnancy, say the reassuring findings of the two biggest studies of this controversial link.
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Tiger Woods discusses fitness routine
Jun 27 2007 7:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tiger Woods has talked about tailoring practice sessions around being a father. That also means finding time for workouts that can last up to three hours as many as six days a week, which he describes in the August issue of Men's Fitness magazine.
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Report urges screening for sickle cell
Jun 27 2007 6:22PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The growing number of exercise-induced deaths among athletes with sickle cell trait can be curtailed with proper treatment and greater awareness among team doctors and athletic trainers, a national medical group said in a report released Wednesday.
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FDA advisers give OK for heart device
Jun 27 2007 6:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A medical device that relies on freezing cold to treat some abnormal heart rhythms should be approved, federal health advisers recommended Wednesday.
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Meningitis shot advised for ages 11-18
Jun 27 2007 6:21PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Now that a hard-to-get meningitis vaccine is more plentiful, health experts recommended Wednesday that the shots be given to all children ages 11-18.
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Study: With calcium, food trumps pills
Jun 27 2007 6:20PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Most women know that calcium is critical in preventing osteoporosis, the disease of progressive bone loss and fractures that affects millions of Americans.
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AMA softens video-game addiction measure
Jun 27 2007 12:51PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The American Medical Association on Wednesday backed off calling excessive video-game playing a formal psychiatric addiction, saying instead that more research is needed.
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UN finds progress in tackling bird flu
Jun 27 2007 10:18AM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Countries are making progress in fighting bird flu but concerns remain for some nations _ especially Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria _ where human contamination is still possible, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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