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Hormones may not stop menopause symptoms
Jul 12 2005 8:50PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Judy Smith says she had five years without hot flashes while participating in a study of hormone supplements. But she quit taking them after results showed the pills could cause more harm than good. The symptoms returned for Smith _ and many other participants in a new survey, suggesting the pills might postpone but not prevent menopausal symptoms.
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Ill. plans $10M for stem cell research
Jul 12 2005 8:38PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday ordered that the state spend $10 million on stem cell research, making Illinois the latest state to allocate money for what has become a contentious ethics debate.
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Study: What's good often turns out bad
Jul 12 2005 7:52PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Here's some medical news you can trust: A new study confirms that what doctors once said was good for you often turns out to be bad _ or at least not as great as initially thought.
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Great outdoors great fun for busy families
Jul 12 2005 7:50PM (CT)
ELDORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Alex Katschke hopped out of her mother's SUV after the drive from nearby Denver, ready to join her friends for a hike through Eldorado Canyon near Boulder.
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Study tries to explain anorexia symptoms
Jul 12 2005 7:49PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Women who suffer from anorexia have increased chemical activity in a part of the brain that controls reinforcement and reward, something that may explain why they are driven to lose weight but don't get any pleasure out of it, according to a new study.
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Autism in Hawaii nearly doubles in 4 years
Jul 12 2005 7:44PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The number of autistic children in Hawaii's public school system has nearly doubled in the past four years, state education officials said.
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Technology makes home dialysis possible
Jul 12 2005 8:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When Karen Everts wants to go camping, kidney failure no longer slows her down: She simply rolls the first portable hemodialysis machine out of her kitchen and into her motor home, ready to hook up for two hours each morning.
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Study: Walking on cobblestones is healthy
Jul 12 2005 6:27AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The path to better health and lower blood pressure may be paved with cobblestones. When people over 60 walked on smooth, rounded cobblestones for just a half-hour a day over four months, they significantly lowered their blood pressure and improved their balance, a study showed.
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Cos. to pay nearly $1M in ephedra case
Jul 12 2005 6:04AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The makers of a weight-loss product implicated in the death of a Baltimore Orioles pitcher will pay New Jersey nearly $1 million to settle claims that it exaggerated the benefits and understated the risks of some products.
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Study links Parkinson's drug to gambling
Jul 12 2005 6:03AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Joe Neglia was a retired government intelligence worker with Parkinson's disease when he suddenly developed what he calls a gambling habit from hell. After losing thousands of dollars playing slot machines near his California home several times a day for nearly two years, Neglia stumbled across an Internet report linking a popular Parkinson's drug he used with compulsive gambling.
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