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More young adults on cholesterol drugs
Oct 30 2007 8:56PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly _ at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday.
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Vitamin D may not reduce cancer deaths
Oct 30 2007 8:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A large new study found no sign that vitamin D lowers the overall risk of dying from cancer, injecting a note of caution to the latest vitamin craze. The exception: People with more vitamin D in their blood did have a significantly lower risk of death from colorectal cancer, supporting earlier findings.
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W.Va. unveils tool to help fight obesity
Oct 30 2007 8:55PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia is hoping that a little wheel can make a big difference in the state's obesity problem. The wheel is a body mass index calculator, a low-tech tool that will be distributed to doctors across the state as part of a new effort to get physicians to recognize obesity early in their patients.
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Doctors test hot sauce for pain relief
Oct 30 2007 5:41AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Devil's Revenge. Spontaneous Combustion. Hot sauces have names like that for a reason. Now scientists are testing if the stuff that makes the sauces so savage can tame the pain of surgery.
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