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Scientists find new gene markers for cancer risk
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge international effort involving more than 100 institutions and genetic tests on 200,000 people has uncovered dozens of signposts in DNA that can help reveal further a person's risk for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer,...Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Cambridge (England), Biology
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Bill for tougher Ind. abortion pill law advances
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana clinics that provide only abortion drugs would face the same requirements as those where surgical abortions are performed under a proposal approved Wednesday by a state legislative committee. The bill approved by the...Tags: General Practitioners, Family Planning, Drugs and Medicines, Social Issues, Personal Income
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SPECIAL REPORT: Obamacare (Part 2)
WSBT-TVThe WSBT Fact Finder team is taking a look at what health care reform means to you. We explored how Obamacare could affect where you get treated and who treats you. Historically, the American health system was identified as hospitals and doctors. Now,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform (2009), Health Insurance
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Study sees prostate cancer treatment side effects
A new study shows how important it is for men to carefully consider treatments for early-stage prostate cancer. Fifteen years after surgery or radiation treatment, nearly all of the older men in the study had some problems having sex. About one-fifth...Tags: Levitra (drug), Diseases and Illnesses, Urinary Incontinence, Vanderbilt University , City of Hope
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Notre Dame's Kelly wins another 'Coach of the Year' award
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Just hours before his team's final matchup of the college football season, Notre Dame's Brian Kelly on Monday was named the Liberty Mutual Insurance 'Coach of the Year.' The annual award, which honors sportsmanship,...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, College Sports, University of Notre Dame, Marketing, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Purdue Extension studies obesity among rural kids
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue Extension researchers are helping with a multi-state study that's seeking the causes of childhood obesity among preschoolers in the Midwest's rural areas. The federally funded study led by Kansas State University...
Tags: Weight, Obesity
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Unemployment may increase chances of heart attacks
CHICAGO (AP) — Unemployment hurts more than your wallet — it may damage your heart. That's according to a study linking joblessness with heart attacks in older workers. The increased odds weren't huge, although multiple job losses posed as...
Tags: Duke University, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Science and Technology, Health and Safety at Work
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Booze calories nearly equal soda's for US adults
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found. Soda and other sweetened drinks — the focus...Tags: Long Island, Weight, New York City, Coca-Cola Co., Obesity
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More women have driver's licenses than men in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Women have passed men on the nation's roads. More women than men now have driver's licenses, a reversal of a longtime gender gap behind the wheel that transportation researchers say is likely to have safety and economic...
Tags: Research, Demographics, Services and Shopping, Washington, DC, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Key court hearing for sex researcher's son waived
BAD AXE, Mich. (AP) — A key court hearing in the indecent exposure case against the son of sex research pioneer Dr. William H. Masters has been waived. William H. Masters III of Southampton, N.Y., appeared in Bad Axe District Court on Thursday. He'...Tags: Central Park, Trials
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Earlier puberty seen in boys, just like in girls
CHICAGO (AP) — When it comes to the birds and the bees, some parents may want to have that talk with their boys a little sooner than they expected. Researchers have found signs of puberty in American boys up to two years earlier than previously...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Testicular Cancer, Science and Technology
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At CDC, scientists fight to halt deadly meningitis outbreak
ATLANTA (AP) — Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lines fighting a rare outbreak of fungal meningitis: A scientist in a white lab coat peers through a...
Tags: Back Pain, Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Bird Flu
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