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Archive for November, 2007

New subtype of Ebola suspected in Uganda (AP)

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New subtype of Ebola suspected in Uganda (AP)

AP - A new form of the deadly Ebola virus has been detected in an outbreak in western Uganda that has so far killed 16 people, the World Health Organization said Friday.

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Landmark heart study expands to genetics (AP)

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Landmark heart study expands to genetics (AP)

health history and genetic data of 9000 participants. (AP Photo/Josh Reyn! olds)” border=”0″ />AP - Doctors didn’t know cigarettes were bad and thought high blood pressure could sometimes be good when homemaker Helen Vaughn was lured by a 1948 newspaper ad to join one of history’s most important medical studies.

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Hunters help supply meat for food banks (AP)

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Hunters help supply meat for food banks (AP)

In this photo provided by Frank Moran, Moran is seen with the deer he killed while hunting in eastern Montana on Nov. 21, 2007. Moran took the deer to a meat processor, paid $70 for butchering and then returned home to Sacramento, Calif. When the venison had been ground and wrapped, it went into a freezer at the Gallatin Valley Food Bank in Bozeman, Mt. (AP Photo/Frank Moran, Terry Hankenon)AP - When Frank Moran shot a mule deer during a hunting trip in Montana, there was no question what he would do with the venison.

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We Can! Program Takes Aim at Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)

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We Can! Program Takes Aim at Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. NationalInstitutes of Health and the Association of Children’s Museums are teamingup on a program to combat the obesity epidemic among America’schildren.

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Progesterone Won’t Shield Women Against Alzheimer’s (HealthDay)

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Progesterone Won’t Shield Women Against Alzheimer’s (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) — There’s no evidence thatprogesterone — which is often given with estrogen in hormone replacementtherapy — offers women any protection against Alzheimer’s disease, U.S.researchers say.

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