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Archive for October, 2008

Too much weight in pregnancy can make baby fat (Reuters)

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Too much weight in pregnancy can make baby fat (Reuters)

Babies in a file photo. (Simon Thong/Reuters)Reuters - Women who gain more than 40 pounds (18 kg ) during pregnancy have nearly twice the risk of delivering a heavy baby as those who gain less, U.S. researchers said on Friday.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081031/hl_nm/us_pregnancy_obesity

 

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Probiotic for babies doesn’t ward off allergies (Reuters)

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Probiotic for babies doesn’t ward off allergies (Reuters)

Reuters - Giving children a type of “good bacteria” during their first 6 months of life doesn’t reduce their risk of developing allergies in early childhood, researchers from Australia report.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081031/hl_nm/us_probiotic_allergies

 

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Cancer Risk (HealthDay)">Vigorous Exercise Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

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Vigorous Exercise Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) — Vigorous activity can reduce
the risk of breast cancer by about 30 percent in normal-weight women,
according to an 11-year U.S. study of 32,269 postmenopausal women.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081031/hl_hsn/vigorousexercisecancutbreastcancerrisk

 

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China mother spared over mercy killing of daughter (Reuters)

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China mother spared over mercy killing of daughter (Reuters)

Reuters - A mother has been spared jail after admitting poisoning and smothering her 20-year-old mentally disabled daughter, a case that throws the spotlight on the plight of the mentally ill in China.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081031/hl_nm/us_china_mercy

 

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Too much weight in pregnancy can make baby fat (Reuters)

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Too much weight in pregnancy can make baby fat (Reuters)

A pregnant woman is seen through curtains at a polling station at a maternity hospital in Kiev, October 31, 2004. (Mykhailo Markiv/Reuters)Reuters - Women who gain more than 40 pounds (18 kg ) during pregnancy have nearly twice the risk of delivering a heavy baby as those who gain less, U.S. researchers said on Friday.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081031/hl_nm/us_pregnancy_obesity

 

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