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Archive for June, 2009

FDA panel recommends smaller doses of painkillers (AP)

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FDA panel recommends smaller doses of painkillers (AP)

AP - Government experts say the maximum daily dose listed on Tylenol and dozens of other painkillers should be reduced to help curb deadly overdoses.

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Which treatment works best? Top study needs listed (AP)

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Which treatment works best? Top study needs listed (AP)

AP - The government is about to start a huge research effort to prove which are the best treatments for scores of ailments. Irregular heartbeat, prostate cancer, back pain and hearing loss lead the list of medical problems to be studied.

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Study: More sex may help damaged sperm (AP)

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Study: More sex may help damaged sperm (AP)

A doctor at the Alma Res fertility clinic in Rome prepares eggs and sperm for an attempt at artificial insemination, June 7. REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiAP - For men with fertility problems, some doctors are prescribing a very conventional way to have a baby: more sex.

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Sad dads may lead to crying infants, researchers report (HealthDay)

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Sad dads may lead to crying infants, researchers report (HealthDay)

Having the television on constantly in a household with infants and toddlers is bad for brain and language development because it reduces the number of words the kids hear and say, a study showed Monday.(AFP/File/Martin Bureau)HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — Don’t automatically blame
mom: A crying, colicky baby can be just as much the result of dad’s state
of mind, Dutch researchers report.

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Obese Get Higher Doses of Radiation for X-Rays (HealthDay)

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Obese Get Higher Doses of Radiation for X-Rays (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — People who are overweight
and obese are usually given higher-than-normal doses of radiation in order
to obtain usable X-ray images, even though the long-term effects are
unknown, new research contends.

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