HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A sinus headache usually is caused when the
air-filled cavities around your nose, eyes and cheeks become congested and
inflamed. Doctors call this condition sinusitis.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who
are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following
treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study
reveals.
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Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- A mutation that affects
how the body responds when a person smells or tastes food may play a role
in the development of type 2 diabetes in some people, U.S. researchers
report.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- The kind of treatment
received by a prostate cancer patient often depends on the type of
specialist providing the patient's care, new research shows.
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Reuters - Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of pregnancy are more prone to develop pregnancy-related diabetes, new research shows.
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Reuters - The most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer, routine PSA screening, has become "a hugely expensive public health disaster," its discoverer said on Wednesday.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The recent approval of a
new, more broadly effective pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) for young
children could greatly reduce the prevalence of pneumococcal disease in
that age group, a new government report suggests.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- A knee replacement can help
improve an elderly person's balance, according to a new study.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into
better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and
good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research
finds.
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Reuters - Until now, a scant number of top notch clinical trials have evaluated whether sodium picosulfate -- the active ingredient in numerous over-the-counter laxatives -- is safe and effective.
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 AP - Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major problem in the United
States, and children are no exception. Today's kids are spending more
hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and
less time being active.
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 AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
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AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
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AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."
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 AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
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 AP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
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A pioneering Texas program invites prospective patients to casually meet and size up a lot of doctors in a short amount of time. 
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Parents who say that a range of preventive vaccines given their young children can cause serious health problems will have their appeal heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. 
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Some women avoid drinking calorie-filled cocktails, wine, and beer because they're worried about packing on the pounds. Now, a new study suggests that women who are moderate drinkers actually tend to gain less weight over time than teetotalers. 
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People come up to Aimee Mullins all the time and say, "you know, I have to tell you, you just don't look disabled." 
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As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday. 
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Sure, you could always be more organized, more cheerful, more on top of every little detail. But you're not a Mombot, thank goodness, and no one (except, perhaps, you!) expects you to be. 
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Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women. 
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An Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness. 
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When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting high on inhalants. 
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When a friend is depressed, it's hard to know what to say. But by simply reaching out, you may help avert a tragedy like the one Marie Osmond's family experienced. Here's how to gently help. 
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From fertilisation to birth, an outline guide to a typical pregnancy and how the baby develops inside the womb.
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What happens to your body under anaesthetic?
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Information and statistics on common types of cancer
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Azeris in Talysh Mountains are no longer so long-lived
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Patient benefits from rare ankle replacement
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Why extra fat can turn you into a killer behind the wheel
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UK's first pooled kidney transplant hailed a success
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Men are likelier than women to enjoy sex in old age, researchers find.
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A vaccine is available - why not use it in the UK?
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Washington DC will become the first city in the US to make female condoms available for free, local media say.
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Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.
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Parents, hospitals and private firms are being warned over risky and illegal collections of umbilical cord blood
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Young people think frank conversations about sex infections signal that a relationship will last.
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Psychologists say they have treated hundreds of survivors of the 2005 London bombings for post-traumatic stress disorder.
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A simple DNA test may predict whether someone is most likely to lose weight on a specific diet, say US researchers.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak undergoes successful surgery at a German clinic for an inflamed gall bladder, state media say.
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A campaign is launched to eradicate polio in west and central Africa, targeting 85 million children.
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US President Barack Obama attacks insurers for raising rates as he continues his push for healthcare reform.
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The UK donates £1m ($1.5m) to South Africa to buy 42m condoms, as the nation builds up to the football World Cup.
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The US soft drinks industry says it has dramatically cut full-calorie beverages available in schools as part of a drive to tackle obesity.
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Pregnant women in developing countries face the same risk of death as women in the UK did 100 years ago, say campaigners.
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An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
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Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers.
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Skin transplant surgery can be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers.
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Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.
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There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.
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Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.
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