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Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer

By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer; May 14, 2008 01:19 PM PDT

AP - Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years — starting as young as age 12 — can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause. Full Story

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  • South African military AIDS policy faces court challenge

    May 15, 2008 07:22 AM PDT, AFP
    South African military AIDS policy faces court challenge

    AFP - The South African military's blanket exclusions of HIV positive members is not medically justified and ignores government policy, lawyers for service personnel union told a court Thursday.

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  • France reports leveling childhood obesity rates

    May 15, 2008 06:40 AM PDT, Reuters

    Reuters - France is the first EU country to report a leveling off of childhood obesity rates, suggesting that healthier diet programs and a ban on vending machines in schools is paying off, researchers said on Thursday.

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  • Lowering Dietary Fat May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

    May 15, 2008 06:01 AM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Eating less polyunsaturated fat, the kind often found in baked and fried goods, helps prevent prostate cancer in mice, according to researchers.

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  • Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema

    May 15, 2008 06:01 AM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they may be able to prevent the tissue damage that lung diseases, such as emphysema, cause by treating the patient with doxycycline, an antibiotic commonly used to treat acne.

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  • Childhood obesity levelling in France: studies

    May 15, 2008 03:15 AM PDT, AFP
    Childhood obesity levelling in France: studies

    AFP - Childhood obesity may be levelling in France in contrast to the general trend in Europe where more youngsters are growing fat, according to two new studies presented Thursday.

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  • Global market expected to drive cancer drug growth

    May 14, 2008 11:04 PM PDT, Associated Press

    AP - The global market for cancer drugs will grow twice as fast as that for all other pharmaceuticals as the developing world spends more on health care, a new report says.

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  • Cancer drug sales could hit $80 billion by 2011: IMS

    May 14, 2008 11:04 PM PDT, Reuters

    Reuters - Sales of cancer drugs will grow at nearly double the rate of the global pharmaceutical market and could reach $80 billion by 2012, according to IMS Health, which tracks prescription drug sales.

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  • Clot-Busting Treatment Improves Bleeding Stroke Outcomes

    May 14, 2008 08:46 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report they have dramatically increased the survival rate for people with strokes caused by bleeding within the brain by fine-tuning the dosage and timing for administering the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA).

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  • Aspirin at Bedtime Lowers Blood Pressure

    May 14, 2008 08:46 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- A daily aspirin can control prehypertension, but only if it is taken at bedtime, a Spanish study shows.

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  • Music Hath Charms to Calm Hypertension

    May 14, 2008 08:46 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Italian researchers have some advice for those with high blood pressure: Breathe slowly. Turn on some quiet, rhythmic music. And watch your high blood pressure take a little tumble.

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