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Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline

Nov 22, 2009 06:43 AM PST

AP - The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer. Full Story

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  • Health Highlights: Oct. 30, 2009

    Oct 30, 2009 08:49 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

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  • Veggies in Pregnancy Lowers Child's Diabetes Risk

    Oct 30, 2009 08:49 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to mothers who ate plenty of vegetables during pregnancy are less likely to have type 1 diabetes, Swedish researchers say.

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  • Study finds stroke risk from anemia drug Aranesp

    Oct 30, 2009 05:40 PM PDT, Associated Press

    AP - A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick enough to need dialysis.

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  • US to end travel ban on HIV-positive visitors: Obama

    Oct 30, 2009 03:24 PM PDT, AFP
    US to end travel ban on HIV-positive visitors: Obama

    AFP - The United States is poised to lift a decades-old ban on HIV-positive visitors from abroad that was based on fear and ignorance of the facts, President Barack Obama said Friday.

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  • Coffee may lower endometrial cancer risk

    Oct 30, 2009 02:28 PM PDT, Reuters

    Reuters - Women dread a diagnosis of endometrial cancer, but those who drink at least two cups of caffeinated coffee a day may have a lower risk for this cancer of cells lining the uterus.

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  • Coffee may lower endometrial cancer risk

    Oct 30, 2009 02:02 PM PDT, Reuters

    Reuters - Women dread a diagnosis of endometrial cancer, but those who drink at least two cups of caffeinated coffee a day may have a lower risk for this cancer of cells lining the uterus.

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  • US to end travel ban on HIV/AIDS patients: Obama

    Oct 30, 2009 01:01 PM PDT, AFP
    US to end travel ban on HIV/AIDS patients: Obama

    AFP - The United States is poised to lift a decades-old ban on HIV-positive visitors from abroad that was based on fear and ignorance of the facts, President Barack Obama said Friday.

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  • Obama lifts ban on U.S. entry of those with HIV/AIDS

    Oct 30, 2009 12:49 PM PDT, Reuters

    Reuters - President Barack Obama announced on Friday that a 22-year-old ban on allowing people infected with the AIDS virus into the United States will be lifted on Monday.

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  • Swaziland battles twin plagues of HIV, TB

    Oct 30, 2009 12:08 PM PDT, AFP
    Swaziland battles twin plagues of HIV, TB

    AFP - Zodwa Mahlabane meticulously takes out her tablets from small yellow bags and puts them on a white tray.

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  • Swaziland battles twin plagues of HIV, TB

    Oct 30, 2009 12:08 PM PDT, AFP
    Swaziland battles twin plagues of HIV, TB

    AFP - Zodwa Mahlabane meticulously takes out her tablets from small yellow bags and puts them on a white tray.

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