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  • Body mass and waist size can predict heart disease

    Dec 7, 2009 02:17 PM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - Measuring body mass index or waist size in overweight people can accurately predict the risk of heart disease, Dutch scientists said on Monday.

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  • EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health

    Dec 7, 2009 01:41 PM PST, Associated Press
    EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health

    AP - The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment.

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  • Higher lung cancer risk in eastern China: study

    Dec 7, 2009 12:34 PM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - People in eastern China likely have a higher risk of developing lung cancer than those in western China because of extensive burning of biomass fuels in homes and factories, according to a study.

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  • South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

    Dec 7, 2009 12:23 PM PST, Associated Press
    South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

    AP - South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS.

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  • Risk of blood clots after surgery higher than thought

    Dec 7, 2009 11:40 AM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - The risk of blood clots following surgery is probably higher - for one relatively common surgery, more than one clot per 50 surgeries -- than previously thought, data from the UK's Million Women Study suggest.

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  • Ancient HIV stowaway may hold clue to transmission

    Dec 7, 2009 08:21 AM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - An HIV genetic stowaway that may have come from a related cat virus could help the AIDS virus transmit and replicate in people, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

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  • Study: Missing DNA can promote childhood obesity

    Dec 6, 2009 11:24 AM PST, Associated Press

    AP - Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report.

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  • Group to start project to cut indoor fuel burning

    Dec 6, 2009 08:50 AM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - An advocacy group on lung health plans to work with health authorities in 12 countries from 2010 to reduce indoor fuel burning, which causes respiratory diseases and lung cancer and kills 2 million people a year.

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  • Zulus to fight AIDS with circumcision

    Dec 6, 2009 08:35 AM PST, AFP
    Zulus to fight AIDS with circumcision

    AFP - The king of South Africa's Zulus wants to revive the practice of circumcision among his people to help fight the spread of AIDS, the Sapa news agency reported Sunday.

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  • Zulus to fight AIDS with circumcision

    Dec 6, 2009 08:35 AM PST, AFP
    Zulus to fight AIDS with circumcision

    AFP - The king of South Africa's Zulus wants to revive the practice of circumcision among his people to help fight the spread of AIDS, the Sapa news agency reported Sunday.

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