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  • Chromosome changes can cause cancer: US study

    Dec 7, 2009 12:39 PM PST, AFP
    Chromosome changes can cause cancer: US study

    AFP - A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, US researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.

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  • Chromosome changes can cause cancer: US study

    Dec 7, 2009 10:54 AM PST, AFP
    Chromosome changes can cause cancer: US study

    AFP - A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, US researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.

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  • Popular diet product recalled in US amid bacteria fears

    Dec 4, 2009 01:49 PM PST, AFP
    Popular diet product recalled in US amid bacteria fears

    AFP - Cans of a popular, ready-to-drink weight loss product are being recalled in the United States after tests showed the liquid meals could be tainted with bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

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  • Teen internet addicts more apt to self harm: study

    Dec 3, 2009 11:33 AM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - Adolescents who are addicted to the internet are more likely than non-addicted teens to engage in self-injurious behaviors like hitting themselves, pulling their own hair, or pinching or burning themselves, according to a study released Thursday.

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  • Rotting camels 'poison Aussie water supplies'

    Dec 3, 2009 07:33 AM PST, AFP
    Rotting camels 'poison Aussie water supplies'

    AFP - The rotting carcasses of thousands of wild camels who have died of thirst in Australia's desert Outback are polluting vital waterholes and sacred sites, a report said on Thursday.

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  • US researchers get new embryonic stem cell lines

    Dec 2, 2009 10:47 AM PST, AFP
    US researchers get new embryonic stem cell lines

    AFP - US authorities Wednesday approved 13 new lines of human embryonic stem cells for scientific research in the first such move since the Obama administration lifted a ban on their use.

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  • Pakistan sex workers on AIDS frontline

    Nov 29, 2009 07:07 PM PST, AFP
    Pakistan sex workers on AIDS frontline

    AFP - A prostitute born and brought up in Karachi's Napier Road red-light district, Shumaila never heard about HIV and AIDS until recently. Today, she carries condoms but clients refuse to wear them.

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  • Pakistan sex workers on AIDS frontline

    Nov 29, 2009 07:07 PM PST, AFP
    Pakistan sex workers on AIDS frontline

    AFP - A prostitute born and brought up in Karachi's Napier Road red-light district, Shumaila never heard about HIV and AIDS until recently. Today, she carries condoms but clients refuse to wear them.

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  • Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair?

    Nov 23, 2009 01:17 PM PST, Associated Press
    Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair?

    AP - Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers.

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  • Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

    Nov 10, 2009 12:16 PM PST, Associated Press
    Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

    AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks.

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