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New U.S. guidelines on MRI use for women at high risk of breast cancer
MIL/IHT Mar 29, 2007 Author:
March 29, 2007 - Two reports scheduled for publication in the United States on Wednesday call for greatly expanded use of magnetic resonance imaging for women who have breast cancer or who are at high risk of developing the disease.
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Research suggests fortified food could help resist ageing
MIL/Agencies Mar 26, 2007 Author:
March 26, 2007 - Fortifying food with specially developed proteins could make our bodies more resistant to the ageing process, according to a former Oxford University scientist.
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Breat Cancer Screening ... at the Dentist?
MIL/Agencies Mar 22, 2007 Author:
March 22, 2007 - Not everyone loves the dentist, but most people honor the twice-annual appointment to maintain their pearly whites. Now, a new study shows those trips to the dentist might reveal more than cavities.
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High-fat diet increases breast cancer risk
MIL/Agencies Mar 21, 2007 Author:
March 21, 2007 - Study of middle-age women with a wide range of fat in their diet shows that eating a high-fat diet raises the risk of developing invasive breast cancer.
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Japanese plane lands without its nose gear
MIL/Agencies Mar 13, 2007 Author:
Tokyo, March 13, 2007 - Japanese passenger plane carrying 60 people made a safe emergency landing without its nose gear after circling over an airport for nearly two hours, the Associated Press has reported.
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 | Mohanlal goodwill ambassador for AIDS awareness prog
MIL/Agencies Mar 13, 2007 Author:
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13, 2007 - The Kerala AIDS Control Society has decided to launch a visual media campaign featuring actor Mohanlal to spread awareness about the disease.
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Pakistan asks India to assist in Blast Inquiry of Samihauta Express
MIL/Agencies Feb 20, 2007 Author:
Islamabad, February 20, 2007 - Pakistan has asked India to involve its investigative agencies in the inquiry into the deadly bomb blasts on the Samjhauta Express.
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Breakthrough: Pig bladders, salamanders can regrow fingers
MIL/Agencies Feb 20, 2007 Author:
New York, February 20, 2007 - Researchers are trying to find ways to regrow fingers - and someday, even limbs - with tricks that sound like magic spells from a Harry Potter novel.
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Britain’s children are most unhappy lot in the world
MIL/Agencies Feb 14, 2007 Author: Alexandra Blair,
February 14, 2007 – There is a strong impression that the Britain’s children are one of the happiest in the world but it is wrong. On the contrary they are the most unhappy lot in the West, according to a Unicef study of 21 industrialised countries.
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Study ties drop in deaths to a little nap after lunch
MIL/Agencies Feb 14, 2007 Author:
February 14, 2007 - In a study released on 12th February, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and in Athens reported that Greeks who took regular 30-minute siestas were 37 percent less likely to die of heart disease over a six-year period than those who never napped. The scientists tracked more than 23,000 adults, finding that the benefits of napping were most pronounced for working men.
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Newer Drugs Beat Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer Survival
MIL/Agencies Feb 13, 2007 Author:
February 13, 2007 - Postmenopausal breast cancer patients who switch from tamoxifen therapy to another type of drug, called an aromatase inhibitor, may gain a significant boost in survival, Italian research shows.
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Philadelphia approves ban on trans fats
MIL/Agencies Feb 9, 2007 Author:
Philadelphia, February 09, 2007 - Philadelphia is set to become the second large American city to ban restaurants from serving trans fats, which doctors say increase the risk of heart disease.
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Male sweat boosts women's hormone levels
MIL/ Agencies Feb 8, 2007 Author:
Berkeley, February 08, 2007 - Just a few whiffs of a chemical found in male sweat is enough to raise levels of the stress hormone cortisol in heterosexual women, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, scientists.
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FDA Approves Gene-Based Breast Cancer Test
MIL/Agencies Feb 7, 2007 Author: Steven Reinberg
February 07, 2007 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Tuesday a new genetic test that's designed to determine the likelihood that early stage breast cancer will recur within five to 10 years after treatment.
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Loneliness link with Alzheimer's
MIL/BBC News Feb 7, 2007 Author:
February 07, 2007 - People who are lonely are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, a large US study has suggested. The findings come from a study of more than 800 elderly patients, who were followed over a four-year period.
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Heart Disease In Women is due To Air Pollution
MIL/Agencies Feb 1, 2007 Author:
February 1, 2007 - A US study has recently found significant links between the exposure to small particle air pollution and a risk of fatal and non fatal heart disease and strokes in older women.
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Keyhole surgery goes successful on 89 yrs. woman
MIL/Agencies Jan 31, 2007 Author:
London, January 31, 2007 - Doctors in Leicester on Tuesday will become the first in Britain to use keyhole surgery to replace a heart valve. The procedure, to be conducted on an 89-year-old woman at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital, has only been performed to date in four other hospitals worldwide as per Zee News.
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Jury in Philadelphia finds Wyeth drug caused cancer
MIL/Agencies Jan 30, 2007 Author:
January 30 2007 - January 30, 2007- Wyeth's Prempro menopause pill helped cause an Arkansas woman's breast cancer as per a state court jury in Philadelphia who found on Monday in the company's second trial loss over its hormone replacement drugs and decided that she deserves $1.5 million in damages,
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Girl of 14 who was a boy until she was 12
MIL/Agencies Jan 29, 2007 Author: ALLAN HALL
January 29, 2007 - Even at the age of two, Tim insisted he was a girl trapped in a boy’s body. And when puberty began to approach at the age of 12, he convinced his parents that something had to be done.
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Coffee during pregnancy is not harmful
MIL/Agencies Jan 28, 2007 Author:
January 28, 2007 -Women who drink moderate amounts of coffee while pregnant should be reassured they are not increasing risks to their baby, a Danish study suggests. Earlier work found high caffeine intake could increase the risk of premature birth and having a small baby.
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