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| Nepal radio breaks taboos to fight HIV/AIDS (Reuters) |
| Jan. 09, 2008 |
| Reuters - Ignoring social taboos in this
conservative nation, a Nepali radio program on safe sex is
spreading awareness against HIV/AIDS and offers life-saving
advice to young people who are vulnerable to the disease. |
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| Medicare Drug Plan Fuels Health-Care Spending (HealthDay) |
| Jan. 09, 2008 |
| HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The new Medicare prescription drug
plan was largely responsible for an 18.7 percent increase in Medicare
spending in 2006, which was double the increase in spending from the year
before, U.S. health officials report. |
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| Diabetes Drug May Cut Med-Related Weight Gain (HealthDay) |
| Jan. 09, 2008 |
| HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Improved diet, more exercise
and the diabetes medication metformin can help people suffering with
schizophrenia control the weight gain that typically accompanies their
medications, a Chinese study suggests. |
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| NYC death rate hit all-time low in '06 (AP) |
| Jan. 09, 2008 |
| AP - The city's overall death rate dropped to an all-time low in 2006 due in part to declines in mortality from HIV and smoking-related illness, the health commissioner said Tuesday. |
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| Study: Anxiety may be bad for your heart (AP) |
| Jan. 09, 2008 |
| AP - Those Type A go-getters aren't the only ones stressing their hearts. Nervous Nelsons seem to be, too. Researchers reported Monday that chronic anxiety can significantly increase the risk of a heart attack, at least in men. The findings add another trait to a growing list of psychological profiles linked to heart disease, including anger or hostility, Type A behavior, and depression. |
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| Bush signs new gun bill (AP) |
| Jan. 09, 2008 |
| AP - President Bush signed legislation on Tuesday aimed at preventing the severely mentally ill from buying guns, in a rare bipartisan agreement with the Democratic-led Congress after the bloody Virginia Tech shooting. |
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| Indian farmers poison 50 rare jackals (AP) |
| Jan. 09, 2008 |
| AP - At least 50 rare jackals were poisoned to death in northern India by farmers angry over alleged attacks on children and damage to crops blamed on the animals, a forest official said Tuesday. |
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