Had a stroke? The elderly may not know, or remember(Reuters)
Tuesday, 05.12.2009, 12:23pm
Reuters - Older adults often do not realize or may even forget they have had a stroke and may not be a reliable source of medical information, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Study: Mexico has thousands more swine flu cases(AP)
Tuesday, 05.12.2009, 10:05am
 AP - The swine flu virus spread to more countries Tuesday as scientists estimated the new strain could have sickened 23,000 people in Mexico alone before anyone realized it was an epidemic.
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Worry over weight: Poll finds health disconnect(AP)
Tuesday, 05.12.2009, 07:10am
 AP - Scan the breathless headlines at any magazine rackÂFight Flab in Minutes! Get Beach Ready! Add the skinny yet buxom model, and it should be no surprise that the average woman feels insecure if not downright unhappy with her real-world figure.
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Health Tip: Keep Medications Away From Children(HealthDay)
Tuesday, 05.12.2009, 03:49am
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Youngsters seem to get into everything --often things they aren't supposed to, such as medications.
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More Cancer Tests Mean More False-Positive Results(HealthDay)
Tuesday, 05.12.2009, 03:49am
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- The more cancer screeningtests you undergo, the higher your risk of having at least onefalse-positive result, researchers say.
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Full moon : A Russian girl stands on a pedestrian bridge in ...
Monday, 05.11.2009, 11:49pm
 (AFP) - Full moon : A Russian girl stands on a pedestrian bridge in downtown Moscow as a full moon is seen in the background. (AFP/Dmitry Kostyukov)
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Obama praises health industry's vow to cut costs(AP)
Monday, 05.11.2009, 11:30pm
 AP - Barack Obama praised the health care industry's promise to cut$2 trillion in costs over 10 years Monday, taking a sharply different course than President Bill Clinton did 16 years ago in an opening bid to overhaul the U.S. health system.
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Shuttle to the Hubble : The US space shuttle Atlantis lifts ...
Monday, 05.11.2009, 11:24pm
 (AFP) - Shuttle to the Hubble : The US space shuttle Atlantis lifts off at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the final shuttle mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. (AFP/Stan Honda)
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Study: Bad boy doesn't always get the girl(AP)
Monday, 05.11.2009, 10:05pm
AP - Apparently the bad boy doesn't always get the girl. At least in a South American tribe with the highest known murder rate, it turns out that the most aggressive guys end up with fewer wives and children than milder men, according to a report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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