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California teens eat fewer calories in school

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in states without such regulations, according to a new study.n Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

Fish oil shows little effect on Tourette's tics

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some parents swear by fish oil as a treatment for the “tics” caused by Tourette’s disorder, but so far the research evidence is slim.n n (…) Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

Study unpicks gene changes behind breast cancer

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LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have mapped the complete genetic codes of 21 breast cancers and created a catalogue of the mutations that accumulate in breast cells, raising hopes that the disease may be able to be spotted earlier and treated more effectively in future.n Read the Rest of the Story…

Sex, age may affect athletes' concussion recovery

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Female and high school athletes may need more time to recover from a concussion than their male or college counterparts, a new study finds.n n (…) Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

U.S. sets deadline for proposals on state healthcare exchanges

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration forged ahead with healthcare reforms on Wednesday, announcing a November 16 deadline for state governments to submit proposals showing how they intend to operate health insurance exchanges in 2014.n n Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

Insecticide resistance threatens malaria fight

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LONDON (Reuters) – Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday.n n (…) Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

U.S. launches ambitious Alzheimer's plan with research push

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. government launched an ambitious push to develop new treatments for Alzheimer’s on Tuesday with a first prevention study of high-risk patients and tests on an insulin nasal spray that has shown promise in earlier studies.n Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters…

Analysis: Beleaguered beef purveyors carve out "pink slime" stain

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WESTERN SPRINGS, Illinois (Reuters) – Behind the glass meat counter at Casey’s Market in a Chicago suburb, the butchers pick up their blades and carry on a generations-old tradition.n n (…) Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters…

Insight: America's hatred of fat hurts obesity fight

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – One night when Lynn McAfee was 5 years old, her psychologically troubled mother left her at the side of a road as punishment for a now forgotten infraction.n n (…) Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters…

Psychiatrists say diagnosis manual needs overhaul

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LONDON (Reuters) – Many psychiatrists believe a new edition of a manual designed to help diagnose mental illness should be shelved for at least a year for further revisions, despite some modifications which eliminated two controversial diagnoses.n n Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters…

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