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Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study
Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, US researchers said on Monday. ...
Both Parents' Ages Linked to Autism RiskNew York Times
Study Finds Possible Connection Between Mother's Age, Chances of AutismKEYC
Study confirms link between maternal age and autismAFP
abc7.com -myGLOSS -CalorieLab Calorie Counter News
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Study: 2 soft drinks per week raises pancreatic cancer risk
Xinhua
BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- US researchers have found people who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, media reports said Tuesday quoting findings in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention ...
Health Buzz: Study Ties Soft-Drink Intake to Pancreatic CancerU.S. News & World Report
Pancreatic Cancer Linked to Sodas?WebMD
Pancreatic Cancer: Soda Drinkers at RiskIvanhoe
Reuters -WCCO -BusinessWeek
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US clears wider use of AstraZeneca cholesterol drug
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca (AZN.L) won US approval on Monday to promote cholesterol fighter Crestor for preventing heart disease in a vast new market of people with healthy cholesterol but other heart risks. ...
FDA Widens Crestor ApprovalWall Street Journal
AstraZeneca Gets OK for Expanded Crestor UseABC News
FDA Okays Statin for Primary PreventionMedPage Today
BusinessWeek -TheHeart.Org -RTT News
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Obama official 'very disturbed' by Anthem Blue Cross rate hikes
Los Angeles Times
The insurer should give a 'detailed justification' for its plan to raise premiums on individual policies by as much as 39%, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says. By Duke Helfand California insurance regulators asked Anthem Blue ...
Calif. insurer's rate increases draw attention of federal governmentWashington Post
US's Sebelius chides WellPoint unit over rate hikeReuters
White House asks insurer to explain rate hikeMinneapolis Star Tribune
ABC News -KFBB NewsChannel 5 -Bizjournals.com
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First lady begins fight against childhood obesity
Washington Post
AP WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama says she loves burgers and fries, but she wants her daughters - and the rest of America's children - to learn about better nutrition and exercise. On Tuesday, she is launching Let's Move, a nationwide campaign ...
Michelle Obama aims to end child obesity in a generationUSA Today
First lady Michelle Obama gets active in the fight against childhood obesitySoutheast Missourian
Sen. Gillibrand To Help Combat Childhood ObesityWENY-TV
The Canadian Press -Columbia Missourian -CNN
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Less TV, More Family Dinners Fight Childhood Obesity
WebMD
Feb. 8, 2010 -- Simple lifestyle habits at home, such as having more family meals, could reduce obesity in preschoolers, new research suggests. A study to be published in the March issue of the journal Pediatrics says preschoolers ...
fight childhood obesity in 3 stepsCNN
3 simple steps can cut child obesitymsnbc.com
Family meals can 'cut risk of child obesity by 40%'Daily Mail
Dr. Cutler -TIME -TopNews United States
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Cell Therapeutics drug draws US FDA staff concerns
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - US drug reviewers questioned effectiveness data from Cell Therapeutics Inc (CTIC.O) (CTIC.MI) for an experimental lymphoma drug and said the medicine had substantial side effects, according to documents ...
Abridged Study to Haunt CTI? FDA Questions Pixantrone DataBioWorld Online
Matthew Herper is a senior editor at ForbesForbes (blog)
FDA Tough on Cell Therapeutics' DrugTheStreet.com
Reuters India -TopNews New Zealand -RTT News
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Flu clinic tomorrow
Marlborough Enterprise
By Staff reports The Marlborough Board of Health will hold a walk-in flu clinic for H1N1 and season flu shots on Tuesday, Feb. 9, in Room 109 of the Walker Building from 2 pm to 4 pm Both mist and injectable vaccinations are available for people age 10 ...
Surplus of Swine Flu Vaccine in ArizonaMyFox Phoenix
Town to hold flu clinic WednesdayFayObserver.com
Two new swine flu cases spark warnings in TasmaniaABC Online
Long Beach Press-Telegram -Irish Times -USA Today
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Third-hand smoke also bad for you: study
AFP
WASHINGTON â You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else's smoke is bad for you. Now a US study says third-hand smoke -- tobacco residue clinging to surfaces -- is also bad for you. When a cigarette burns, nicotine is released in ...
'Third-hand smoke' could damage healthBBC News
Even third-hand smoke carries carcinogens: studyReuters
Thirdhand smoke forms indoor carcinogens, Lawrence Berkeley lab scientists reportInside Bay Area
Daily News & Analysis -Science Daily (press release) -BusinessWeek
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Census will not ask â¦Census will not ask â¦
St. Joseph News-Press
The US Census Bureau stresses it has done a lot to simplify and improve upon the once-a-decade headcount of every farmstead, small town, city, county and state in the nation. In our view, the bureau has gotten this right. This year we will be asked ...
Joliet census jobs availableJoliet Herald News
Managing the 2010 Census and planning for 2020Washington Post
People mean money in the US CensusGillette News Record
CNN International -WCAX -Patch
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