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- Exercise Can Build Young Adults' Bones, Study Finds (Feb-16-2012)
- Drug-Delivery Microchip Could Replace Daily Injections (Feb-16-2012)
- Online Medieval Fantasy Games -- Threat to Marital Bliss? (Feb-16-2012)
- Brain Scans Might Spot Autism as Early as 6 Months of Age (Feb-16-2012)
- Health Tip: When a Child Resists Going to Bed (Feb-16-2012)
Senior Health
- Bird Flu Studies Can Be Published After All: WHO (Feb-20-2012)
- Kids With Gender Noncomformity at Increased Risk for Abuse (Feb-20-2012)
- FDA Weighs Fate of Qnexa for Weight Loss, Again (Feb-20-2012)
- Gene Might Boost Risk for Obesity (Feb-20-2012)
- glipizide, Glucotrol, Glucotrol XL (Feb-20-2012)
Alzheimer’s Disease
- Faster Walkers Have Lower Odds of Memory Problems (Feb-15-2012)
- Millions of Americans Have Untreated Hearing Loss: Study (Feb-14-2012)
- Could Sleep Problems Predict Alzheimer's? (Feb-14-2012)
- Brain Scans May One Day Be Used to Predict Dementia (Feb-14-2012)
- Exercise a Defense Against Dementia: Study (Feb-13-2012)
Cancer
- Female Cancer Survivors Report Worse Health Habits: Survey (Feb-20-2012)
- Gene Might Boost Risk for Obesity (Feb-20-2012)
- Fewer Melanoma Deaths in Counties With More Dermatologists (Feb-20-2012)
- Worries About Colonoscopy Unfounded: Study (Feb-20-2012)
- Hepatitis C Now Kills More Americans Than HIV (Feb-20-2012)
Diabetes
- Dupuytren's Contracture (Feb-20-2012)
- Korlym Approved for Cushing's Syndrome (Feb-20-2012)
- Pregnancy Complications May Predict Heart Trouble Later (Feb-20-2012)
- losartan, Cozaar (Feb-20-2012)
- glipizide, Glucotrol, Glucotrol XL (Feb-20-2012)
High Blood Pressure
- losartan, Cozaar (Feb-20-2012)
- Pregnancy Complications May Predict Heart Trouble Later (Feb-20-2012)
- FDA Weighs Fate of Qnexa for Weight Loss, Again (Feb-20-2012)
- Treatment Advances Improve the Odds for Heart Failure Patients (Feb-16-2012)
- Millions of Women Are Unaware They Have Arterial Disease (Feb-15-2012)