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      <title>Drug-resistant bacteria on increase in U.S.: study</title>
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       WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 percent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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      <title>WHO probing drug resistant swine flu</title>
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       GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is looking into reports in Britain and the United States that the H1N1 flu may have developed resistance to Tamiflu in people with severely suppressed immune systems, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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      <title>Hold your nose: garlic is best investment in China</title>
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       BEIJING (Reuters) - The price of garlic in China has nearly quadrupled since March, propelled by its very pungency to rank ahead of gold and stocks as the country&apos;s best-performing asset this year.
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      <title>Over 33 million infected with AIDS virus: U.N.</title>
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       SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, up from 33 million in 2007, but more people are living longer due to the availability of drugs, according to a United Nations report.
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      <title>&quot;Covert&quot; coping with job conflict ups heart risk</title>
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       NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Walking away or letting things pass may be an unhealthy way to deal with unfair treatment on the job, research from Sweden shows.
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      <title>Antioxidants could help preserve muscle strength</title>
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       NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study in older adults, dietary intake of vitamins C and E was linked with muscle strength, leading the researchers to suggest at a meeting in Atlanta this past weekend that a diet high in antioxidants could play an important role in preserving muscle function in older adults
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      <title>Fertility drugs may pose some uterine cancer risk</title>
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       NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though the use of fertility drugs does not seem to generally increase uterine cancer risk, a Danish study identified small increases in risk from certain fertility drugs used for longer duration.
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      <title>Consumer ads pump up prescription drug costs</title>
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       NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medicaid pharmacy costs for the blood-thinning drug Plavix jumped at around the same time the drug&apos;s maker started advertising it to consumers -- even though the number of people prescribed the drug didn&apos;t change, new research shows.
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      <title>Co-ed dorms linked to more drinking, sex</title>
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       NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In findings that may confirm parents&apos; worries, a new study suggests that co-ed college dorms are encouraging kids to drink heavily and have more sex.
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      <title>Zimbabwe child mortality up 20 percent, U.N. says</title>
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       HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe&apos;s infant mortality rate has risen by 20 percent over the past two decades as children under five succumb to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and pneumonia, a joint government and United Nations survey showed on Tuesday.
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      <title>Venezuelans borrow for plastic surgery in hard times</title>
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       CARACAS (Reuters) - Unfazed by a recession and rampant inflation, image-conscious Venezuelans show no signs of cutting back on the facelifts, liposuction, and breast augmentation that have become de rigueur beauty treatments.
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      <title>&apos;Covert&apos; coping with job conflict ups heart risk</title>
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       NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Walking away or letting things pass may be an unhealthy way to deal with unfair treatment on the job, research from Sweden shows.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Meet flu&apos;s rival in kids: respiratory syncytial virus</title>
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      <title>Exposure to smoke, lead ups risk of ADHD</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Child care doubles TV time for some children</title>
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       NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Think you know how much TV your kid is watching? If you&apos;re not taking the time they spend in child care into account, you may be way off, according to a study from the University of Washington in Seattle.
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      <title>Selenium supplementation may boost cholesterol</title>
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       NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking too much selenium, an essential mineral touted for immune boosting and anti-cancer benefits, could increase cholesterol levels by 10 percent and, as a result, raise the risk of heart disease, a new study suggests.
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      <title>Italy finds proposal to skip lunch hard to digest</title>
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       ROME (Reuters) - Food-loving Italy responded with indignation on Tuesday to a minister&apos;s comments that lunchbreaks -- still a sit-down ritual for many Italian workers -- are bad for waistlines and the economy, and should be skipped.
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      <title>FACTBOX: Africa still worst hit by AIDS</title>
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       (Reuters) - An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, according to a statement issued by the World Health Organization and the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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      <title>Vioxx risks could have been detected earlier: study</title>
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       CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heart risks from taking Merck &amp;amp; Co Inc&apos;s painkiller Vioxx could have been detected more than three years before the company withdrew the drug from the market in September 2004, had the data been openly available, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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      <title>Psychotropic drugs boost fall risk in the elderly</title>
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       NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new analysis of studies including nearly 80,000 people aged 60 and older confirms that certain types of widely prescribed drugs, such as antidepressants and sedatives, can increase their risk of falling.
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