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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Cancer survivors who eat more
fruits and vegetables, stay physically active and avoid tobacco have a
higher quality of life than those who don’t do these things.
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:
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AP - The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Merck & Co. to correct numerous manufacturing deficiencies at its main vaccine plant, the latest in a string of setbacks for the drugmaker.
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — When trying to conceive, good health is
important for both moms- and dads-to-be. Future fathers can help a
couple’s chances of having a healthy baby.
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Reuters - A daily aspirin may give women
modest protection against the most common type of breast
cancer, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday.
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AP - More than 3 out of 4 new moms now breast-feed their infants, the highest rate in the U.S. in at least 20 years, according to a a government report released Wednesday. About 77 percent of new mothers breast-feed, at least briefly, up from 60 percent in 1993-1994, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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AP - A working class suburb of Chile’s capital began handing out free Viagra to senior citizens on Wednesday. Lo Prado Mayor Gonzalo Navarrete said he launched the program because “an active sexuality improves the overall quality of life.”
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Reuters - Nursing home residents with
dementia appear to be less likely to receive pain medication
than other residents, even though they have just as many
painful health conditions, a new study suggests.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Patients with mild
Alzheimer’s disease who took 800 milligrams of the drug tarenflurbil twice
a day had less decline in functional ability than those who took a
placebo, according to a British phase II trial.
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AP - The Food and Drug Administration is warning drugmaker Merck & Co. to fix problems at its main vaccine plant.
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