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Could Antidepressants Cause Cataracts?
Study: 22,000 U.S.Cataract Cases May Be Due to SSRI Antidepressants WebMD Health News March 12, 2010 -- SSRI antidepressants raise the risk of cataractsby about 15% -- enough to cause 22,000 extra cataract cases in theU.S. each year, Canadian researchers...
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Plavix Gets New Warning
New Plavix Warning: Lack of Effect in Many People Genetic Test IDs 'Poor Metabolizers' of Plavix but Time, Cost Are Issues WebMD Health News March 11, 2010 - The FDA has put a new "black box" warning on the anti-clotting drug Plavix, the second best-selling...
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Seeing an 'A' Raises Test Scores
Certain Letters of the Alphabet Can Affect Achievement, Study Shows WebMD Health News March 12, 2010 -- Simply seeing the letter A before an exam might help you improve your grade, but spotting an F could make you perform poorly.This finding comes from a...
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Retail Spices Recalled in Salmonella Scare
Whole Foods, Frontier Brand Spices Recalled as Salmonella Outbreak Expands WebMD Health News March 11, 2010 - Some Whole Foods and Frontier Natural Products spices have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination of pepper included in the products.
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Onion Cream Treats New Stretch Marks
Cream Also Makes New Stretch Marks Softer, Smoother, Study Says WebMD Health News March 11, 2010 (Miami Beach, Fla.) -- A moisturizing cream whose active ingredient is extract of onion can help take the redness out of new stretch marks.New stretch marks were...
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War on Cancer: Cancer Deaths Down
Cancer Deaths Down Since 'War on Cancer' Cancer Death Rates Drop 6% in Women, 11% in Men Since 1971's 'War on Cancer' Began WebMD Health News March 10, 2010 -- The U.S.is making gains on at least one war front, the "War on Cancer," according to a new...
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Why Swine Flu Vaccine is Important
Study Shows Vaccine in Schoolchildren Indirectly Prevents Spread of Flu to High-Risk People WebMD Health News March 9, 2010 -- New research confirms that giving flu shots to large numbers of school-age children can protect the community at large.The finding...
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New Diarrhea Danger for Children
-- A dangerous diarrhea-causing germ once thought to only affect the elderly and seriously ill is now affecting a growing number of healthy children in the U.S.A new report shows the rates of hospitalization for illness caused by the bacterium Clostridium...
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Melanoma Cases on the Rise
(Miami Beach, Fla.) -- While some researchers suggest the rising rate melanoma may simply reflect a change in how doctors diagnose melanoma and the increased availability of skin cancer screenings, a leading dermatologist says the increase is real.The...
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CDC: Genital Herpes Rates Still High
-- One in six Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 have genital herpes and close to one in two black women are infected, new figures from the CDC reveal.Rates of infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) -- the sexually transmitted virus that...
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