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Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal (AP)

AP - Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.

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Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal
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Women’s bodies ‘choosy’ about sperm: Australian study (AFP)

AFP - A woman’s body may be unconsciously selective about sperm, allowing some men’s to progress to pregnancy but killing off the chances of less suitable matches, an Australian researcher said Wednesday.

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Women’s bodies ‘choosy’ about sperm: Australian study
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Mouth Cancer Prognosis Improves When Cervical Cancer Virus Involved (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) — For patients battling a type of cancer that affects the back of the mouth, the chances of survival increase if the tumor contains the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, new research shows.

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Study: Chocolate could reduce heart risk (AP)

AP - The Easter Bunny might lower your chances of having a heart problem. According to a new study, small doses of chocolate every day could decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent.

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Study: Chocolate could reduce heart risk
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Study: High-fat diets raise stroke risk in women (AP)

AP - A new study finds a link between the amount of fat that women over 50 consume and their chances of suffering the most common type of stroke.

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Study: High-fat diets raise stroke risk in women
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Combat wounds not the leading cause of evacuations (AP)

AP - American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were more likely to be medically evacuated for health problems such as a bad back than for combat injuries, a new study says.

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Combat wounds not the leading cause of evacuations
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Smokers with cancer could quit and double survival (AP)

AP - People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says.

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Smokers with cancer could quit and double survival
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Overweight and young equals ill health in old age (AFP)

AFP - Women who gain weight in the early decades of adulthood dramatically reduce their chances of reaching old age in good health compared with lean counterparts, a study published on Wednesday said.

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Overweight and young equals ill health in old age
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Preventing Second Stroke May Stave Off Dementia (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept.

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Preventing Second Stroke May Stave Off Dementia
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Researchers: Aspirin cuts colon cancer risk (AP)

AP - People with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer could cut their chances of developing the disease in half by taking a daily dose of aspirin, researchers said Monday.

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Researchers: Aspirin cuts colon cancer risk
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