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House and Senate look to final health care talks (AP)

AP - How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage — plus who will pay for it — will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama’s health care remake.

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House and Senate look to final health care talks
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With Cardiac Rehab, More Is Better: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) — Cardiac rehabilitation sessions for elderly people with heart disease can lower their risk of heart attack and help them live longer, new research finds, but fewer than one in five eligible patients bothers to go.

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With Cardiac Rehab, More Is Better: Study
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Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning (AP)

AP - A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.

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Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning
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Study: Sticking with heart rehab boosts survival (AP)

AP - If you’ve had a heart attack or a bypass operation, there’s an easy way to help prevent another one: stick with rehab.

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Study: Sticking with heart rehab boosts survival
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‘Invisible bracelet’ for emergency health alerts? (AP)

AP - Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation’s ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient’s health history during a crisis — and which can immediately text-message loved ones that the person is headed for a hospital.

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‘Invisible bracelet’ for emergency health alerts?
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Senate Democrats clear hurdle on health care bill (AP)

AP - Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation’s medical system and cover 30 million uninsured.

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Senate Democrats clear hurdle on health care bill
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Health Care bill faces key Senate test vote (AP)

AP - Senate Democrats confidently advanced heath care legislation Sunday toward a make-or-break test vote in a push for Christmas-week passage. Republicans vowed to resist what they appeared unable to stop.

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Health Care bill faces key Senate test vote
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Obama hails 60th Senate vote for health care (AP)

AP - Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation Saturday, putting President Barack Obama’s signature issue firmly on a path for Christmas Eve passage.

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Obama hails 60th Senate vote for health care
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Scientists Spot Source of Hurdle to AIDS Vaccine (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have identified the cause of a major hurdle in efforts to develop an AIDs vaccine.

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Scientists Spot Source of Hurdle to AIDS Vaccine
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Premature birth tied to later behavioral problems (Reuters)

Reuters - Children who were born prematurely and at a very low weight may have an increased risk of certain behavior problems and symptoms of depression and anxiety, research suggests.

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Premature birth tied to later behavioral problems
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