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Kids Who Get Flu Shots Protect the Unvaccinated (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — Children who get a flu shot help prevent flu from spreading in their communities, Canadian researchers say.

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Alzheimer’s Drug Might Help Prevent Esophageal Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan.

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Alzheimer’s Drug Might Help Prevent Esophageal Cancer
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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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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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Group: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the year (AP)

AP - Dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009’s Top 10 humanitarian crises, according to Doctors Without Borders.

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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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Health Tip: Checking Your Peak Flow (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Measuring peak flow is important for asthmatics, as it monitors how well you can blow air from your lungs and may even help predict a pending asthma attack. Peak flow is measured with a specially designed meter.

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Health Tip: Checking Your Peak Flow
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Obese SC man dies after 8 months in home recliner (AP)

AP - Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man stayed in his recliner without moving for eight months until shortly before his death.

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Obese SC man dies after 8 months in home recliner
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Spray can prevent premature ejaculation: study (Reuters)

Reuters - A spray that numbs the penis can help prevent premature ejaculation, doctors reported on Thursday, and drug maker Sciele Pharma Inc, a division of Japan’s Shionogi, plans to file for U.S. approval next year.

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Spray can prevent premature ejaculation: study
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