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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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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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