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Health Tip: Drugs to Avoid While Breast-Feeding
(HealthDay News) — If you’re breast-feeding, you should stay away from certain drugs, according to the U.S. Department of Health an…
More Girls Are Taking Up Smoking
THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) — Global smoking rates among girls are rapidly catching up to those of boys, putting the healt…
Health Highlights: Feb. 16, 2006
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
U.S. to Test Bird Flu Va…
When Stroke Hits, Call 911
THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) — Dialing 911 for an ambulance is the best way of ensuring rapid, potentially lifesaving care …
Stroke Survival May Depend on Staying Cool
THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) — In the first 24 hours after suffering a stroke, body temperature might predict the patient’s …
Health Tip: Avoid Needless Ultrasounds of Fetus
(HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned against taking a picture of a developing fetus merely as a keep…
New Strategy Speeds Flu Vaccine Production
THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say they’ve developed a commercially viable process that could enable the mass pr…
HRT Raises Risk for Specific Breast Cancers
THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) — When taken for more than five years, estrogen-progestin hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a…
Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 15, 2006
(HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Lymphocytic Leukemia, Chronic
The …
Mouse Model of Schizophrenia Should Spur Research
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) — Scientists say they’ve developed the first-ever mouse model of schizophrenia, a step that sho…