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Health Highlights: Sept. 30, 2005
WHO Downplays its Own Bird Flu Warnings
The World Health Organization moved Friday to quell fears sparked a day earlier by…
Potential Arthritis Drug Falls Short
FRIDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — Efforts to develop a new class of chronic arthritis medications using a painkiller compound nat…
FRIDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — About 9 percent of U.S. teens (2.2 million) have abused common over-the-counter cough medicines…
Music Keeps Heartbeat Humming
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — Tempo may be key to how well music soothes the savage breast — meaning an Irish jig and a De…
Fewer Women Taking Folic Acid Supplements
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — The number of American women taking folic acid supplements to prevent serious birth defects o…
High Blood Pressure Can Be Lethal in Overweight
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — A major longitudinal study confirms what experts have long suspected: High blood pressure is …
Ali Torre Goes to Bat Against Prostate Cancer
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — The Prostate Cancer Foundation and Ali Torre, wife of New York Yankees baseball manager and p…
New Hormone Therapy for Menopause Approved
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Berlex Inc. drug Angeliq (drospirenone…
Immune Drug May Prevent Fetal Infection
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — A drug that boosts a woman’s immune system during pregnancy may help prevent her from passing…
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — Married women are more likely to report ongoing sexual difficulties than either single women …