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Health Highlights: May 13, 2006
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Cases of Bird Flu in South…
Infants Exposed to Smoking at Risk of Lung Cancer
FRIDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) — New parents who smoke are putting their infants in danger because secondhand smoke contains canc…
Mouse Study Finding May Help Battle MS
FRIDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) — Blocking a chemical signal called interferon-gamma helped prevent harm to cells that surround and…
Technique Eases Patient Allergy to Plavix
FRIDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) — A new method developed by U.S. researchers can help patients overcome an allergy to a common ant…
FRIDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) — Too few pediatricians screen children for autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and a lack…
THURSDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) — If and when a bird flu pandemic occurs, experts estimate there will be only enough vaccine to …
Alcoholism Raises Pneumonia Risk
THURSDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) — Alcoholism boosts a person’s risk for dangerous pneumonia, European researchers report.
<…EMS Stroke Response Good in Poor Neighborhoods
THURSDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) — Poverty increases the average American’s risk of getting a stroke, but new research finds that…
Health Tip: Getting Rid of Head Lice
(HealthDay News) — Lice are small parasitic insects that are easily spread from person to person via head-to-head contact, sharing …
Lung Cancer May Differ by Gender
THURSDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) — Women may experience lung cancer in ways that differ from men, a new study finds.
Many…