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  • 'Covert' coping with job conflict ups heart risk

    2009-12-02 09:19

    Walking away or letting things pass may be an unhealthy way to deal with unfair treatment on the job, research from Sweden shows.

  • Back pain? It could be stress

    2009-12-02 09:11

    Modern life can be a blur of dropping the children off at school, preparing for an important meeting at work and then managing a big project for the boss only to get to the weekend and face a mountain of household chores.

  • Shame behind closed doors

    2009-12-01 11:30

    When Wang, who declined to use his full name, was 16 years old he was given the grave news that his mother had contracted HIV.

  • China city government opens gay bar to fight AIDS

    2009-12-01 09:28

    A Chinese city with one of the nation's highest rates of AIDS has opened a government-funded gay bar in an outreach effort that has stirred debate over the use of taxpayers' money.

  • Many get extra radiation from needless CT scans

    2009-12-01 09:08

    Every year, many patients undergo unnecessary computed tomography (CT) scans that are not indicated, exposing them to more radiation than is necessary.

  • Abdominal CT scans overused: study

    2009-12-01 09:07

    More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the long-term risk of cancer.

  • Kangaroos may hold key to preventing skin cancer: study

    2009-12-01 09:07

    Understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer, according to Australian and Austrian researchers.

  • Smoking skunk raises risk of pyschosis, study finds

    2009-12-01 09:06

    People who smoke "skunk" -- a potent form of cannabis -- are almost seven times more likely to develop psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia than those who smoke "hash" or cannabis resin, according to research.

  • WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner

    2009-11-30 09:33

    People infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said Monday.

  • More than 1,000 deaths in past week from H1N1: WHO

    2009-11-28 09:10

    More than 1,000 deaths from the H1N1 swine flu virus were officially reported in the past week, a sharp rise which brings the global total to at least 7,826, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

  • Many pregnant women take drugs harmful to baby

    2009-11-28 09:07

    With the help of their doctors, women planning to become pregnant should take an inventory of the medications they take, researchers from Canada advise.

  • Timely and continuous HIV care extends survival

    2009-11-27 09:05

    In people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, high-risk behavior, HIV infection itself, as well as late initiation and early discontinuation of anti-HIV therapy all contribute to substantial decreases in life expectancy.

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