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Good evening Srini, TUE 20 Jan 2009 

today's headlines

Lexapro may ease anxiety in older adults: study
More peanut products recalled as probe continues
Serious infections rising in U.S. children: study
Study doubts heart disease genetic testing value
Stressed kids at risk of asthma in adulthood
Japan study group says cloned animals safe for food
China announces third bird flu death this year
Crisis-hit Russians look to psychiatrists for help
Go to a party to cut dementia risk, study suggests
First heart attacks becoming less severe: U.S. study
 

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Lexapro may ease anxiety in older adults: study
January 20, 2009 04:19 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The popular antidepressant Lexapro showed promise at easing anxiety symptoms in older adults, but the effect was "modest" and would need to be studied further, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

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More peanut products recalled as probe continues
January 20, 2009 06:25 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. food companies recalled more products containing peanut butter as the U.S. government continued its investigation into an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning that have may have contributed to six deaths.

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Serious infections rising in U.S. children: study
January 19, 2009 04:52 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children in the United States increasingly are developing serious head and neck infections with a drug-resistant type of "superbug" bacteria called MRSA, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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Study doubts heart disease genetic testing value
January 19, 2009 05:01 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study tracking a large group of women for a decade casts doubt on the value of testing for a certain genetic trait linked to heart disease to predict one's chances of illness, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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Stressed kids at risk of asthma in adulthood
January 20, 2009 02:48 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who suffer physical abuse, death of a parent or other childhood adversity and are anxious or depressed are at increased risk of developing asthma in adulthood, a study suggests.

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Japan study group says cloned animals safe for food
January 20, 2009 03:20 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - A study group for Japan's top safety watchdog said cloned animals are safe for food, the first step in a series of decisions needed before the watchdog makes recommendations to the government.

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China announces third bird flu death this year
January 20, 2009 12:37 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - A 16-year-old male student died of bird flu in central China on Tuesday, state media reported, the third death from the H5N1 virus this year.

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Crisis-hit Russians look to psychiatrists for help
January 20, 2009 11:02 AM ET
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading psychiatric institute has seen a four-fold increase in callers looking for advice since the start of the global financial crisis, its director said on Tuesday.

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Go to a party to cut dementia risk, study suggests
January 19, 2009 11:01 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Keeping a full social calendar may help protect you from dementia, researchers said on Monday.

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First heart attacks becoming less severe: U.S. study
January 19, 2009 04:24 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - First heart attacks are less likely to kill people in the United States than they used to be, helped by better prevention efforts and better treatments, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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