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MON 26 Jan 2009

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Study may guide preventive mastectomy decision

Surrounded by friends? It's all in your genes

TB, substance abuse closely linked in U.S.: CDC

Strength, aerobic best exercise combo for elderly

Starbucks pulls peanut butter products in U.S., Canada

Food safety system needs modernization: Vilsack

New "test tube" technique offers pregnancy hopes

Kids who are most independent are also more active

Sewage workers safe in areas with good sanitation

Infant suffocation rates quadruple, study finds

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Study may guide preventive mastectomy decision

January 26, 2009 12:40 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small but growing number of women with cancer in one breast are deciding to have the other one surgically removed to avoid the possibility that a tumor develops there in the future.

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Surrounded by friends? It's all in your genes

January 26, 2009 05:09 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Are you a social butterfly, or do you prefer being at the edge of a group of friends? Either way, your genes and evolution may play a major role, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

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TB, substance abuse closely linked in U.S.: CDC

January 26, 2009 04:33 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a fifth of people with tuberculosis in the United States report abusing drugs or alcohol, and the figure is even higher when only U.S.-born patients are included, government researchers said on Monday.

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Strength, aerobic best exercise combo for elderly

January 26, 2009 04:56 PM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Older, obese adults who do a combination of strength and resistance exercises have less insulin resistance -- a warning sign of type 2 diabetes -- and are better able to do simple tasks, researchers said on Monday.

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Starbucks pulls peanut butter products in U.S., Canada

January 26, 2009 02:38 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp on Monday said it has pulled all products containing peanut butter from its stores in the United States and Canada as a safety precaution.

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Food safety system needs modernization: Vilsack

January 26, 2009 12:30 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs to first modernize its food safety system before it decides whether to reorganize agencies that inspect and regulate food, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Monday.

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New "test tube" technique offers pregnancy hopes

January 26, 2009 02:04 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - A British team has for the first time successfully used a new "test tube" fertilization technique that better predicts which of a woman's eggs will most likely result in pregnancy, a top fertility expert said on Monday.

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Kids who are most independent are also more active

January 26, 2009 02:48 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children whose parents give them more free rein to roam are also more physically active, new research from the UK shows.

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Sewage workers safe in areas with good sanitation

January 26, 2009 02:46 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to waste water does not appear to increase the risk of Helicobacter pylori infection, which is associated with ulcers and stomach cancer, or hepatitis E infection, the inflammation of the liver, a study in Swiss sewage workers shows.