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Good evening Srini, WED 12 Nov 2008 

today's headlines

Risks seen in opposite-sex heart transplants
Waist, hip size key to predicting health risk
Many women not upset by sexual problems: study
Fat hormone may help predict heart failure: study
Brain stimulation may help obsessive disorder
Illness beliefs shape prevention program adherence
Cancer patients often forget details of doctor visit
FDA staff cite abuse concern with Embeda
Beta-alanine helps seniors stave off fatigue
Babies' nursing workouts build lung capacity
 

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Risks seen in opposite-sex heart transplants
November 12, 2008 03:05 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men and women who get heart transplants are more likely to die when the donor was of the opposite sex, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.



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Waist, hip size key to predicting health risk
November 12, 2008 05:09 PM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - A large European study has confirmed that simple measurements of the waist and hips may offer a better way of predicting obesity-related death than a standard, but more complicated, system of relating weight to height.



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Many women not upset by sexual problems: study
November 12, 2008 05:35 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to half of U.S. women report some form of sexual difficulty, but far fewer are distressed about their problem, a new study suggests.



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Fat hormone may help predict heart failure: study
November 12, 2008 05:31 PM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - High levels of a hormone made in fat cells may be a strong indicator of the onset of heart failure, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.



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Brain stimulation may help obsessive disorder
November 12, 2008 05:16 PM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - Stimulating an area near the base of the brain may help people with otherwise untreatable obsessive-compulsive disorder, researchers reported on Wednesday.



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Illness beliefs shape prevention program adherence
November 12, 2008 05:33 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Individual beliefs about heart disease, including its symptoms, controllability, likely duration, and consequences influence adherence to secondary prevention regimens designed to reduce risk, researchers report.



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Cancer patients often forget details of doctor visit
November 12, 2008 05:31 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many newly diagnosed cancer patients, no matter what their age, have trouble absorbing all the information their doctors give them, a new study shows.



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FDA staff cite abuse concern with Embeda
November 12, 2008 02:16 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alpharma Inc's powerful painkiller Embeda, which contains morphine sulfate and Duramorph, may not thwart drug abusers despite design features aimed at discouraging its misuse, U.S. regulatory staff said in documents released on Wednesday.



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Beta-alanine helps seniors stave off fatigue
November 12, 2008 05:33 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older people taking a sports nutrition supplement favored by Olympic athletes show substantial increases in their ability to withstand fatigue, new research shows.



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Babies' nursing workouts build lung capacity
November 12, 2008 05:21 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The exercise that babies get while suckling at the breast may be an essential component of the respiratory benefits associated with breastfeeding, new research shows.



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