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Good evening Srini, THU 18 Dec 2008 

today's headlines

Experts urge safety probe of plastics chemicals
Healthy breakfast may mean healthier diet overall
Fatal attraction: How leukemia seduces blood cells
More than 54 million disabled in U.S., census says
Government website rates nursing homes
Mood and coping skills important after stroke
Quit-smoking program cuts postop complications
Improved stool DNA test helps spot colon cancer
Suicide screening in schools yields results
Government website rates nursing homes
 

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Experts urge safety probe of plastics chemicals
December 18, 2008 02:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators should examine whether a controversial class of chemicals found in many plastic products including children's toys can hurt people, a panel of experts said on Thursday.

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Healthy breakfast may mean healthier diet overall
December 18, 2008 12:52 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breakfast may indeed be the most important meal of the day -- as long as that meal is not a doughnut -- a study suggests.

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Fatal attraction: How leukemia seduces blood cells
December 18, 2008 03:41 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Leukemia cells use powerful chemical signals to lure healthy blood-forming stem cells into their cancerous lairs, where they lose their power to make healthy blood cells, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

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More than 54 million disabled in U.S., census says
December 18, 2008 04:55 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 54 million U.S. residents, or about 19 percent of the population, have some sort of disability, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Thursday.

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Government website rates nursing homes
December 18, 2008 05:22 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans got a hand in the difficult and often emotional task of choosing a nursing home on Thursday, with the first-ever federal government website that rates the facilities for quality.

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Mood and coping skills important after stroke
December 18, 2008 05:20 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Symptoms of depression or anxiety are a strong sign that quality of life will be poor for people who've suffered a type of stroke called a subarachnoid hemorrhage, investigators in the Netherlands report.

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Quit-smoking program cuts postop complications
December 18, 2008 05:09 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For smokers scheduled to undergo an operation, a smoking cessation program that starts shortly before surgery lowers the rate of postop complications, a Scandinavian study shows.

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Improved stool DNA test helps spot colon cancer
December 18, 2008 04:58 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A simplified colorectal cancer screening test that detects tumor DNA in stool is an improvement over an earlier-generation assay, according to North American researchers.

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Suicide screening in schools yields results
December 18, 2008 05:02 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - School-based suicide screening can identify students at risk for suicide and other mental health problems not recognized by school professionals, new research suggests.

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Government website rates nursing homes
December 18, 2008 03:43 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans got a hand in the difficult and often emotional task of choosing a nursing home on Thursday, with the first-ever federal government website that rates the facilities for quality.

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