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Good evening Srini, THU 01 Jan 2009 

today's headlines

Fathering sons or daughters may be in men's genes
Smoking ban lowers heart attacks in one U.S. city
Parenthood less likely after early-life cancer
Uncorrected heart defect ups risk of infant death
Risk of diabetes in pregnancy higher in some women
Home as good as hospital for cardiac rehab
Weight loss surgery improves sexual function in men
Surgery underused for esophagus cancer: study
Teens are influenced by health risks of smoking
Antiobitics before infections save lives: study
 

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Fathering sons or daughters may be in men's genes
January 01, 2009 02:15 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A UK researcher has a new explanation for how the human race manages to keep a fairly even balance of males and females, despite massive deaths of young males in war and selective abortion of female fetuses in certain parts of the world.

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Smoking ban lowers heart attacks in one U.S. city
December 31, 2008 05:48 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A smoking ban caused heart attacks to drop by more than 40 percent in one U.S. city and the decrease lasted three years, federal health experts reported Wednesday.

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Parenthood less likely after early-life cancer
January 01, 2009 02:13 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who survive cancer that occurs early in life appear to be 50 percent less likely to parent a child than their siblings, according to findings from a Finnish population-based study.

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Uncorrected heart defect ups risk of infant death
January 01, 2009 02:12 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants born with a congenital heart defect that goes uncorrected have a much greater risk of dying than their counterparts who have the heart defect corrected, suggest results of a new study.

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Risk of diabetes in pregnancy higher in some women
January 01, 2009 11:17 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain ethnic groups and women with lower socioeconomic status are at increased risk of developing diabetes while pregnant, research shows.

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Home as good as hospital for cardiac rehab
January 01, 2009 02:13 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Home-based rehabilitation is no worse than hospital-based programs for helping patients get better after a heart attack or surgery to clear blocked heart arteries, and may be more accessible for patients, research from the UK shows.

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Weight loss surgery improves sexual function in men
January 01, 2009 11:19 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery, according to a new study.

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Surgery underused for esophagus cancer: study
January 01, 2009 11:20 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Surgery to remove the esophagus is not being used as often as it should be for some cases of early-stage cancer of the esophagus.

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Teens are influenced by health risks of smoking
December 31, 2008 01:00 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers who underestimate the risks of smoking -- or overestimate the social value -- are substantially more likely than their peers to take up the habit, a new study suggests.

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Antiobitics before infections save lives: study
December 31, 2008 05:09 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Giving antibiotics to patients in intensive care units as a precaution saves lives, according to a major Dutch study published Wednesday.

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