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Good evening Srini, FRI 02 Jan 2009 

today's headlines

Fathering sons or daughters may be in men's genes
Fast food near schools means fatter kids
Smoking ban lowers heart attacks in one U.S. city
Mind-body therapy eases chronic pelvic pain
Parenthood less likely after early-life cancer
Doctors test tea tree oil body wash for MRSA
Parent health sways views of asthmatic kids' health
Kids' lungs benefit from longer breast feeding
Mental woes more common in infertile couples
Cough medicine ingredient may treat prostate cancer
 

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Fathering sons or daughters may be in men's genes
January 02, 2009 04:23 AM 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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Fast food near schools means fatter kids
January 02, 2009 02:51 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescents who go to school within a half-mile of a fast-food restaurant are more likely to be overweight or obese than kids whose schools are further away, new research suggests.

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Smoking ban lowers heart attacks in one U.S. city
January 02, 2009 05:17 AM 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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Mind-body therapy eases chronic pelvic pain
January 02, 2009 03:22 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A type of mind-body treatment popular in Europe known as Mensendieck somatocognitive therapy can help ease chronic pelvic pain in women, with effects lasting several months after treatment ends, Norwegian researchers report.

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Parenthood less likely after early-life cancer
January 02, 2009 07:49 AM 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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Doctors test tea tree oil body wash for MRSA
January 02, 2009 02:57 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study is investigating whether a tea tree oil body wash can prevent the drug-resistant super bug MRSA in critically ill hospitalized adults.

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Parent health sways views of asthmatic kids' health
January 02, 2009 01:32 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents' own chronic health problems may influence their perceptions of their asthmatic children's well-being, a new study suggests.

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Kids' lungs benefit from longer breast feeding
January 02, 2009 01:34 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who are breast fed for at least 4 months may have better lung function than children who are breast fed for shorter periods of time and children who are bottle fed, a new study suggests.

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Mental woes more common in infertile couples
January 02, 2009 01:02 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depression, anxiety and certain other mental health conditions are more common among infertile couples than those who are able to conceive on their own, a small study suggests.

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Cough medicine ingredient may treat prostate cancer
January 02, 2009 10:27 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Noscapine, a natural substance found in cough medicine, may prove useful in treating advanced prostate cancer, according to studies in mice.

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