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Reuters Health News: 12-15-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A person's race may influence his or her level of physical fitness, according to the findings of a study of black and white adults who underwent treadmill stress tests.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who make regular visits to an indoor pool may develop damage to a type of lung cell that helps prevent airway inflammation, a new study suggests.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Saliva can be used to diagnose whether someone has oral cancer and may also be a reliable indicator of other cancers and diseases, researchers said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tumor cells found in the blood of breast cancer patients up to 20 years after surgery suggest that the body may have ways of keeping a dormant cancer in check, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
TORONTO (Reuters) - Conjoined twins from Zimbabwe will undergo tests in Toronto to see whether they can survive a life-saving operation to separate them, Canadian doctors said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women with a high risk of breast cancer are declining to take tamoxifen because they are afraid of side-effects, even though the drug can protect them from the cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many immigrants to the United States soon get fat, joining an increasingly obese population in their adopted country, researchers said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Every other year may be enough for women over 50 to have a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has discovered two strains of avian flu in migratory birds in the northern part of the island, the first cases to be found since the start of 2004, the government said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is facing a flood of illegal cigarettes which pose potentially fatal health risks, the government said on Wednesday as it launched a campaign to deter smokers from buying cheap contraband tobacco.
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