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Reuters Health News: 02-20-2006
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As more and more children grow obese eating fatty foods saturated with sugar, consumer advocates battling to curb marketing by food companies are threatening to use their big guns: lawsuits and bad press.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New studies indicating a low-fat diet does not reduce the risk of cancer and calcium supplements do little to prevent broken bones are unlikely to change consumers' habits and may only add to confusion about the link between diet and health.
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - People with autism are more intelligent and able to function better than previously believed, but mistrust of doctors, biased tests and the Internet have bred myths about the condition, experts said on Sunday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The more alcohol a person drinks, the less likely he or she is to be eating a healthy diet, a new study shows.
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Bird flu poses a major threat to Africa's fight against its AIDS epidemic, challenging overburdened healthcare systems and stretching economies already hit by the impact of HIV, the U.N.'s AIDS chief said.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women are more likely to consult their doctor about headaches or migraine, and are more likely to come away with a prescription to treat the problem than are men, according to a study conducted in the UK.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sperm banking is possible for most teens with cancer who must undergo fertility-impairing treatment, British researchers report.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak in south Sudan has claimed 52 lives with more than 2,000 cases of the deadly disease which spreads rapidly through brimming urban centres, the World Health Organization said on Saturday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors should stop wearing ties and traditional white coats to work because they might be responsible for spreading deadly hospital superbugs, according to a report on Monday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the Indian government announced on Sunday a joint plan to train nurses in AIDS care in a country which has the world's second-largest number of HIV/AIDS cases.
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