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Reuters Health News: 03-06-2006
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An American couple that retires at age 65 will, on average, need $200,000 in retirement to cover out-of-pocket medical costs, Fidelity Investments, the No. 1 mutual fund firm, said on Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many parents do not identify their child as "overweight," but will select a sketch of a heavier model when asked to choose one representative of their child, new study findings show.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A group of cardiologists has launched a campaign to encourage people at risk for heart disease to learn their ejection fraction, or "EF" -- a measure of the heart's blood-pumping power -- to reduce their risk of sudden cardiac death.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dog bites occur more often in very young children, so families should consider waiting until their children are of school age before they introduce a new dog into the household. Even then, parents might want to think twice about getting a Doberman pinscher or German shepherd, according to a study published on Monday.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In contrast to an earlier finding, it does not appear children who watch a lot of television wind up with behavior problems in school, researchers reported on Monday.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Folic acid in the diet not only helps prevent birth defects but also improves the survival chances of children born with them, researchers reported on Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with coronary artery disease may be at increased risk of death while using antidepressant drugs, according to the results of an observational study reported at the American Psychosomatic Society in Denver.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lipitor, a commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drug, may have extra benefits for men with impotence. Specifically, investigators have found that in men who are not initially helped by Viagra (sildenafil), treatment with Lipitor (atorvastatin) seems to improve sexual response, according to the results of a small study.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The global spread of bird flu is unprecedented and the threat of a human pandemic will not go away, but the world is not totally defenseless, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has launched a battle to trim waistlines in its overweight population, which has become one of the world's foremost "obese societies," a seminar heard this weekend.
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