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Reuters Health News: 09-18-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among Mexican-American children at high risk for developing diabetes, a school-based prevention program led to statistically significant increases in fitness levels and reductions in fasting glucose levels, researchers report.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heavy alcohol use, diabetes, and viral hepatitis combine synergistically to raise the risk of developing liver cancer, according to a new report.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physical therapy aimed at strengthening the pelvic floor muscles may help many women who suffer lingering incontinence months after giving birth, a study suggests.
LONDON (Reuters) - Adults eat twice as many fruits and vegetables as they did when they were children and take in less fat and sugar, according to a new study.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There have been widespread concerns that mercury-based preservatives used in vaccines might impair the neurological development of children, but the opposite seems to be true.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research confirms previous findings that pepsin, the main digestive enzyme in stomach juice, is often found in middle ear fluid obtained from children with chronic otitis.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research from a survey conducted in Israel suggests that doctors often give inactive "placebo" pills to their patients and, in most cases, tell them they're getting a real drug.
LONDON (Reuters) - Whether it's ice cream and chips, garlic on crackers or brown sauce on everything, nearly 60 percent of pregnant women in Britain admit to having weird cravings.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European Union could face a 21st century flu crisis killing millions of people if human and animal viruses were to converge, the bloc's health commissioner warned on Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a small study suggest that antibody therapy may improve the thinking ability of patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
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