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03/09/2010 08:50 AM
Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years (AP) AP - Brazil's president says a recent health scare led him to quit smoking — a habit he's had for 50 years.

03/09/2010 07:03 AM
Health Tip: Don't Drive Distracted (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Distracted driving -- including driving while talking on the phone, trying to answer the phone or texting -- is a dangerous habit.

03/09/2010 07:03 AM
Health Tip: Are You at Greater Risk of Pneumonia? (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Pneumonia, a respiratory infection of the lung, can be caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi.

03/09/2010 07:03 AM
Cost of Junk Food May Influence Consumption (HealthDay) HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- When the cost of junk food increases, people consume less of it, a new study has found.

03/09/2010 07:03 AM
Alzheimer's 'Epidemic' Hitting Minorities Hardest (HealthDay) HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, and blacks and Hispanics are at highest risk of developing the disease, a new report finds.

03/09/2010 01:04 AM
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP) AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.

03/08/2010 09:48 PM
Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.

03/08/2010 09:48 PM
Processed Meat May Harm the Heart (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Conventional wisdom has dictated that fat from red meat is a risk factor for heart disease, but a new analysis from Harvard researchers finds it's eating processed meat -- not unprocessed red meat -- that increases the risk for heart disease and even diabetes.

03/08/2010 09:48 PM
Breast-Feeding Helps Mom Stay Slimmer Later in Life (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- The benefits of breast-feeding for infants are numerous and well-known, but researchers are finding more and more that breast-feeding can be a boon to mom's health as well.

03/08/2010 09:48 PM
HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells (HealthDay) HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and often roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the killing powers of medicine.