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02 December 2008 4:52 PM | Tagged: depression leads internal fat somethings health news
CHICAGO Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study found. The connection goe

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02 December 2008 3:32 PM | Tagged: asthma inhalers green dec. health news
WASHINGTON Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. The medicine inside these rescue inhalers the albuterol that quickly opens airways dur

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02 December 2008 2:42 PM | Tagged: india s hijras spread safe sex message life death aids fight health news
MADANAYAKANA HALLI, India AFP Savitha was born a boy but became a girl at the age of 16. Nine years on, she sells cheap sex to lorry drivers at a dusty truck stop outside the southern Indian city of Bangalore. As one of the hijra community the c

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02 December 2008 2:32 PM | Tagged: obesity fuels fears faster diabetes rise reuters health news
CHENNAI, India Reuters The prevalence of diabetes worldwide will far outstrip even the sharp increase currently projected unless rising trends of obesity are controlled, health experts said on Saturday. Adult-onset diabetes has been linked to risk

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02 December 2008 2:12 PM | Tagged: study recruiting alzheimer s prone families health news
FRIDAY, Nov. 28 The adult children of people with the rarer, inherited form of Alzheimer's disease are being sought for a new study to better understand the biology of the brain disorder. Three hundred adults with a biological parent diagnosed wi

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02 December 2008 12:21 PM | Tagged: young adults personality disorder researchers report health news
CHICAGO Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind. The disorders include proble