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Hearing Loss Tied to Diabetes in Study

But it's unclear whether the disease or the drugs that treat it are the cause.

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Food Safety Tips For a Worry-Free Tailgating Party

For starters, never leave cooked foods out for more than 2 hours.

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Human Intellect Backsliding From Lack of Evolutionary Pressure: Study

But genetic process is slow and people are still smart enough to find solution, researcher says.

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Kick Off the Holiday Season With a Healthier Thanksgiving

Staying active, eating breakfast and controlling portions can curb holiday calories.

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Flame Retardants in Furniture, Carpets Might Affect Kids' Development

California study found that higher exposures were linked to IQ, attention deficits.

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Majority of Biggest U.S. Cities Now Smoke-Free

Almost half of Americans protected from secondhand smoke, compared with 3 percent in 2000, CDC says.

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Cold-Storage Requirement Dropped for Life-Saving Meningitis Vaccine

New research has shown that a vaccine against bacterial meningitis, which previously required cold storage to transport across Africa, can be shipped and administered safely for up to four days without refrigeration. Public health experts are calling this a potentially game-changing development for immunization efforts in resource-poor tropical countries.

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Health: men faring worse than women in hospitalisations for diabetes

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Uncontrolled diabetes hospital admission rates and diabetes prevalence by sex, 2009 (or nearest year)

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Gene variations linked to lung cancer susceptibility in Asian women

An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The finding provides further evidence that risk of lung cancer among never-smokers, especially Asian women, may be associated with certain unique inherited genetic characteristics that distinguishes it from lung cancer in smokers.

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Congress to Open Hearings Into Steroid/Meningitis Outbreak

32 deaths, 438 illnesses linked to contaminated drug, CDC says.

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