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• Vaccination, Prevention Is Beating Back Hepatitis

  WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Decades of vaccination and prevention efforts may have the ...

• For Tough Head Lice, Pill Tops Lotion

  WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News)-- In children with hard-to-treat head lice, the oral medication ivermectin ...

• H1N1 Flu Spreads Slower Than Seasonal Flu: Study

  WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- The H1N1 swine flu appears to spread more slowly ...

• Longtime Smokers May Find Protection From Parkinson's

  WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to understand the relationship between tobacco ...

• Kids Who Get Flu Shots Protect the Unvaccinated

  TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get a flu shot help prevent flu ...

• Alzheimer's 'Epidemic' Hitting Minorities Hardest

  TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, ...

• Herpes Infects One in Six in U.S.

  TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- As many as one in six Americans is infected ...

• Do Liberals, Atheists Have Higher IQs?

  TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- People who consider themselves liberals or atheists tend to ...

• Sudden Protein Intake Harmful for Some Hospitalized Patients

  MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors report that they've discovered a syndrome that could ...

• Bleeding Alert Sounded for Stroke Drugs

  MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- People treated with the clot-dissolving drug tPA for a ...

• 1 in 5 At-Risk U.S. Babies Doesn't Get Hepatitis B Vaccine

  MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- About one in five babies born to mothers with ...

• Diet, Exercise Can Improve Thinking

  MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- A good diet and regular exercise may help the ...

• HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells

  SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of the AIDS virus ...

• Prion Disease in Mice May Help Advance Alzheimer's Research

  FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have discovered a new form of prion ...

• Airway Injury Plaguing 9/11 First Responders

  THURSDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that airway injuries account for the ...

• Food-borne Illnesses in U.S. Cost $152B Annually

  WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- Food-borne illnesses cost the United States an estimated $152 ...

• Chocolate May Make Some Strokes Less Likely

  WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- In news that's sure to delight chocolate lovers, a ...

• Glaucoma Begins in Mid-Brain, Not in Eye, Research Shows

  WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- Early signs of glaucoma can be detected in the ...

• Asthma Rates Rising Across the U.S.

  TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma rates are increasing across the United States, a ...