Lack of Deep Sleep Linked To Adolescent Obesity

The obesity rate in the US has more than tripled among six to 11-year-olds over the past three decades. An estimated 17 percent of US adolescents are considered obese or overweight.

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Millions With Chronic Disease Get Little to No Treatment

By REED ABELSON Millions of Americans with chronic disease like diabetes or high blood pressure are not getting adequate treatment because they are among the nation’s growing ranks of uninsured.

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Call for targeted Aids prevention funding

By Andrew Jack in Mexico City Millions more could avoid infection with HIV if more money was shifted into better targeted prevention efforts that have already been proven to work, leading Aids researchers said on Wednesday.

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Wider Use of AIDS Drugs Could Curb HIV Infections

Setbacks in the quest for a vaccine against AIDS are leading researchers to think about other ways to cut HIV infections. Some drug experts at the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City say countries should vastly expand drug treatment to ...

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Britain Approves Antibiotic for Over-the-Counter Sales

For the first time, England will sell an antibiotic over-the-counter, Reuters reported Tuesday. The azithromycin pill, which is sold as Clamelle by Icelandic manufacturer Actavis and is used to fight chlamydia, is designed for people ages 16 and older ...

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FBI raids three Southern California hospitals in probe of Medicare ...

The investigation centers on alleged fraud involving homeless patients recruited from skid row. City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo plans to announce civil litigation against the hospitals' operators.

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West Nile cases on rise in Southern California

Gerhard Goedhart, district manager of the Orange County Vector Control District, holds a jar of mosquitoes and larvae at a news conference Tuesday in Garden Grove.

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Wider Use of AIDS Drugs Could Curb HIV Infections

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Cancer patients often use "complementary methods"

By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In addition to conventional treatments aimed at improving survival, most cancer patients use "complementary methods" (CMs) to relieve symptoms and side effects and increase overall wellness, according to ...

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There Is Still Lots To Be Done To Meet Ends In The Fight With AIDS

By Anna Boyd How to improve HIV treatment and to prevent the spreading of the virus are two questions that lie on the lips of each of the 25000 scientists, politicians, physicians, and HIV activists attending the 17 th International AIDS Conference ...

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