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THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay news) — Some parents' refusal to vaccinate children seems to be behind the highest appraise of measles cases reported since 1996, federal officials said Thursday.

Between Jan. 1 and July 31 of this year, 131 measles cases take been reported in the United States, many of them among children whose parents have philosophical or religious objections to the vaccine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At least 15 patients, including four children 15 months or younger, were hospitalized.

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FRIDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay news) — Boys may be more likely to have non-age asthma than girls, but they are also more likely to grow out of it, a new learn says.

The report, published in the second August issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, found that boys also have fewer asthma occurrences in the post-pubertal years.

The study tracked more than 1,000 children, ages 5 to 12, with mild to moderate persistent asthma over nine years.

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NEW YORK (Reuters freedom from disease) - Burning incense may create a sweet scent, but regularly inhaling the smoke could put people at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract, researchers reported Monday.

In a study of more than 61,000 ethnic Chinese living in Singapore who were followed for up to 12 years, the investigators base a link between heavy incense use and various respiratory cancers.

The findings are published in the medical journal Cancer.

Incense has been used for millennia in many cultures' religious and spiritual ceremonies.

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Correction Appended: Aug. 20, 2008

These men never show up at gay bars, afraid to be found out. Many are married with children but still casually sleep with other men. They refuse to be labeled “gay” or “bisexual,” insisting that their gay male partners may as well be woman (try women’s health).

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PARIS (AFP) - Pregant women subjected to traumatising stress are more likely to give birth to children who develop schizophrenia, according to a study published Thursday. (Read the full post about ‘Acute stress in pregnancy can pass on schizophrenia: study (AFP)’…)

NEW DELHI - A lonely dwelling phone ring tone that sings “Condom, condom!” has been launched to promote safe sex in India, where condoms carry a strong genial stigma and HIV and AIDS are growing problems, health experts said Tuesday.

the a cappella ring tone features a (viagra) professional songster chanting the word condom more than 50 times, a playful approach that public health activists hope will spark discussion and make condoms more socially acceptable.

“We’ve made a apprised.

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Antidepressant Use Tied to Poorer Driving

By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter

SUNDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) — Taking prescription antidepressants while still highly depressed could impair driving ability, a new study suggests.

“We already know that depression causes concentration problems,” said study author Holly J. Dannewitz. “And now it appears that people taking antidepressants who also have relatively higher depression scores fare significantly worse when attempting to perform a computerized simulation of driving.”

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Lack of Energy in Old Age May Foretell Illness

THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — When elderly patients complain they have a lack of energy, doctors shouldn’t dismiss it as a normal part of aging, say researchers who found that lack of energy (anergia) is associated by several health problems and higher rates of hospitalization and death.

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Pill Users Choose ‘Wrong’ Sex Partners

Women on Birth Control Pill May Be Attracted to ‘Wrong’ Sex Partner

By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News

Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD

Latest Womens Health news

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