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• Officials Still Seek Source of Salmonella Outbreak

  January 9 (HealthDay News) -- The source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened almost ...

• Nitric Oxide Monitoring of Little Benefit for Kids' Asthma

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• Parents Not Best Barometer of Kid's Eating, Exercise Habits

  January 9 (HealthDay News) -- Parents may not always be the best barometer of their ...

• Americans Consuming More Sugary Beverages

  January 9 (HealthDay News) -- If you're like many Americans, soda and coffee drinks have ...

• Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Treating patients with symptoms of clogged arteries could become more ...

• Studies Challenge Framingham Risk Score

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Two studies, from the United States and the Netherlands, question ...

• Inflammation Markers May Help Predict Stroke Risk

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Two molecular signs -- or "biomarkers" -- of inflammation may ...

• New Drug May Work Better Against Chemo Side Effects

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- A drug that better prevents the nausea and vomiting that ...

• Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a wake-up call to the millions of American men ...

• Large Lab Admits Problems with Vitamin D Tests

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Quest Diagnostics, the largest provider of medical laboratory tests in ...

• FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- After nearly a year of review, U.S. health officials said ...

• Protein Might One Day Prevent Blindness

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers working with mice have identified a protein that appears ...

• Melanoma Rates on the Rise in U.S.

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- New cases of the deadly skin cancer melanoma are increasing ...

• Researchers Gain Insights Into Aging in Mice

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Stanford University researchers have linked two previously thought-to-be-separate pathways tied ...

• Common Flu Strain Resistant to Popular Antiviral Drug

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- The most common strain of flu this season is resistant ...

• Hormone Therapy May Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone therapy may lower a woman's risk of colorectal cancer, ...

• 9 Genes Are Linked to Alzheimer's

  January 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified nine genes that might make people more ...