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          Exercise May Reduce Lung Cancer Risk for Smokers    
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          A new study finds that physical activity may reduce the risk of lung cancer in current and former smokers. However, smokers still have a much greater risk for lung cancer, regardless of their activity level, than people who’ve never smoked.
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          Adult Male Circumcision Reduces Risk of Acquiring HIV    
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          Medically performed circumcision significantly reduces a man's risk of acquiring HIV through heterosexual intercourse, according to an interim review of data from two clinical trials.  As a result, NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
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          Brain’s Fear Center Changes in Autism    
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          People with autism have trouble engaging in give-and-take interactions and relating to others.  A new brain imaging study gives insight into how such social deficits relate to patterns of development in the amygdala, the brain’s fear hub.
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          Comparing Drugs for Schizophrenia    
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          An economic analysis of a large-scale schizophrenia medication trial suggests that the older, first generation antipsychotic medication perphenazine is less expensive (up to 30 percent less) and no less effective than newer, second generation...
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          The Costs and Benefits of Enhanced Depression Care    
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          Outreach and enhanced interventions have been shown to help people with depression, but many employers think such programs would be too expensive to provide for their employees.  A new analysis, however, shows that it may be in employers’ best...
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          Disability Among Older Americans Declines    
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          Chronic disability among older Americans has dropped dramatically during the past two decades, according to a new study.  The study suggests that older Americans’ health and function continue to improve at this critical time in the aging of the...
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          No Apparent Benefit to Monitoring Fetal Oxygen During Labor    
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          Electronic fetal monitoring is widely used to track the fetus’s heart rate during labor. More recently, a technology called fetal oxygen saturation monitoring was developed to measure the level of oxygen in the baby’s blood. Doctors hoped that...
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          Studies Show Benefits of Caregiver Support Programs    
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          Programs designed to support caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can help improve the quality of life for the caregivers and delay nursing home placement of the patients, two new studies have found.
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          Structured Exercise for Seniors    
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          A structured exercise program may boost the physical well-being of sedentary seniors who are at risk of losing independent functioning, a new study has found. The study also showed that older adults can safely begin a program of moderate exercise...
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