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Low dose of aspirin could cut cancer, study finds Washington Post By MARIA CHENG AP LONDON -- A low dose of aspirin may reduce colon cancer cases by a quarter and deaths by a third, a new study found. But experts say aspirin's side effects of bleeding and stomach problems are too worrying for people who aren't at ... See all stories on this topic »

Out of the blue comes all this pink Chicago Sun-Times By Denise crosby dcrosby@stmedianetwork.com Oct 21, 2010 10:36PM Hurl the insults my way, but I have to admit, I'm starting to dislike the color pink. This pastel overload is the result of an unprecedented marketing tsunami during Breast Cancer ... See all stories on this topic »

FDA may expand recall of produce from Texas plant Denver Post By BETSY BLANEY AP Writer The Food and Drug Administration is looking into a produce contamination case linked to a shuttered Texas processing plant and may decide to expand a recall, an agency official told The Associated Press. ... See all stories on this topic »

State regulators finalize proposal for health insurers' spending Washington Post By NC Aizenman State insurance regulators finalized their recommendations to the Obama administration Thursday on how to implement a key provision of the new health-care law, largely favoring the views of consumer advocates over those advanced by the ... See all stories on this topic »

Researchers May Some Day Treat Depression with Gene Therapy Voice of America Doctors may some day treat patients suffering from major depression with gene therapy. So say scientists who report they are encouraged by human and animal research. Scientists have identified a protein called p11 in a small region of the brain that ... See all stories on this topic »

Hundreds sent to battle Indonesian forest fires AFP JAKARTA — Indonesia has sent hundreds of fire fighters to battle blazes on Sumatra island which have enveloped Singapore and Malaysia in choking haze, senior officials said Friday. Many of the fires smouldering across Sumatra have been lit by small ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

New figures will take malaria toll to over 10 lakh Times of India NEW DELHI: Malaria kills 13 times more Indians every year than what was estimated till date. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the vector-borne disease kills around 15000 Indians annually. But a new study conducted by Indian, ... See all stories on this topic »

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