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Imagining Gorging On Your Favorite Food Eases Cravings And Helps You Eat Less Medical News Today If you want to lose weight, imagine that you are devouring your favorite food repeatedly; apparently your cravings will ease, you will end up eating less food, and your diet is more likely to be successful, scientists from Carnegie Mellon University, ... See all stories on this topic »

Even One Cigarette Can Prove Lethal, U.S. Surgeon General Says BusinessWeek By Amanda Gardner THURSDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- As little as one cigarette a day, or even just inhaling smoke from someone else's cigarette, could be enough to cause a heart attack and even death, warns a report released Thursday by US Surgeon ... See all stories on this topic »

Estrogen-Only Hormone Therapy May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk for Some BusinessWeek By Kathleen Doheny THURSDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that seems to counter the prevailing wisdom that any form of hormone replacement therapy raises the risk of breast cancer, a new look at some old data suggests that estrogen-only ... See all stories on this topic »

Slow protein clearance 'clue to Alzheimer's' BBC News Scientists suggest people with Alzheimer's disease clear a damaging protein from their brains more slowly than those who are healthy. It was already known that the beta-amyloid protein built up in the brains of people with the condition. ... See all stories on this topic »

Clinic Serving Performers in Pornography Is Closed New York Times By REBECCA CATHCART LOS ANGELES — State health officials ordered a clinic that serves the pornography industry to close Thursday and denied its application for an operating license. The Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation clinic has tested and ... See all stories on this topic »

Chronic Lyme disease: A dubious diagnosis Los Angeles Times There's little good evidence that chronic Lyme disease exists. Yet doctors are treating it with drugs that put patients and the public at risk. Phillip Moore, 45, of Concord, NC, said he was misdiagnosed with Lyme disease. Treatments made him so sick, ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Elizabeth Edwards' Funeral Details Released CBS News Details for Elizabeth Edwards' funeral services were released today. Edwards, the estranged wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. The services will be held Saturday at 1 pm at Edenton ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Health care standoff could leave patients with fewer options WFAA by SHELLY SLATER Negotiations between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Texas Health Resource hospitals are getting ugly. It's a deal that affects millions of health insurance consumers, including every state employee. Texas Health Resources has 24 ... See all stories on this topic »

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