(HealthDay News) — For the first few months, newborns need sustenance from either breast milk or formula.
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Israeli researchers have developed a new treatment for HIV that kills human cells infected with the virus and could lead to a breakthrough in treating AIDS, the Haaretz newspaper said on Friday.
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Israeli researchers develop promising new HIV treatment
An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report.
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U.S. medical programs missing millions of kids: report
A cell phone text message — and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival — may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests.
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Text messages little help in remembering the Pill
A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.
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Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban
An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world's major killer diseases.
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Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise
When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Groups of friends key to changing health behaviors