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Groups of friends key to changing health behaviors

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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Workers bear larger share of health premium costs

Researchers say workers are paying a larger portion of health insurance costs as businesses, trying to ride out the economic downturn, shift more of the burden to their employees.

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British government mulls stopping addicts' benefits

The government said on Friday it was considering withdrawing benefits from those with drug or alcohol problems who refused to seek treatment.

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Few Chernobyl radiation risks from Russia fires

Fears that fires scorching forests near Chernobyl may reawaken dangerous amounts of radioactive fallout and propel it into the air are overblown, scientists say, and the actual health risks are very small.

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US agency rules out health threat from oil dispersants

Dispersants used to break up crude leaking from a ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well are not likely to accumulate in seafood and affect humans, the US Food and Drug Administration said.

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AIG pays $23M in Gulf spill claims, total may rise

Taxpayers took another hit, this one indirect, from the oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion through insurance claims related to the disaster.

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Q&A: Andropause and Testosterone Function | Space Coast Medicine …

… to accept as inevitable the ravages of hormone decline. We have excellent testosterone bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) treatments that can make you feel and perform at the same levels as when we were much younger. …

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Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) — The erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, commonly known as Viagra, boosts the heart’s pumping ability in children and young adults who’ve had the Fontan operation to correct single-ventricle heart defects, researchers report.

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Failed anti-depressant drug could be ‘women’s Viagra’ (AFP)

AFP - A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analysing tests of the drug said Tuesday.

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Study Touts Success With ‘Female Viagra’ Drug (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) — New industry-funded research suggests that the antidepressant flibanserin, which has been touted as a female version of Viagra, can enhance libido in women with low sex drives.

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