Cell phone soap operas deliver safe-sex message
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- "Hey baby, you OK?" Mike asks his girlfriend as she sits down next to him....
Danny's heart: College swimmer faces mortality
CHICAGO (AP) -- This time, when the lanky young man stepped into the pool, his chest was tight. His muscles ached. He pushed off to take his first strokes, and grimaced at the pain....
Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) -- When Dr. Trevor Banka treats cancer patients alongside Dr. Michael Mott he is working with not only his mentor, but the physician who helped save his life....
Recording studio in hospital about more than music
HOUSTON (AP) -- Just down the hall from the chemo infusion rooms at Texas Children's Hospital, Jalen Huckabay was about to slip into another world, away from the wearying regimen of pokes, prods and pinches she'd endured since being diagnosed with lymphoma in November....
Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks
ATLANTA (AP) -- A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years, a sign of just how serious a health threat secondhand smoke is, government researchers said Wednesday. The study, the longest-running of its kind, showed the rate of hospitalized cases dropped 41 percent in the three years after the ban of workplace smoking in Pueblo, Colo., took effect. There was no such drop in two neighboring areas, and researchers believe it's a clear sign the ban was responsible....
Celgene warns that anticlot drug linked to deaths
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Biotech company Celgene Corp. on Wednesday sent a letter to doctors warning that a study of its drug to treat dangerous blood clots suggests it may increase the risk of death in elderly patients....
Trying to prevent lymphedema after breast cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hospitals in about a dozen states are testing whether some simple steps, such as arm-strengthening exercises, could reduce the risk of one of breast cancer's troubling legacies - the painful and sometimes severe arm swelling called lymphedema. Lymphedema has long been a neglected side effect of cancer surgery and radiation: Many women say they never were warned, even though spotting this problem early improves outcomes....
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