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Reuters - Asians who are overweight or obese are more likely to die from cancer compared with people of normal weight, a large study in Asia has found.
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Reuters - Aggressive drug treatment to lower blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol in diabetics does little to prevent heart disease and strokes, but it does help prevent diabetic eye disease, nerve and kidney disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- Living in a home with high levels
of mold may increase the risk of severe asthma attacks in people with
certain gene variants, finds a new study.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are continuing to
get fat, with obesity rates nudging upwards in 28 states over the past
year, a new report shows.
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AP - An effort to scoop thousands of turtle eggs from their nests to save them from death in the oily Gulf of Mexico will begin in the coming weeks in a desperate attempt to keep an entire generation of threatened species from vanishing.
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AP - Archeologists have uncovered a mass grave with the complete skeletons of 51 horses buried side-by-side, probably the long-forgotten equine victims of a 17th century battle over a strategic Dutch river.
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AP - Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago — and they've named it after the author of "Moby Dick."
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LiveScience.com - Ostrich wings apparently help the giant flightless birds run,
explaining the puzzling phenomenon of why ancient dinosaurs evolved feathered limbs
before developing flight.
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Reuters - Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen retired on Wednesday from his military position but will remain incident commander overseeing the government's response to the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Reuters - BP Plc kept oil-capture and relief-well drilling operations going at its Gulf of Mexico deep-sea leak on Wednesday despite rough seas and high winds spawned by Hurricane Alex.
