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Flu epidemic reported in Russia
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MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A flu epidemic has sickened at least 90,000 people in Moscow, Russian health officials say.
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Report: Demi Lovato home from rehab
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Teenage singer-actress Demi Lavato completed her rehab this week and was back in her Los Angeles home, sources told People magazine.
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MRSA screening for ICU cost effective
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MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Screening intensive care unit patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is cost-neutral at worst, cost effective at best, U.S. researchers say.
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Mammogram at age 40 prevents more cancer
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AURORA, Colo., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A study challenges the U.S. Preventative Service Task Force recommendations made in 2009 for breast cancer screening to begin at age 50, researchers say.
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'Mini-strokes' may cause lasting damage
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Transient ischemic attacks, known as mini-strokes and considered a risk factor for a serious stroke, may leave lasting brain damage, Canadian researchers say.
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Why broccoli may prevent cancer
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have discovered a biochemical basis to explain broccoli's cancer-fighting ability.
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Women given wrong breast cancer results
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SYDNEY, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Two Australian women have found they have breast cancer, after a computer error had wrongly cleared them of the disease, healthcare industry officials said.
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EU envoy: Political uproar threatens Haiti
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The European Union's ambassador to Haiti said reconstruction work there has halted because international aid teams are worried about political violence.
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Loud traffic noise linked to stroke risk
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Danish researchers say exposure to traffic noise increases the risk of stroke, especially among people age 65 and older.
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Cleanliness of girls may up asthma risk
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CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Because girls are generally kept from getting dirty compared to boys, girls may have higher rates of allergies and asthma, U.S. researchers suggest.
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Colo. man gets five years for basement pot
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DENVER, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A Colorado man who conducted a medical-marijuana-growing operation from the basement of his home has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.
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Interim guidance for drugs to prevent HIV
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ATLANTA, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has issued interim guidance in the use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis as an HIV prevention strategy.
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Lura Ryan's condition 'very grave'
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KANKAKEE, Ill., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The terminally ill wife of jailed former Illinois Gov. George Ryan is home from the hospital but may have only weeks to live, an attorney said.
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Unrealistic optimism may taint trials
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NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher cautions unrealistic optimism may be common in early cancer trials and may distort the views of participants.
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Food-borne bacteria can fatally hit heart
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CHICAGO, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers report they have isolated a strain of food-borne bacteria from the heart of a patient with endocarditis.
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