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msnbc.com: Health
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  • Chronic drinking is bad; suddenly quitting is worse
    But chronic drinking has been linked to high levels of the stress hormone cortisol , which can be dangerous to health. But stopping suddenly can cause the brain's neurons to degenerate, research shows.

  • Teen's 'laser show' prank zaps eyeballs

    Turns out mom was right. You can put your eye out playing with unsafe toys. The ?toy? in this case was a handheld laser, purchased from the Internet by a 15-year-old Swiss boy. Turns out mom was right. You can put your eye out playing with unsafe toys. The ?toy? in this case was a handheld laser, purchased from the Internet by a 15-year-old Swiss boy.




  • HIV spread 'out of control' among French gay men
    Transmission of the AIDS virus seems to be "out of control" among gay men in France despite an overall fall in the number of new HIV cases in the country, according to a study published on Thursday.

  • 21 safest booster seats revealed with new ratings
    Parents perplexed by the plethora of booster seats available now have a new guide to help them choose the safest option.  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has reviewed the seat belt fit of 72 models.

  • Survey: Most of us think we're hotter than average

    OK, we know we don't exactly look like Jennifer Aniston, shown here at a premiere of "The Switch" last month. But most of us say we're at least better-looking than the next person, a new survey from msnbc.com and ELLE magazine suggests.We?re fatter than we?ve ever been; at the same time, our idea of the ?ideal? body has gone from lean to impossibly leaner. Still, we?re pretty damn pleased with the way we look, a new survey suggests.




  • Newsweek: Why DDT won't stop bedbugs
    Some critics have blamed environmentalists for the current bedbug plague, arguing that the 1972 ban on DDT is a root cause. But there is virtually no demand, including from the pest-control industry, to bring back DDT to use against bedbugs, and widespread agreement that, environmental concerns aside, it wouldn?t work.

  • U.S. court asked to keep stem cell money flowing
    The Obama administration is asking a U.S. appeals court to lift an order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, a day after being turned down by the judge who issued the order.

  • More evidence ties smoking, decreased fertility
    If you're looking to make a baby, you might want to put out your cigarette before getting down to business: There's now more evidence linking smoking with decreased fertility in men and women ? and their offspring.

  • Kids eligible for, absent from, U.S. health programs
    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.

  • Two gene mutations mark deadly ovarian cancer
    Researchers have identified two new genetic mutations that cause a significant number of the hardest-to-treat kinds of ovarian cancer, and say they point to a new "on-off" switch for tumors.


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