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 April 26, 2005
Prostate Check For Men
The problem with prostates for most men is simple: enlargement. This is often more of a bathroom nuisance than anything else. But not always.
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Check Your Cholesterol Now
Scientists have done wonders at figuring out ways to control cholesterol. Do you need to start applying them less casually? Or are your numbers low enough to make a cardiologist's day?
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Body Mass Index
Rather than relying simply on the bathroom scale, experts are increasingly urging people to know their BMI, a figure that takes into account not just weight but height to indicate body fat.
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Men's Health
Vaccine Preservative Not as Dangerous as Claimed: Study
Congress Investigates Harassment Charges at NIH
Judge Allows Pentagon to Resume Anthrax Vaccinations
Study Finds Link Between Milk Drinking and Parkinson's in Middle Aged Men
Study: Partial Prostate Cancer Freeze Therapy Effective
Healthy Change, Early Screening Can Cut Cancer Rates
Developed Countries Still Carry Greatest Cancer Burden
Health Tip: Hair Loss in Women
Battle of the Sexes a Matter of Perception
New Vaccine Boosts Prostate Cancer Survival
Cardiovascular Health News
MRI May Help Detect Subconscious Thoughts
E-mails Suggest Merck May Have Known of Vioxx's Risks: Report
IBM Develops Medical Data-Sharing Technology
Pacemakers Continue to Prove Their Worth
Experts Downplay OTC Painkiller Risks
Leading Cancer Researcher Killed by Ambulance
New Blood Test Can Identify Heart Failure
Anti-Epileptic Kits Recalled for Dosing Error
Health Tip: Fears and Phobias
Group Seeks FDA Ban on ADHD Drug
Cancer News
Children With Soft-Tissue Cancers Face Risk of More Tumors
Gene Mutation Linked to Cancer Risk
U.S. Ends Lung Cancer Drug Trial
Painkillers May Protect Against Colon Cancer
FDA OKs Device to Coach and Monitor Patients
Inactive Gene Could Signal Pending Breast Cancer: Study
Cloned Beef, Milk the Same as Regular Cattle's
New Breast Cancer Drugs Offer Alternative to Tamoxifen
Study Finds Link Between Milk Drinking and Parkinson's in Middle Aged Men
Jennings' Case Highlights Risk to Ex-Smokers
Sex and Relationships
Teens Don't Get Health Counseling They Need
Anti-HIV Gel Should Be Available Soon, U.N. Official Says
Ovary Removal Doubles Parkinson's Risk
Asthma Might be Linked to Grandma's Smoking
Marburg Outbreak Still Not Under Control: WHO
Florida Tomato Packing House Linked to 2004 Salmonella outbreak
Viagra May Help Treat Pregnancy Disorder
Teens Perceive Oral Sex as Less Risky: Survey
New York Testing for More Severe HIV Cases
Virginia Has Fastest Growing Obesity Rate

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Allergy Quiz
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Health Encyclopedia: Men's Health
Baldness
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Immunizations - Child
Epididymitis
Prostate Cancer Screening
Prostatitis
Inguinal Hernia
The Immune System
Transurethral Resection Of The Prostate (TURP)
Hair Loss
 
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