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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers (AP)
AP - A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests (AP)
AP - A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn — is facing an ethics attack.
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears (AP)
AP - High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality — including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal — raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday.
Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water (AP)
AP - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder (AP)
AP - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.
Is the US swine flu epidemic over? (AP)
AP - If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October.
Scientists try to measure love

They try to get to the bottom of long-term romance and how it affects our emotional and physical well-being. Leave it to science to take all the fun out of something as cosmically pure as love.

'Extraordinary Measures' gets some parts of true story right

The movie starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser is based on the case of two siblings with Pompe disease. The film gets much of the science right. 'Extraordinary Measures'

Blood pressure: What you can do for yourself

There are two kinds of people in the United States -- ones who have high blood pressure now and ones who have a very good chance of getting it someday. That's bad news, because high blood pressure, technically known as hypertension, raises the risk for stroke, heart disease, heart failure, kidney disease and eye damage, including blindness.

Eye problems linked to beclomethasone

Q: I have been using inhaled beclomethasone and Beconase spray for asthma and allergies for three years. An optometrist warned me that he sees cases of cataracts quite often in people using steroids like these. My pulmonologist says he is not aware of any increased incidence of cataracts among patients on these drugs.

Heavy Web users likely to be depressed, study says

People who are addictive Internet searchers should probably browse for a phone number to the nearest therapist. Though almost everyone uses the Internet to conduct business, connect with people, pay bills or find information, the people who spend hours each day aimlessly surfing the Net appear more likely to be depressed.

Anxiety, stress plague college students

Emory University graduate student Meredith Philyaw plans to put up a clothesline in the middle of campus.

Skater uses roller derby as therapy

MILWAUKEE (AP) - As I wove through the eight girls around a curve, I went around the outside - always the hardest way around a pack - right into the beeline of powerhouse Latina Heat.

Relief workers, volunteers feel stress of Haiti disaster

The husband begged Mark Coughlin not to let his wife die. She was being treated in a soccer field, which had been turned into a makeshift clinic.

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FDA Warns Drug Maker Over Misleading Ads

New Treatment for Teens with High Blood Pressure?

Bad Economy Might Be Good For High Blood Pressure

Harvard Researchers Explore Complicated Link Between Migraine, Heart Disease

Growing Economic Problems Causing more to Avoid, Delay Medical Treatment

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'Village' groups help seniors remain in their homes as they grow older

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Obama invites Republicans to summit on health care

   

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'Third-hand smoke' risk warning

Cancer nurses funding row

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Study maps effects of acupuncture on the brain

Acupuncture found effective against depression during pregnancy

Heart patients using herbal remedies may be at heightened risk of dangerous drug interactions

Ginkgo herbal medicines may increase seizures in people with epilepsy

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This month's Frugal Sense winner spends mere pennies to stock up on staples like toothpaste.

Get paid to save money

'Individual development account' programs teach you how to put money away -- and then double or triple your savings as you reach for a home, business or new career.

Leaving your job? Don't forget your 401(k)

Question: I'm in my 30's and have a 401(k) from a previous job, 75% of which is invested in a variety of stock portfolios. Although my stock holdings have recovered a bit recently, I'm still down about ,000 from my peak balance. I'm planning to roll over this old 401(k) into either the 401(k) at my new job or into an IRA account, but I'm wondering whether I should do the rollover now while stocks are still cheap or wait until the market has recovered and then do it. What do think? --Todd Gerecke, Lynden, Washington

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