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1. Motorcycle deaths rise as gas prices go up
   Wednesday, October 21, 2009
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As gas prices rise, more people switch to motorcycles -- and more people die in motorcycle accidents, results of a new study indicate.
2. Is it safe to treat glaucoma in pregnant women?
   Wednesday, October 21, 2009
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eye drops containing a prescription drug called a beta-blocker, which lowers blood pressure, can be used in pregnant women with glaucoma, according to researchers from Taiwan.
3. Experts study thriving HIV "controllers" in vaccine search
   Wednesday, October 21, 2009
   PARIS (Reuters) - AIDS researchers want to expand their study of a rare group of HIV-infected people, whose immune systems naturally and mysteriously prevent the virus thriving in their bodies.
4. Shellfish may raise diabetes risk: study
   Wednesday, October 21, 2009
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating white and oily fish regularly may provide protection against type 2 diabetes, but eating shellfish may have the opposite effect, a study from the UK hints.
5. Tests show flu spreads from schools
   Wednesday, October 21, 2009
   * Most positive tests are among school-aged children
6. Global immunizations hit record but miss millions
   Wednesday, October 21, 2009
   * 24 million children unprotected despite gains
7. People with schizophrenia rarely kill strangers
   Wednesday, October 21, 2009
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some highly publicized incidents in recent years, people with schizophrenia rarely commit random homicide, research shows.
8. Toyota philosophy works in the ER
   Wednesday, October 21, 2009
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Emergency rooms may be able to give patients faster and better care by applying some of the same principles that have worked in Japanese car manufacturing, a new study suggests.
9. U.S. backs vaccines for drug, nicotine addiction
   Wednesday, October 21, 2009
   CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hooked on cocaine or cigarettes? The U.S. government wants drug companies to make a vaccine for that.
10. House moves closer to healthcare public option
    Wednesday, October 21, 2009
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives moved closer on Tuesday to agreeing on a broad healthcare reform plan that would include the most liberal version of a government-run public insurance option.
11. Farmers' pesticides may not raise heart risks
    Wednesday, October 21, 2009
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Good news for men who farm U.S. fields. Regular exposure to pesticides used commonly on the farm does not appear to increase the risk of heart attack.
12. More fruit, fewer calories urged for US school lunch
    Wednesday, October 21, 2009
    * Panel proposes a calorie range for students
13. Healthy lifestyle benefits those with diabetes
    Tuesday, October 20, 2009
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Research presented Tuesday at the 20th World Diabetes Congress in Montreal provides further evidence that healthy behaviors reduce mortality in people with and without diabetes.
14. Polluted air may give you a headache
    Tuesday, October 20, 2009
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Have a headache and don't know why? It could be high levels of air pollution.
15. Is the pill less effective in heavy women?
    Tuesday, October 20, 2009
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Oral contraceptives seem to work equally well in women who are overweight and those who are not, according to a new study from Europe.

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