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Parent education helps young kids lose weight

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving parents the skills to cope effectively with their young children's weight problems can make it easier for these kids to slim down, a study from Australia shows.

Heat not a factor in spring-summer suicide peak

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers analyzing more than a century of data have found no evidence that people are more likely to commit suicide in spring and summer due to the hotter weather.

Walking helps shed post-baby pounds

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New moms who take walks instead of watching TV may lose those post-pregnancy pounds more easily, according to researchers.

A Perfect Storm

Dr. Brown debates whether to treat a patient with Coumadin. Medscape Family Medicine

Making Sense of the Gadolinium Safety Issue: Report From the MRI Front

Dialysis shortly after contrast-enhanced MRI is probably very important. (CME,CE)

Should Everyone Be on a Statin?

Commentary on a study published November 27, 2006 in Archives of Internal Medicine Medscape Family Medicine

Chronic Hepatitis B: Current Epidemiology in the Americas and Implications for Management

This report details the incidence, modes of viral transmission of hepatitis B in the Americas, and the clinical course of disease in different regions of the Americas. Journal of viral hepatitis

The Case of the Middle-Aged Conjurer With a Fatal Bellyache

How did this famous magician really die? Medscape General Surgery

FDA Approves Aliskiren: First New Antihypertensive on the Market in More Than 10 years

The drug is the first in a new class of agents known as oral renin inhibitors and is approved for the treatment of high blood pressure as monotherapy or in combination with other antihypertensive medications.HeartwireMichael O'Riordan

Natural HIV Barrier Snares AIDS Virus

Title: Natural HIV Barrier Snares AIDS VirusCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/6/2007Last Editorial Review: 3/6/2007

Overweight Linked to Early Puberty

Title: Overweight Linked to Early PubertyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/6/2007Last Editorial Review: 3/6/2007

Toothbrushing Triggers Rare Seizures

Title: Toothbrushing Triggers Rare SeizuresCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/6/2007Last Editorial Review: 3/6/2007

Cheney Treated for Blood Clot

Title: Cheney Treated for Blood ClotCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/6/2007Last Editorial Review: 3/6/2007

Flu Shot Cuts Kids' Infection Risk in Half

Title: Flu Shot Cuts Kids' Infection Risk in HalfCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/6/2007 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/6/2007

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