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Chronic stress tied to worse heart attack prognosis Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:32 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heart attack patients with a stressful life may have a worse long-term outlook than their less-stressed counterparts, a new study finds. Researchers found that of people hospitalized for a heart attack, those who'd felt stressed out recently were 42 percent more likely to die over the next two years. It's not clear whether the stress is to blame, said lead researcher ... Tennessee says four more cases of rare meningitis strain confirmed Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:34 AM PDT NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Tennessee state health officials said on Friday the had confirmed four more cases of a rare form of meningitis linked to a steroid injection for back pain, bringing to 29 the number of cases in the state where the outbreak began. Five people have died since the outbreak of fungal meningitis, including three in Tennessee. The latest Tennessee cases bring to 39 the ... Clinics rush to warn patients of tainted steroid Associated Press via Yahoo! News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:15 AM PDT Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states that the routine steroid injections they received for back pain in recent months may have been contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis. Water exercise boosts endurance in COPD Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:11 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Water workouts may trump land-based exercise for people with chronic lung disease and other health problems, according to a small study. Australian researchers found that exercising in a pool boosted physical endurance and energy levels in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, and physical complaints such as obesity or back pain. ... More evidence commercial weight loss plans can work Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:54 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who take part in a commercial weight-loss program may indeed shed some pounds - especially if they substantially cut calories, a new study from Sweden finds. Worldwide, around 1.5 billion adults are overweight and another half billion are obese. In the U.S., two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. That's a huge market for commercial weight-loss programs ...

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