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Health officials tell Greece to act fast to control HIV reuters.com Thu, 29 Nov, 2012 03:01 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A spiraling outbreak of HIV in debt-stricken Greece could run out of control if urgent action is not taken, European health officials said on Friday. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said infections with the AIDS-causing virus among drug users and other high-risk groups were rising fast, and that a failure to act would mean far higher costs in ... U.S. diets not up to U.S. standards: study reuters.com Thu, 29 Nov, 2012 01:52 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a broad comparison of U.S. dietary standards and real Americans' eating habits, researchers found that people fall short of nutritional recommendations overall, but some groups are worse than others. Among the findings, researchers said that children and the elderly seemed to eat a healthier diet than younger and middle-aged adults, and women had a better diet than ... Drug, alcohol abuse tied to early-life strokes reuters.com Thu, 29 Nov, 2012 01:24 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Younger adults who suffered a stroke were often smokers or had abused drugs or alcohol, in a new study from Ohio and Kentucky. Although strokes are often thought of as a condition of the elderly, researchers said long-term changes in the heart, arteries and blood as a result of drug abuse or heavy drinking may put users at higher-than-average risk earlier in life. It ... Study finds herbalists at higher urinary cancer risk reuters.com Thu, 29 Nov, 2012 01:09 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small new study from Taiwan links a widely banned substance traditionally used in Chinese medicine to an elevated risk for kidney and bladder cancers among professional herbalists. Herbs, such as fang chi, that contain the plant-derived aristolochic acid, are known to cause cancer as well as kidney failure, and the current study suggests that working with these ... WikiLeaks' Assange downplays health concerns reuters.com Thu, 29 Nov, 2012 12:44 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy for nearly six months, played down concerns about his health on Thursday, saying he enjoyed being at the centre of the legal and diplomatic storm. Assange, 41, whose website angered the United States by releasing thousands of secret diplomatic cables, took sanctuary in Ecuador's embassy in June, jumping ... Algunas mujeres se ven superadas por cantidad opciones terapéuticas para cáncer reuters.com Thu, 29 Nov, 2012 11:12 AM PST NUEVA YORK (Reuters Health) - Más de una de cada cincomujeres con cáncer de mama temprano dijo que se le atribuíademasiada responsabilidad en la decisión terapéutica y eran máspropensas a arrepentirse de las decisiones tomadas, señala unnuevo estudio. Para los autores, esto no quiere decir que las mujeres nodeberían recibir toda la información sobre las opcionesterapéuticas, sino que los médicos ...

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