When Gina O'Brien decided she no longer needed drugs to quell her anxiety and panic attacks, she followed doctor's orders by slowly tapering her dose of the antidepressant Paxil. The gradual withdrawal was supposed to prevent unpleasant symptoms that can result from stopping antidepressants cold turkey. But it didn't work.
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2 Americans should shake salty food habit
When it comes to seasoning food, there's no shortage of salt options.But when it comes to health, it doesn't matter if it was mined in Kansas, solar-evaporated from the Mediterranean Sea or hand-harvested in French marshes. Salt is salt, the experts say, and it's bad for your health. Chances are you're eating way too much of it.
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3 Bangladesh immunizes millions for polio
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Hundreds of thousands of health workers and volunteers fanned out across Bangladesh on Sunday in an effort to immunize 24 million children against polio after the disease recently resurfaced.
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4 Deaf Iraqi girl to get treatment in U.S.
MIAMI - Three-year-old Amina can't hear the bombs and bullets that rake through Baghdad. The Iraqi girl has been deaf since birth.
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5 Gov't adding fruits, veggies to WIC list
The grocery shopping list for the far-reaching Women, Infants and Children program is getting its first significant update since the 1970s. Fruits, vegetables and whole grains are being added to the program, which helps feed more than half the babies born in the U.S. To cover the cost, WIC will pay for less of the juice, eggs, cheese and milk that have been staples of the program.
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6 Ultrasound scans can affect brain development
Keepsake sonograms have become a popular item with many young parents -- from Tom Cruise to the couple next door. It's a practice many physicians would like to discourage.
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7 Saturated fat impedes 'good' cholesterol activity
Eating just one meal high in saturated fat -- in this case, carrot cake and a milkshake -- can quickly prevent "good" cholesterol from protecting the body against clogged arteries, a small study shows.
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8 Study: Sexy music triggers teen sex
Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found.
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9 Doctors begin separation surgery for Utah twins
Four-year-old twin sisters born fused at the midsection, with just one kidney and one set of legs, underwent surgery Monday to separate them and allow them to lead independent lives.
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10 Shopping carts not safe place for kids: experts
Supermarket shopping carts are not a safe place to put a child, according to reports available Tuesday from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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11 Anaesthetic may ease depression
A SINGLE dose of the anaesthetic ketamine appears to reduce depression in patients who show little improvement with standard medications, research suggests.
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12 Breast cancer fears over birth drug legacy
Women whose mothers took a common pregnancy drug face double the normal risk of breast cancer, research has found.
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13 Bird flu's spread in Indonesia worrying, experts says
The speed at which Indonesia has become the country with the most human bird flu deaths has experts worried, but they say the pace will continue until the problem is tackled at the source.
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14 Utah Conjoined Twins, 4, Separated After Sharing One Kidney
Doctors in Utah have separated 4-year- old conjoined twins who shared a kidney, the girls' family said. After Kendra and Maliyah Herrin were separated in a daylong operation at Primary
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15 Watching Wrestling Linked to Teen Dating Violence
Researchers at Wake Forest University say that there may be a direct link between watching professional wrestling on television and increased amounts of "date fighting" and other derogatory behavior among teens.
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16 Doctors Grapple With Lack of Volunteers for Cancer Studies
When John Ray was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, he faced a difficult decision.
He had to choose between a standard chemotherapy drug or enroll in a clinical trial testing two other promising treatments.
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17 Warning of online drugs 'danger'
People who buy medicines over the internet could be unwittingly putting their health at risk, warn UK doctors.
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18 Doubts over early twin deliveries
Scientists have cast doubt on the practice of delivering twins earlier than single babies.
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19 Glaxo pays $70m to end price row
GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay out $70m (£36.9m) to settle numerous civil claims of price-fixing in the US.
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20 Anti-HIV tactics for women urged
The world's wealthiest couple issued an urgent call last night to develop new ways to prevent the march of AIDS -- and pledged to devote more of their riches to the cause.
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