Ways To Predict Exercise-induced Asthma And Its Severity Without Requiring An Exercise Challenge

Two new studies have explored the potential use of two simple tests for not only predicting whether someone has exercise-induced asthma (EIA) but also its severity, without subjecting the patient to an exercise challenge.
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Ballerinas And Female Athletes Share Quadruple Health Threats

Sports medicine researchers have found that young female professional dancers face the same health risks as young female athletes when they don’t eat enough to offset the energy they spend, and stop menstruating as a consequence.
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China releases quarantined U.S. students

Students and teachers from a Maryland private school who were quarantined in China because of swine flu concerns have been released, the mother of one of the students told CNN’s “American Morning.”
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Many women shelve pregnancy plans in tough times

Diana Adam, 35, and her husband wanted to have a second child this year. The timing just seemed right. She had a job as a software engineer at a big market research company near San Francisco, California, and it had good benefits — including paid maternity leave. He was looking for a faculty position after [...]

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China quarantines U.S. school group over flu fears

A group of students and teachers from a Maryland private school have been quarantined in China because of swine flu concerns, a school spokeswoman said Thursday.
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Study: Gov’t not spending much on drug prevention

Substance abuse, addiction and its consequences cost U.S. governmental bodies nearly $500 billion in 2005 with only a fraction of state and federal dollars spent on prevention and treatment, according to a report released Thursday.
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Football players at risk of high blood pressure

They’re bigger, brawnier, and faster than the typical male, but are National Football League players healthier than other men their age?
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Cancer drug erases man’s fingerprints, doctor says

A Singapore man undergoing treatment for cancer was detained for four hours by U.S. immigration officials after the drug he was taking caused his fingerprints to disappear.
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2 more deaths linked to H1N1 virus reported

Arizona reported its fourth death from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, health officials said Wednesday.
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Cardiovascular Fitness Not Affected By Cancer Treatment

The cardiovascular fitness level of cancer survivors is not affected by many standard cancer therapies, say researchers. That is the finding of a new observational study.
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