Nurse\'s Notebook Health Headlines

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'); document.write('Timer may help kids' bladder control problems (Reuters)
'); document.write('Reuters - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests.
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');document.write('09-02-2010 08:00 PM
'); document.write('Study: Diet Drug Meridia May Boost Heart Risks (Time.com)
'); document.write('Time.com - A new study finds that some users of the weight-loss pill Meridia may have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke
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');document.write('09-02-2010 05:54 PM
'); document.write('Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? (AP)
'); document.write('AP - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?
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');document.write('09-02-2010 08:01 AM
'); document.write('Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_he_me/us_allergan_settlement\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100901/capt.a25a703026cc4fe69590188c899c7bb6-a25a703026cc4fe69590188c899c7bb6-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=j5YhmuYouul1plnk15EgMA--\" align=\"left\" height=\"86\" width=\"130\" alt=\"Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2010, regarding a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company for False Claims Act and off-label marketing violations. Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a years long federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. 
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');document.write('09-01-2010 10:27 PM
'); document.write('New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_he_me/us_med_tb_test\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100901/capt.1f9fc494a9c4444fbab7a5a5ceea32f1-1f9fc494a9c4444fbab7a5a5ceea32f1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=GHIEAIFge3LxEfPYQGRayQ--\" align=\"left\" height=\"130\" width=\"84\" alt=\"This undated photo released by Cepheid, shows a Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF cartridge. The cartridge is part of a test that is a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis and can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it. (AP Photo/Cepheid) NO SALES\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it. 
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');document.write('09-01-2010 10:25 PM
'); document.write('Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia (AP)
'); document.write('AP - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.
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');document.write('08-31-2010 11:48 PM
'); document.write('Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal (AP)
'); document.write('AP - Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.
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');document.write('08-31-2010 11:21 PM
'); document.write('For Bonobo Males, Mom Is the Best Wingman (LiveScience.com)
'); document.write('LiveScience.com - To most human males, the thought of your mother anywhere near your sex life is probably horrifying. Not so for the bonobo, one of our closest primate relatives. A new study confirms that hanging out with mom boosts male bonobos' chances of getting intimate with a fertile female.
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');document.write('Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 2, 2010 (HealthDay)
'); document.write('HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
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');document.write('Double hand transplant patient shows new hands (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_sc/us_double_hand_transplant\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.27760cfa397343cd83eec1eef32a974e-27760cfa397343cd83eec1eef32a974e-0.jpg?x=130&y=123&q=85&sig=i7mue3WUGwUxA0ZTxIzWmQ--\" align=\"left\" height=\"123\" width=\"130\" alt=\"Dr. Richard Edwards scratches his face with one of his new hands during a news conference at Jewish Hospital, in Louisville Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The 55-year-old chiropractor from Edmond, Okla., had his hands severely burned in a fire in 2006. Edwards says he can wiggle fingers on both his new hands. He was the nation's third double hand transplant recipient. (AP Photo/The Courier Journal, Michael Hayman) No sales No mags No archives\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands. 
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