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• Autumn babies at greater risk of asthma: study
  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Babies born four months before the peak cold and flu season have a 30 percent higher risk of developing asthma, U.S. researchers said on Friday, suggesting that these common infections may trigger asthma.
  
  

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• Retirees hit by "longevity risk"
  MIAMI (Reuters) - Like many other elderly Americans, Edie Stark has been hard hit by the meltdown in U.S. financial markets. She is 84 and has been worried a lot lately about outliving her savings.
  
  

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• Children of centenarians live longer, healthier
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who make it to the age of 100 may indeed have some "good genes" that they pass on their children, according to a new study.
  
  

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• Stable blood sugar curbs diabetes complications
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In people with type 1 diabetes, adequate control of blood sugar over the long haul helps reduce the risk of diabetes-related eye and kidney disease, new data suggest.
  
  

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• Stable blood sugar curbs diabetes complications
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In people with type 1 diabetes, adequate control of blood sugar over the long haul helps reduce the risk of diabetes-related eye and kidney disease, new data suggest.
  
  

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• Lung cancer pill may get second chance after tests
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lung cancer pill Iressa has shown surprising results for patients with advanced disease where it has been at least as effective as a standard chemotherapy treatment, researchers reported on Thursday.
  
  

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• Effects of being born small extend to adulthood
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children born "small for gestational age" -- that is, significantly smaller than most babies born after the same number of weeks of pregnancy -- appear to be at increased risk for rapid gains in weight and body fat during adulthood, researchers from Paris, France report.
  
  

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• Zimbabwe cholera outbreak likely to continue: WHO
  GENEVA (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has infected more than 6,000 people and killed 294 in the country whose economic collapse has caused many hospitals to close, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.
  
  

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• Hormone linked to falls in older diabetic adults
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As levels of parathyroid hormone rise, so does the risk of falls in older, well-functioning men and women with diabetes, according to findings from the Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study.
  
  

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• SIDS incidence stable in California: study
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in California fell significantly in the 1990s but has held steady since 2002, according to a new report.
  
  

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