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ATLANTA – Why has the swine flu engulfing Mexico been deadly there, but not in the United States? Nearly all those who died in Mexico were between 20 and 40 years old, and they died of severe pneumonia from a flu-like illness believed caused by a unique swine flu virus.

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Abdominal fat, the spare tire that many of us carry, has long been implicated as a primary suspect in causing the metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that includes the most dangerous heart attack risk factors: prediabetes, diabetes, high blood pressure, and changes in cholesterol.

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A future flu pandemic may be fought by using the blood of those who have survived it. In the great flu of 1918, some doctors transfused the blood of survivors to those newly infected with the disease — and there is evidence that this halved the death rate.

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An oversupply of fatty acids plays a key role in the development of insulin resistance in the skeletal muscle of obese individuals. Two related studies appearing online in advance of publication in the June print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation show that exercise and expression of the enzyme diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) have important effects on the development of insulin resistance.

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LONDON: Going to work on an egg can help you lose weight and will not raise cholesterol levels, experts said yesterday.

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Pistachios could help lower cholesterol, according to an industry-funded study presented Monday at the Experimental Biology meeting in Washington, DC.

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BREAST cancer survivors can take heart from the benefits of the Iyengar method of yoga.

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They were supposed to be more reliable, but the wires now used in devices implanted to protect the heart actually appear to be less reliable than earlier versions.

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MEDINDIA-A premier hospital in the southern Indian state of Karnataka claims to have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson's disease utilizing the stem cell therapy.

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Changing how foods are served and stored can help you drop the pounds and maintain a healthy weight, according to April's Mayo Clinic Health Letter. Here's how:

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