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Reuters - Cancer patients should perhaps
avoid taking antioxidant supplements, a review of clinical
trial data suggests, because they may diminish the
effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

Reuters - Vitamin D — the so-called sunshine
vitamin — does not appear to cut a man’s risk of getting
prostate cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.

AP - The number of troops diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder jumped by roughly 50 percent in 2007, the most violent year so far in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon records show.

AP - The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle.

Reuters - The U.S. childhood obesity epidemic
leveled off this decade after surging for about 20 years, but a
worrisome 16 percent of young people remain obese, risking
serious health problems, researchers said on Tuesday.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) — In what may be the first
good news in the battle against obesity among America’s children, federal
researchers report that the latest data suggest that the number of
overweight kids may be leveling off.

AP - Doctors may want to give stroke victims antidepressants right away instead of waiting until they develop depression, a common complication, new research suggests.

AP - The number of troops diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder jumped by roughly 50 percent in 2007, the most violent year so far in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon records show.

AP - The number of troops diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder jumped by roughly 50 percent in 2007, the most violent year so far in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon records show.

AP - Sen. Edward Kennedy’s battle with a malignant brain tumor is likely to put a dramatic personal stamp on a health care cause he first championed nearly 40 years ago: The nation’s war on cancer.

AP - The anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each labored breath her child takes, the young mother fears it has just begun.

AP - Pentagon figures show 40,000 U.S. troops have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder since 2003. But officials believe many more are keeping their illness secret.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) — There may be another good
reason to floss each day: A new study finds that gum disease could raise
the risk for cancer.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

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