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• Shoo, Achoo! Exercise Keeps Colds at Bay

  THURSDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Moderate daily exercise can help fend off the common ...

• Wild Boar May Have Caused Tainted Spinach Outbreak

  THURSDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Health authorities are investigating whether wild boar may have ...

• Study Questions Value of Flu Shots

  THURSDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The flu vaccine is much ado about nothing, according ...

• Cold Virus Might Harm Long-Term Memory

  THURSDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Infection of the central nervous system by the common ...

• Tyzeka Approved to Treat Chronic Hepatitis B

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The Novartis Pharma drug Tyzeka (telbivudine) was approved Wednesday ...

• U.S. Panel Backs Shingles Vaccine

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. government advisory panel has voted to recommend ...

• Flu Vaccine Safe for Babies and Toddlers

  TUESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Even the youngest children -- those between 6 month ...

• New Treatment Spots, Kills Bad Oral Bacteria

  MONDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Dental researchers say they've developed a new "smart" antimicrobial ...

• Long-Term Antibiotics Won't Fight Lyme Disease

  SUNDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term antibiotic treatment of people with Lyme disease has ...

• U.S. Flu Vaccine Supply Called Plentiful

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials sought on Wednesday to allay concerns ...

• Heart From Donor With Hepatitis C Reduces Survival

  TUESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Heart transplant recipients whose organ comes from a donor ...

• Gum Disease Can Trigger Host of Problems

  SATURDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- When people think about poor oral hygiene, problems like ...

• Antibiotics in Poultry May Pose Risk to Humans

  FRIDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Could a turkey sandwich or a bowl of chicken ...

• Spinach Contamination Linked to Cattle Ranch

  FRIDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Three samples of cattle fecal matter from one ranch ...

• Combo Human-Bird Antibody May Ward Off Avian Flu

  FRIDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- "Humanized" bird flu antibodies could work as both vaccine ...

• Diabetes Drugs Could Stop Deadly Sepsis

  THURSDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of diabetes drugs appears to hold ...

• Cattle Ranch May Be Source of Spinach Contamination

  THURSDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Three samples of cattle fecal matter from one ranch ...

• Whooping Cough Making a Comeback in U.S.

  THURSDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of whooping cough (pertussis) in the United ...

• Food Safety Ultimately Rests With the Consumer

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- American consumers have been confronted with a veritable conveyor ...