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BOSTON (AP) — Four sisters who claimed in a lawsuit their breast cancer was caused by synthetic estrogen their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s have reached a settlement with the drug company Eli Lilly and Co., a lawyer for the sisters said Wednesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – About one in 25 U.S. teens has attempted suicide, according to a new national study, and one in eight has thought about it. Researchers said those numbers are similar to the prevalence of lifetime suicidal thinking and attempts reported by adults – suggesting the teenage years are an especially vulnerable time. “What adults say is, the highest risk time for first starting to think about suicide is in adolescence,” said Matthew Nock, a psychologist who worked on the study at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A hardy bacteria common on Earth was surprisingly adaptive to Mars-like low pressure, cold and carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere, a finding that has implications in the search for extraterrestrial life. The bacteria, known as Serratia liquefaciens, is found in human skin, hair and lungs, as well as in fish, aquatic systems, plant leaves and roots. “It’s present in a wide range of medium-temperature ecological niches,” microbiologist Andrew Schuerger, with the University of Florida, told Reuters. …
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as " Obamacare," what is now called alternative medicine may become as accessible and …
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – College students who watch reality television beauty shows are at least twice as likely as non-viewers to use tanning lamps or tan outdoors for hours at a time, a new study suggests. That finding doesn’t prove watching shows such as America’s Next Top Model and Toddlers & Tiaras drives people to the tanning booths themselves, researchers said. But it does suggest the shows aren’t promoting the healthiest views on tanning, which has been linked to a higher risk of skin cancer – especially among younger people. …
