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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Parents' yelling, talking or handing out punishments may not have much impact on teens if the kids don't believe their parents' reactions suit the situation, according to a new study.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are describing what seems to be a real-life medical nightmare: A cancer that spreads from animal to animal like an infection.

Doctors in the U.K. say a woman has gone blind after taking drugs purchased from the internet, and explain that the unsafe practice of buying drugs online continues despite warnings. In an article for the Lancet by Dr. Philip Severn and Dr. Scott Fraser, the doctors say, "Some of the drug...

Under fire for having the largest death toll from the bird flu, Indonesian officials maintained that they are aggressively fighting the virus, and have vaccinated or killed almost 300 million chickens in two years. Indonesian Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie adds that his nation has yet to...

A new study finds that religious beliefs may help people going through stressful medical issues, while those who lack religion may be hindered psychologically. Researchers found people who rely on faith for comfort are less distressed after heart surgery than those who are spiritually angry or...

AP - Like many other New Orleanians nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina, John McCusker was experiencing the overwhelming stress of rebuilding his life.

AP - Atlanta-based researchers say they've begun mining a new kind of genetic data in a project that may help explain why some people are susceptible or resistant to certain diseases.

AP - Chubby cheeks and dimpled thighs have long been a mother's proof of a healthy, well-fed baby. But those roly-poly infants now may be a sign of something much different: America's growing problem with weight.

AP - Scientists have discovered molecular janitors that clear away a sticky gunk blamed for Alzheimer's disease — until they get old and quit sweeping up.

A new study says teens in the U.K. don't know how to use condoms properly. Southampton University researchers spoke with almost 1,400 teens between 16 and 18 years old, and of those who had sex with a condom, 6 percent took it off too early, and 6 percent put it on too late....

Researchers say they have documented how the "obesity epidemic" can be passed on from one generation to the next. A report states that overweight mothers in the U.S. have fatter babies.

The Food and Drug Administration warns three companies to stop manufacturing and distributing thousands of doses of compounded, unapproved inhalation drugs. The warning letters went out to RoTech Healthcare, Inc., CCS Medical, and Reliant Pharmacy Services....

A study by researchers at Duke University has revealed that late afternoon surgeries may have adverse post-operative effects on patients. In a review of more than 90,000 surgeries performed at their medical center, researchers found that nausea, pain or other negative effects related to...

AP - Chinese investigators are still searching for the cause of at least six deaths among patients who received the same brand of antibiotic, a deputy health minister said Thursday, .

AP - Canada and most other members of the G8 are failing to meet their fair share of the cost of financing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Global AIDS Alliance said Thursday.

With statistics indicating that 60 percent of workers suffer from "high anxiety," and 65 percent of companies reporting soaring levels of mental illness, government officials say the rapid spread of Western business practices in Japan has caused widespread mental illness and is responsible for a...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Quiksilver Inc. are issuing a voluntary recall for 48,000 Quiksilver and Roxy Girl lounge pants. According to Quiksilver, these lounge pants fail to meet the children's sleepwear flammability standards, posing a risk of burn injury to children, due...

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Parents' yelling, talking or handing out punishments may not have much impact on teens if the kids don't believe their parents' reactions suit the situation, according to a new study.

AP - Scientists have discovered molecular janitors that clear away a sticky gunk blamed for Alzheimer's disease — until they get old and quit sweeping up.