Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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January 2005

Jan 31, 2005 - Health Tip: Build Strong Bones
Jan 31, 2005 - 'Birdbrain' Gets Some Smart Backers
Jan 31, 2005 - New Clues for Sciatica Pain Relief
Jan 31, 2005 - New Advance in Gene Therapy for Cancer
Jan 31, 2005 - Hormone Shots Could Prevent 10,000 Prematu...
Jan 31, 2005 - Surgery Helps Those With Vision Loss
Jan 31, 2005 - Health Tip: Skate Safely
Jan 31, 2005 - Good Nutrition vs. Need: A Closer Look
Jan 31, 2005 - Genetics May Drive MS Gender Gap
Jan 31, 2005 - Gene Defect Linked to Familial Nerve Disorder
Jan 31, 2005 - More Evidence Links Vioxx to Heart Attacks
Jan 31, 2005 - Panel: Screen Older Male Smokers for Abdom...
Jan 31, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 31, ...
Jan 30, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 30, ...
Jan 30, 2005 - Exercise Can Ease Depression
Jan 30, 2005 - Blacks More Prone to Alzheimer's Disease
Jan 29, 2005 - New Drug Targets Pancreatic Cancer Two Ways
Jan 29, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 29, ...
Jan 29, 2005 - Scientists Explore Risks Posed by Steroids
Jan 29, 2005 - Doctors Debate Value of Vitamin E
Jan 28, 2005 - Anti-Tobacco Programs Cut Teen Smoking Rates
Jan 28, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 28, ...
Jan 28, 2005 - Smallpox Vaccine Risky for Some
Jan 28, 2005 - Health Tip: Airplane Exercise
Jan 28, 2005 - Seatbelts Save Police Officers' Lives, Too
Jan 28, 2005 - Doctors Continue to Enhance Cataract Treat...
Jan 28, 2005 - HIV Risk High in Poor Neighborhoods
Jan 28, 2005 - Seniors Spell Out Health Concerns
Jan 28, 2005 - With Age Comes Pain Tolerance
Jan 28, 2005 - Campaign Touts Folic Acid for Moms-to-Be
Jan 28, 2005 - Parents' Smoking Can Kill Children Years L...
Jan 27, 2005 - Drug Combo Extends Colon Cancer Survival
Jan 27, 2005 - Biology May Keep Couch Potatoes Supine
Jan 27, 2005 - Early Surgery No Benefit for Brain Hemorrhage
Jan 27, 2005 - British Medical Journal Retracts Part of I...
Jan 27, 2005 - High-Tech Revolutionizes Health Care at Home
Jan 27, 2005 - A Molecular Explanation of Why Burgers Are...
Jan 27, 2005 - U.S. Moves to Expand Flu Vaccine Supply
Jan 27, 2005 - New Clues to Biological Clock
Jan 27, 2005 - Health Tip: Protect Your Child's Skin From...
Jan 27, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 27, ...
Jan 27, 2005 - Hispanic Americans Face Liver Disease Risk
Jan 27, 2005 - Researchers Prevent Lupus in Mice
Jan 27, 2005 - Health Tip: Stress Can Make You Clumsy
Jan 27, 2005 - Nervous System Development Detailed
Jan 26, 2005 - Crickets Help Explain Attractive Mating
Jan 26, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 26, ...
Jan 26, 2005 - Health Tip: How Your Kids React to Bad News
Jan 26, 2005 - Turns Out You
Jan 26, 2005 - Scientists ID New Form of Muscular Dystrophy
Jan 26, 2005 - Health Tip: It's Not So Hard to Eat Healthy
Jan 26, 2005 - Heart Threats May Lead to Nerve Damage in ...
Jan 26, 2005 - Type 2 Diabetes Striking at Younger Age
Jan 26, 2005 - Cox-2 Woes Fuel Drug Ad Debate
Jan 26, 2005 - Drug Fails Against Autoimmune Disease
Jan 26, 2005 - U.S. Leads in Sexually Transmitted Disease...
Jan 26, 2005 - Syphilis Rates Not Result of Unsafe Sex
Jan 26, 2005 - Compound Might Aid Leukemia Patients Resis...
Jan 26, 2005 - Alcoholics Can Beat Their Addiction
Jan 25, 2005 - Special Scan Detects Blood Clots in Legs
Jan 25, 2005 - Procedure Improves Outcomes in Lung Cancer...
Jan 25, 2005 - Genetic Technique Bolsters Immune Cells to...
Jan 25, 2005 - AIDS Conspiracy Theory Belief Linked to Le...
Jan 25, 2005 - Genes May Influence Weight Gain in Adults
Jan 25, 2005 - Little Benefit From Whole-Body CT Scans
Jan 25, 2005 - Gene Mutation Linked to Heart Failure and ...
Jan 25, 2005 - Siblings May Protect Against MS
Jan 25, 2005 - Tailored Drug Protects Heart Attack Patients
Jan 25, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 25, ...
Jan 25, 2005 - Obesity Ups Risk of Kidney Stones
Jan 25, 2005 - Health Tip: 'Alcohol-Free' Products May No...
Jan 24, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 24, ...
Jan 24, 2005 - Self-Extinguishing Cigarettes Lower Fire D...
Jan 24, 2005 - Fried Fish Raises Stroke Risk
Jan 24, 2005 - Study Blames Vioxx for Up to 140,000 Cases...
Jan 24, 2005 - Study: Avian Flu Was Transmitted Between H...
Jan 24, 2005 - Vaginal Hysterectomy Is Preferred Method: ...
Jan 24, 2005 - Nose-Stomach Tube Slows Recovery From Surgery
Jan 24, 2005 - Health Tip: Dealing With Facial Pain
Jan 24, 2005 - Doctors Should Push Cardiac Rehab Programs
Jan 24, 2005 - Health Tip: Considering Botox?
Jan 24, 2005 - Link Between Personality and Cancer Ruled Out
Jan 24, 2005 - Extra Weight Skews PSA Scores
Jan 24, 2005 - Seeds of Dementia Sown in Midlife
Jan 24, 2005 - 'Alzheimer's Gene' Affects Even Healthy Se...
Jan 23, 2005 - Cooking Fires Leading Cause of Home Blazes
Jan 23, 2005 - Viagra May Reverse Enlarged-Heart Damage
Jan 23, 2005 - U.S. Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Contaminated
Jan 23, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 23, ...
Jan 22, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 22, ...
Jan 22, 2005 - Device Shows Promise for Spinal Cord Injury
Jan 22, 2005 - Lung Cancer
Jan 21, 2005 - New Colon Cancer Marker Found
Jan 21, 2005 - Elevated Phosphate Levels a Danger for Kid...
Jan 21, 2005 - Maternal Study Finds Small Divide Between ...
Jan 21, 2005 - Cox-2 Drugs Overprescribed for Years, Stu...
Jan 21, 2005 - Doctor Report Cards Not Always Clear
Jan 21, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 21, ...
Jan 21, 2005 - Health Tip: Feel Better About Yourself
Jan 21, 2005 - New Hope for HIV Treatment
Jan 21, 2005 - Veggie Diet May Lower High Blood Pressure
Jan 21, 2005 - Abused Women Less Likely to Have Stable Re...
Jan 21, 2005 - Update: Grapefruit Juice-Drug Interaction...
Jan 21, 2005 - Heart Attack: Less Treatment May Be Better
Jan 21, 2005 - Health Tip: Housework Will Keep You Fit
Jan 20, 2005 - Poor Physical Performance Linked to Heart ...
Jan 20, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 20, ...
Jan 20, 2005 - Health Tip: Why You Shouldn't Start Smoking
Jan 20, 2005 - U.S. Urges Wider Use of Preventive HIV Dru...
Jan 20, 2005 - More Monitoring Needed of Kids in Californ...
Jan 20, 2005 - Low IQ Linked to Suicide Risk
Jan 20, 2005 - New Clues to Tumor Toughness
Jan 20, 2005 - Cancer Now the Leading Killer of Americans
Jan 20, 2005 - Black Americans Undertreated for Esophagea...
Jan 20, 2005 - Many Birth Defects Can Be Prevented
Jan 20, 2005 - Magnetic Stimulation Alters Brain
Jan 20, 2005 - Antibody Helps Reverse Alzheimer's Nerve D...
Jan 20, 2005 - Combo Therapy Gives Asthma Relief
Jan 20, 2005 - Behavior, Diet Therapies Fight Cognitive D...
Jan 20, 2005 - Health Tip: Exercise Can Stall Effects of ...
Jan 19, 2005 - Senior Gamblers Play Dangerous Odds
Jan 19, 2005 - Moderate Drinking May Ward Off Dementia
Jan 19, 2005 - Procedure Helps Couple Avoid Having Baby W...
Jan 19, 2005 - Faulty DNA Repair Linked to Breast Cancer ...
Jan 19, 2005 - Radiation Therapy Boosts High-Risk Breast ...
Jan 19, 2005 - Key Cancer Gene Discovered
Jan 19, 2005 - Health Tip: Brush Your Baby's Teeth
Jan 19, 2005 - Implanted Defibrillator Research Convinces...
Jan 19, 2005 - Plavix Not Best for Heart Patients With Hi...
Jan 19, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 19, ...
Jan 19, 2005 - Health Tip: Keep Your Nails Healthy
Jan 19, 2005 - New Guidelines Simplify Care for Acute Cor...
Jan 18, 2005 - Experts Fail to Perform CPR Correctly
Jan 18, 2005 - Folate May Prevent Hypertension in Women
Jan 18, 2005 - Experimental Stent Could Revolutionize Tre...
Jan 18, 2005 - Bextra Data Suggests All Cox-2 Drugs Pose ...
Jan 18, 2005 - HRT Increases Risk of Gallstone Trouble
Jan 18, 2005 - Parental Notification Could Affect Teen Co...
Jan 18, 2005 - Health Tip: A Safe Shave
Jan 18, 2005 - Treating Sleep Apnea in Children Improves ...
Jan 18, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 18, ...
Jan 18, 2005 - Mobile Surgical Units Making Difference in...
Jan 18, 2005 - Collaborative Care Helps Combat Teen Depre...
Jan 18, 2005 - Health Tip: Avoid Chewing Aspirin
Jan 18, 2005 - New Insights Into Fat's Effect on the Body
Jan 18, 2005 - Vitamin Intake During Pregnancy May Affect...
Jan 17, 2005 - Tackling Alcoholism Among ER Patients
Jan 17, 2005 - Poor Visual Memory May Signal Alzheimer's
Jan 17, 2005 - Single Fecal Test Inadequate for Detecting...
Jan 17, 2005 - Sugar Squeezing Out Nutrition in Preschool...
Jan 17, 2005 - Inappropriate Drugs Can Harm Nursing Home ...
Jan 17, 2005 - Combo Treatment Slows Cancer Cell Growth
Jan 17, 2005 - Another Clue Explains Smoking Link to Oral...
Jan 17, 2005 - Melanoma Vaccine Triggers T-Cells to Attac...
Jan 17, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 17, ...
Jan 17, 2005 - Health Tip: Screening Tests Can Be Lifesavers
Jan 17, 2005 - New Meningitis Vaccine Gets Nod
Jan 17, 2005 - Women May Be Treated Too Aggressively for ...
Jan 17, 2005 - Health Tip: Evaluating Heart Murmur
Jan 17, 2005 - Researchers Zero In on Genetic Link to Par...
Jan 17, 2005 - Flu Vaccine Shortage Is Now a Surplus
Jan 16, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 16, ...
Jan 16, 2005 - The Thyroid, Cholesterol Connection
Jan 16, 2005 - New Tool Assesses Home Health-Care Programs
Jan 15, 2005 - Weight-Loss Supplements: Do They Work?
Jan 15, 2005 - Forgive and Forget -- Stress, That Is
Jan 15, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 15, ...
Jan 14, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 14, ...
Jan 14, 2005 - Americans Could Lose Access to Canadian Drugs
Jan 14, 2005 - VD or Not VD?
Jan 14, 2005 - Health Tip: Polly Want an Illness?
Jan 14, 2005 - High Blood Pressure: The New Childhood Sco...
Jan 14, 2005 - FDA Panel Nixes Over-The-Counter Sale of C...
Jan 14, 2005 - Muscle Loss Can Point to Heart Failure
Jan 14, 2005 - Cutting Down on Health-Care Costs
Jan 14, 2005 - Drug Reduces Frequency of MS Relapses
Jan 14, 2005 - Carefree People May Miss Rectal Cancer
Jan 14, 2005 - New Scans Spot More Small Breast Tumors
Jan 14, 2005 - Tobacco Industry Worked to Thwart Lung Can...
Jan 14, 2005 - Possible Cocaine Addiction Treatment Found
Jan 14, 2005 - Health Tip: Avoid Alcohol, Caffeine While ...
Jan 13, 2005 - States Fall Short in Fight Against Cervica...
Jan 13, 2005 - Eye Protein Plays Key Role in Allergy Resp...
Jan 13, 2005 - Iron Deficiency Sends Cells Into Tailspin
Jan 13, 2005 - New Gene Principle Changes the Rules
Jan 13, 2005 - Drug Resistance a Growing Problem for HIV-...
Jan 13, 2005 - Health Tip: Buying Prescription Drugs Online
Jan 13, 2005 - Intestinal Immune Cell Network Discovered
Jan 13, 2005 - High Blood Pressure a Worldwide Problem
Jan 13, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 13, ...
Jan 13, 2005 - Researchers Root Out Hearing Loss Gene
Jan 13, 2005 - Health Tip: Sensitive Skin?
Jan 12, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 12, ...
Jan 12, 2005 - Health Tip: Safe Cleaning
Jan 12, 2005 - Malaria Makes Comeback In U.S. Soldiers Re...
Jan 12, 2005 - New U.S. Dietary Guidelines: Eat Less, Exe...
Jan 12, 2005 - Long Hours Leave Hospital Interns Punchy o...
Jan 12, 2005 - Health Tip: Perfecting the Patient/Doctor ...
Jan 12, 2005 - Antibody May Salvage Sight
Jan 12, 2005 - Hormone Therapy Has Drawbacks for Men as Well
Jan 12, 2005 - Depression Intensifies From One Generation...
Jan 12, 2005 - U.S. Campaign Urges Cautious Use of Antibi...
Jan 12, 2005 - Report Calls for Tougher Oversight of Alte...
Jan 12, 2005 - Few Seniors Surf the Web for Health Inform...
Jan 12, 2005 - Zinc Supplements May Guard Against Oral Ca...
Jan 11, 2005 - Fruits, Vegetables Don't Protect Against B...
Jan 11, 2005 - Steady Diet of Red Meat Increases Colon Ca...
Jan 11, 2005 - New Asthma Guidelines Issued for Pregnancies
Jan 11, 2005 - Possible Marker for Osteoarthritis Found
Jan 11, 2005 - Drug-Coated Stents Best If Artery Closes A...
Jan 11, 2005 - Curtailing Side Effects of Prostate Cancer...
Jan 11, 2005 - Blood Sugar Levels Linked to Cancer Rates
Jan 11, 2005 - Do Pharmacy Errors Spike at Start of the M...
Jan 11, 2005 - Dealing With Vision Loss
Jan 11, 2005 - Vitamin C Doesn't Boost Your Workout
Jan 11, 2005 - Health Tip: Get Enough Magnesium
Jan 11, 2005 - Health Tip: When Headaches Are More Than a...
Jan 11, 2005 - Health Care Costs a Top American Concern
Jan 11, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 11, ...
Jan 10, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 10, ...
Jan 10, 2005 - Health Tip: Resolve to Live Better
Jan 10, 2005 - Too Little Sleep May Pack on Pounds
Jan 10, 2005 - Rats Might Be Multilingual
Jan 10, 2005 - Cord Blood Stems Heart Attack Damage
Jan 10, 2005 - Musks in Fragrances May Weaken Immune Syst...
Jan 10, 2005 - Health Tip: Beware of Phony Diets
Jan 10, 2005 - Rural Stroke Patients Helped by Phone Support
Jan 10, 2005 - Some Doctors Avoid Heart Procedure for Ris...
Jan 10, 2005 - Weight Loss Signals Impending Alzheimer's
Jan 10, 2005 - Most Aerosal Asthma Therapies Created Equal
Jan 10, 2005 - Elderly Avoiding Colorectal Cancer Screening
Jan 10, 2005 - Olive Oil May Protect Against Breast Cancer
Jan 10, 2005 - Delirium Can Be Side Effect of Stem Cell T...
Jan 10, 2005 - Emotions Color Your Sense of Smell
Jan 9, 2005 - Light Boxes Help Lift the Winter Blues
Jan 9, 2005 - Deep Breathing Beats Stress
Jan 9, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 9, ...
Jan 8, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 8, ...
Jan 8, 2005 - Shield Your Skin From Winter Sun
Jan 8, 2005 - Alcohol Increases Co-eds' Risk of Sexual A...
Jan 7, 2005 - Chamomile Tea May Have Medicinal Value
Jan 7, 2005 - Viable Alzheimer's Treatments on the Horizon
Jan 7, 2005 - Health Tip: Is Acupuncture Right for You?
Jan 7, 2005 - Wrist Splints at Night Ease Carpal Tunnel ...
Jan 7, 2005 - When to Go to the ER
Jan 7, 2005 - Interferon Therapy Effective Against Hepat...
Jan 7, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 7, ...
Jan 7, 2005 - Health Tip: The Highs and Lows of Cholesterol
Jan 7, 2005 - Flu Season a Mild One... So Far
Jan 7, 2005 - Unexploded Afghan Ammo a Threat to Kids
Jan 7, 2005 - Guarding Against Falls
Jan 7, 2005 - Stay Safe at Home
Jan 6, 2005 - New Clues to Restless Legs Syndrome in Kids
Jan 6, 2005 - Genes a Key Factor in Avoiding HIV
Jan 6, 2005 - First Dog Epilepsy Gene Identified
Jan 6, 2005 - Doctor: Tsunami Damage 'Like a War Zone'
Jan 6, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 6, ...
Jan 6, 2005 - Simple Cough Test Spots Tuberculosis
Jan 6, 2005 - U.S. Gets Failing Grades on Tobacco Control
Jan 6, 2005 - Nose Airflow a Complicated Process
Jan 6, 2005 - Drug Industry Promises to Disclose More Data
Jan 6, 2005 - Health Tip: Profile of a Weight Loser
Jan 6, 2005 - Health Tip: An Herbal Myth?
Jan 6, 2005 - Sinus Surgery Safe for Elderly
Jan 6, 2005 - No Link Found Between Vaccines and Autism
Jan 5, 2005 - Mammography's Early Catches Have Silver Li...
Jan 5, 2005 - Role Seen for Vitamin A to Prevent Breast ...
Jan 5, 2005 - Some Cases of Sudden Cardiac Death May Sta...
Jan 5, 2005 - Elderly Women With Cervical Cancer Face To...
Jan 5, 2005 - Antibiotics Eyed to Treat Nerve Disorders
Jan 5, 2005 - Doctors Criticized For Way They Deliver Do...
Jan 5, 2005 - Kids With Special Needs Have Bigger Medica...
Jan 5, 2005 - Childhood Obesity Weighs Heavily on Kids
Jan 5, 2005 - For Smallest Preemies, Long-Term Outlook C...
Jan 5, 2005 - Health Tip: Symptoms of Appendicitis
Jan 5, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 5, ...
Jan 5, 2005 - Health Tip: A Nutritional Bright Spot Duri...
Jan 5, 2005 - Obese Blacks Incur Lower Health-Care Costs
Jan 5, 2005 - C-Reactive Protein a Red Flag for Heart Tr...
Jan 4, 2005 - Health Tip: Passing Kidney Stones
Jan 4, 2005 - Health Tip: Be Smart When Applying Makeup
Jan 4, 2005 - Bulk of Constipation Myths Unfounded
Jan 4, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 4, ...
Jan 4, 2005 - Study Links Protein to Preeclampsia
Jan 4, 2005 - Early Intervention Helps At-Risk Kids Beco...
Jan 4, 2005 - Passive Smoke Lowers Kids' Test Scores
Jan 4, 2005 - Checking Cancer's Growth
Jan 4, 2005 - Diet Fare Matters Less Than Diet Devotion
Jan 4, 2005 - Protein May Protect Against Lung Disease D...
Jan 4, 2005 - Study Unlikely to Change Use of Hypertensi...
Jan 4, 2005 - Shy Kids Process Facial Expressions Differ...
Jan 4, 2005 - Morning-After Pill Doesn't Alter Sexual Be...
Jan 3, 2005 - Only Moderate Drinking Wards Off Stroke
Jan 3, 2005 - Protein Plays Key Role in Alcohol Abuse
Jan 3, 2005 - Artificial Hip a Story of Setbacks, Triumph
Jan 3, 2005 - Aspirin Use Lags Among Diabetic Women
Jan 3, 2005 - These Drugs Pull Double Duty
Jan 3, 2005 - Bringing HIV Out of Hiding
Jan 3, 2005 - Saliva Holds Clues to Oral Cancer
Jan 3, 2005 - Simulator Could Make for Smoother Births
Jan 3, 2005 - Health Tip: Cats and Your Unborn
Jan 3, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 3, ...
Jan 3, 2005 - Dreams Sort Out Problems
Jan 3, 2005 - Health Tip: Mullin' Melons
Jan 3, 2005 - Self-Hypnosis Calms Kids During Tough Proc...
Jan 3, 2005 - Dual-Chamber Pacemakers Better for Heart P...
Jan 2, 2005 - Downhill Gliders
Jan 2, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 2, ...
Jan 2, 2005 - Teen Obesity Is a Ticking Time Bomb
Jan 1, 2005 - Health Highlights: Jan. 1, ...
Jan 1, 2005 - A Heads Up for Soccer in Winter
Jan 1, 2005 - Fibromyalgia: New Insights Into a Misunder...

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