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AP - For men with fertility problems, some doctors are prescribing a very conventional way to have a baby: more sex.

AP - Government experts are scheduled to vote on whether Nyquil and other combination cold medications should be pulled from the market to help curb deadly overdoses.

AP - The doctor had barely pulled away the needle when a blister appeared on Tracey Berg-Fulton’s abdomen: An experimental shot was revving up the 24-year-old’s immune system — part of a bold quest to create a vaccine-like therapy for diabetes.

Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday confirmed that it has found E. coli O157:H7 bacteria in a sample of Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Heatstroke and heat exhaustion are
potentially deadly conditions stemming from a dangerous rise in body
temperature. While everyone is at risk of a heat-related illness, some
people are especially vulnerable.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Some children may resist wearing eyeglasses,
despite the resulting improvement in vision, school work and even
extracurricular sports.

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — Challenging the notion that
risky behavior reflects a youthful sense of immortality, a new study has
found almost 15 percent of American teens believe they will die before age
35 — a perspective strongly linked to risky behavior.

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — A gene variant that contributes to
both kidney stones and osteoporosis has been identified by scientists who
said the variant offers a promising target for new drugs to better
regulate calcium metabolism.

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — The immunosuppressive drug
golimumab shows promise in treating rheumatoid arthritis patients who
don’t respond to other drugs, according to a new study. Golimumab is from
the family of drugs called tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) inhibitors.

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — Being a diabetic and having just
one episode of low blood sugar during a hospital stay was associated with
a significantly increased risk of dying, both in the hospital and up to a
year later, new research shows.