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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Your mother’s edict that “breakfast is the
most important meal of the day” is true, experts say.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — A fungal infection of the fingernails or
toenails can make them hard, brittle and discolored.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — The germs you leave behind
might serve as the equivalent of fingerprints, giving forensic scientists
a new way to identify who’s been where.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — Focused ultrasound is an
effective way to get rid of uterine fibroids, the noncancerous but
troublesome tumors that can grow inside the uterus, new research
shows.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — A simple genetic test that helps
doctors determine the best dose of the blood-thinner drug warfarin for
individual patients could reduce hospitalizations by one-third during the
early dose-adjustment phase, a new study has found.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — Women who suffer a heart attack
are more likely to survive if they receive the same invasive treatments as
men do, a new study suggests.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have succeeded in
freezing away breast and prostate tumors in a small number of patients,
opening a promising door to a new generation of cancer treatments.

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — New chemotherapy agents for
metastatic colon cancer improve patient survival but are costly, says a
new study.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — Palliative care services, which
help people who are seriously ill relieve symptoms such as pain, are now
found at most U.S. cancer centers, but many programs don’t interact with
patients until it’s too late, study findings show.