Birth pill has prevented 100,000 deaths from ovarian cancer: study (AFP) 
AFP - The contraceptive pill has prevented some 200,000 cases of ovarian cancer and 100,000 deaths from this disease since its introduction nearly half a century ago, according to a study published in next Saturday's Lancet medical journal.
Source: news.yahoo.comStudy: The Pill protects against cancer (AP) AP - Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said. British researchers found that women taking the pill for 15 years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer, and that the risk remained low more than 30 years later, though protection weakened over time. The findings were published Friday in The Lancet.
Source: news.yahoo.comDoctors report transplant breakthrough (AP) 
AP - In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
Source: news.yahoo.comCDC: Too few adults get their vaccines (AP) AP - Vaccines aren't just for kids, but far too few grown-ups are rolling up their sleeves, disappointed federal
health officials reported Wednesday.
Source: news.yahoo.comDriving Skills Decline Among People With Early Alzheimer's (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (
HealthDay News) -- People with early Alzheimer's disease were involved in more traffic crashes and performed worse on road tests than drivers without cognitive impairment, a new study finds.
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