Reuters - Suicide has not declined among elderly people living in long-term care facilities as it has among community-living elders, research hints.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) — The stress of providing
care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s results in 25 percent of family
caregivers having at least one emergency room or hospital visit every six
months, says an Indiana University study.

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Reuters - Women and girls who’ve had an unplanned pregnancy in the past are at risk of future unplanned pregnancies, regardless of other risk factors like age and education, a new study shows.

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Reuters - U.S. health officials asked doctors on Thursday to be alert for possible cases of meningitis and other illnesses in children caused by Hib bacteria amid an ongoing vaccine shortage.

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AFP - Researchers in Spain, which has the highest rate of cocaine use in the European Union, will test a vaccine next year that they hope will help addicts break free of their addiction to the drug, health officials said Thursday.

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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

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Reuters - In children who continue to wet the bed despite standard treatment with desmopressin, adding the bladder-control drug tolterodine (Detrol) to therapy leads to a significant decrease in the risk of bedwetting, Missouri-based researchers have found.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) — The cost of treating
colorectal cancer can vary by tens of thousands of dollars per
patient.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) — The cost of treating
colorectal cancer can vary by tens of thousands of dollars per
patient.

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AFP - Pfizer has dropped its bid to market its potency pill Viagra over the counter in Europe, the US pharmaceutical giant announced Thursday.

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