Hepatitis
C Emerges As A Top Health Concern
by Eric Rosenberg, New York Times Syndicate
WASHINGTON -
Hepatitis C, an infectious disease that can go undetected in a
person for decades while slowly destroying the liver, is emerging as
one of the country's top health care concerns, both in terms in loss
of life and stress on the economy.
Like the AIDS virus,
hepatitis C often is transmitted through sexual contact, bodily
fluids and sharing of intravenous drug needles. People who had blood
transfusions before 1992 also are at risk.
Although the
disease can be detected with a simple blood test, physicians,
insurers and national health officials all express concern about its
growing prevalence and that few victims know they are infected:
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Vanilla
Diet?
from Deutsche
Press-Agentur (dpa)
The smell of vanilla appears to help people lose weight
by causing them to desire sweets less, a study carried out in London
and published on Sunday has found.
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article)
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