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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — A seizure is a sudden spurt of abnormal
electrical activity in the brain.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, it’s a
difficult task to inform friends and family.

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) — The number of people with diabetes
in the United States is expected to double over the next 25 years, a new
study predicts.

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) — Encouraging city dwellers to walk
and bicycle instead of using cars would offer much greater public health
benefits than increased used of low-emission vehicles, U.K. researchers
have found.

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) — A program that gets
persistent drunk drivers to consider why they should stop their dangerous
behavior may lead to significant and long-lasting changes, researchers
have found.

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that an
internal body clock that goes on the fritz could be a factor in the
development of bipolar disorder in children.

Reuters – People who work in detergent factories are at increased risk of developing respiratory problems, including asthma, probably from exposure to chemicals contained in detergent, two new studies hint.

AP – The estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood.

Reuters – More than 1,000 deaths from the H1N1 swine flu virus were officially reported in the past week, a sharp rise which brings the global total to at least 7,826, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Reuters – Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn’t appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows.