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Health - Chantix and Smoking, IUD Cancer, Peanut Allergies, Flirting
Maureen Fitzgerald, Fox 61 News
May 8, 2008, 7:50 AM EDT
If you are trying to quite smoking your doctor may soon recommend that you try the drug Chantix.
That's the federal government's new advice to doctors.
But it's controversial, since the drug has also been linked to suicide. The new guidelines mention the psychiatric risks,
But also say the popular pfizer drug is the most effective at helping people get off cigarettes.
The guide-lines also mention other options, too,
Such as combining counseling and medication.
A common type of birth control may also cut a woman's risk of endometrial cancer.
Researchers in Chapel Hill, North Carolina say IUD's could eliminate the threat by up to 40%.
They delivered the news this week, at a meeting in New Orleans.
But they also said, most doctors aren't aware that an IUD can provide the same type of cancer protection, as birth control pills.
It's something most of us eat pretty much everyday - peanut butter.
But peanuts pose serious food allergies for plenty of people.
Now, researchers at Duke University are working on ways around that.
They're looking at suppressing the immune system, so it can handle food allergies.
All right singles, we know a lot of people find love online these days,
But there's something to be said about getting to know each other in person.
A new study for a group called, woo-me, a business designed to help singles meet and greet in person, finds 3 out of 4 singles find flirting on line more difficult than in person.
Part of that has do with chemistry,
How do you know you have it, unless you meet in person?
If you'd like to see the study yourself,
Go to
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