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AP – The largest study ever on stroke rehabilitation found that doing physical therapy at home improved walking just as well as a high-tech treadmill program.

AP – The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has approved the first mammography device that generates 3-D images of the breast, potentially helping doctors spot more cancerous tumors.

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) — A year before Jim Munroe was
diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia, a 19-year-old girl
from Milwaukee had her cheek swabbed at a summer rock concert.

The Daily Beast – Two new studies suggest that the hormonal heat waves of middle age can help predict your risk of breast cancer and heart disease. Pat Wingert on menopause’s early warning system.

Reuters – at least those at the University of Illinois at Chicago — are not very proficient at detecting melanomas, the most serious type of skin cancer, researchers from that school said this week at the 69th annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com:

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) — When overweight, sedentary
kids start to exercise regularly, their ability to think, to plan and even
to do math improves, a new study suggests.

AFP – US researchers said Friday they have found that people who used two specific varieties of pesticide were 2.5 times as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease.

Reuters – Doctors said on Friday they implanted a pacemaker in conductor Riccardo Muti to treat a heart rhythm problem that caused the Chicago Symphony Orchestra leader to faint and injure his face at a rehearsal.

AP – “Glee” star Matthew Morrison recently announced that he has a duet with Elton John on his upcoming CD. But that won’t be all.