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Sexual Harassment A Hurdle For Teen Girls Despite strides in gender equality most teenage girls continue to experience sexual harassment at home, school, and on the playing field. More from CBSNews.com Does Asthma Increase Adult Suicide Risk? New research suggests a link between asthma and an increased risk for suicide attempts in adults, but not suicidal thoughts without attempts. More from CBSNews.com World Bank Sets New Goals For AIDS Funding For the foreseeable future HIV/AIDS will remain an unprecedented economic, social and human challenge for sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank said, calling the region the epicenter of the disease and announcing a new strategy to fight the epidemic. More from CBSNews.com Dennis Quaid Gives Congress An Earful Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress of a harrowing, near-fatal drug mix-up in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner. More from CBSNews.com A Presidential Fitness Test For Grown-Ups An adult fitness test is being introduced by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. It will incorporate several of the exercises that millions of students undertake each year as they aim for a certificate signed by the president. More from CBSNews.com Sandra Day O'Connor Makes Alzheimer's Plea Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor took her family's private battle with Alzheimer's disease public as she urged Congress to speed research and aid to fight the coming epidemic of the mind-destroying illness. More from CBSNews.com Picking The Best Embryo For IVF Genetic fingerprinting can find the best embryo in a batch, upping the odds of success for single-implant in vitro fertilization. More from CBSNews.com Relax To Music, Ease Blood Pressure Breathing slowly while listening to mellow music for half an hour daily may ease mild high blood pressure (mild hypertension), an Italian study shows. More from CBSNews.com Study: Over Half Of Americans Medicated For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. More from CBSNews.com Teen Exercise May Help Avert Breast Cancer A new study suggests the biggest benefit comes from regular exercise from the ages of 12-through-22. Dr. Emily Senay discussed the research, on The Early Show. More from CBSNews.com

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Study Finds Women Lag in Heart Attack Care The gender gap is alive and unwell in heart disease, a new international study finds, with women differing from men on everything from symptoms to treatment in both heart attack and severe chest pain. One of the most striking findings was that women were twice as likely as men to have "normal" or "mild" results on an exam of their heart's blood vessels... More Bioartificial Kidney Improves Survival Of Patients With Acute Renal Failure  Another promising clinical trial for the bioartificial kidney is offering researchers even more hope that within the next few years the device will be available to save lives of patients with acute renal failure.  The latest Universityof Michigan Health System-led study reveals that short-term replacement of renal cell function using the renal tubule assist device... More National Network of Depression Centers Launches For decades, cancer centers and heart centers across the country have worked together to improve patient care, set national standards and foster new research for all types of cancer and cardiovascular disease.Now it's depression's turn. With the founding of a new Depression Center at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, a national effort to link centers... More Tart Cherries May Reduce Factors Associated With Heart Disease and Diabetes Tart cherries - frequently sold dried, frozen or in juice - may have more than just good taste and bright red color going for them, according to new animal research from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center... More Stress May Lead Students To Stimulants The performance pressures from end-of-semester exams and papers can take a toll on students, even leading them to turn to potentially harmful substances to keep them awake and alert.  Recent studies show that a growing number of high school and college students are turning to stimulants... More Spring Cleaning... For Your Nose Your spring cleaning routine might include vacuuming the coils on your refrigerator and storing bulky sweaters and corduroy pants. You may want to add to that list, according to a University of Michigan Health System expert, another area that could use some c