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Church HIV prayer cure claims 'cause three deaths'

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At least three people in London with HIV have died after they stopped taking life saving drugs on the advice of their Evangelical Christian pastors.

The women died after attending churches in London where they were encouraged to stop taking the antiretroviral drugs in the belief that God would heal them, their friends and a leading HIV doctor said.

Kidney cancer linked to mutated gene

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A mutated gene has been found in a third of patients with the most common form of kidney cancer.

The researchers said the discovery of a second major gene linked to renal cancer was a major advance.

5 Ways to Beat Seasonal Depression

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Does winter get you down? Plenty of people suffer mood changes ranging from mild "winter doldrums" to full-blown seasonal affective disorder (aptly acronymed SAD), all due to the decrease in daylight that occurs in fall and winter and the hormonal changes that coincide with it.

5 Essential Herbs for Cold and Flu Season

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Ready for cold and flu season? Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its winter forecast, predicting a colder and wetter than average winter for the Pacific

Just What You Knead

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When it comes to rubdowns, your back, shoulders, and feet hog all the attention. But anyone who has ever had the pleasure of a scalp or face massage will be happy to know that top-floor TLC

What You Don't Know About Statins

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If you walk into your doctor's office with high cholesterol, you might, like 30 million other Americans, walk out with a prescription for a statin—a drug such as Lipitor, Crestor, or Zocor. Statins, which block a liver enzyme that helps create cholesterol, work wonders for some: The average person taking one will see her "bad" LDL drop between 20 and 60% in a month.

Mutant gene's kidney cancer clue

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Scientists have discovered how a faulty gene can increase the risk of kidney tumours.

Imperial College London researchers looked at cells from people with VHL syndrome - an inherited condition.