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  THURSDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Two standard prenatal diagnostic tests -- amniocentesis and chorionic ...

• Infant Deaths After C-Sections Rise Even in Low-Risk Pregnancies

  THURSDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Among U.S. women with low-risk pregnancies, those who opt ...

• Brain Stimulation Effective for Parkinson's

  WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Deep brain stimulation -- a surgical procedure to reduce ...

• When It Comes to the Heart, Doctor Knows Best

  TUESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- For heart patients trying to choose between medication, angioplasty ...

• Bioengineering Could Replace Pacemakers

  TUESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A new bioengineering technique has allowed scientists to restore ...

• Heart Failure Patients Fare Better With Follow-Up Nursing Care

  TUESDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Heart failure patients who get follow-up care from nurses ...

• Alternative Test Uncovers Hidden Risks for Kidney, Cardiovascular Disease

  MONDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Elevated blood levels of the protein cystatin C accurately ...

• Medication Errors Common in Kids' Leukemia Treatment

  MONDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Ten percent of children with a once-deadly childhood cancer ...

• Global AIDS Panel Updates Treatment Strategies

  SUNDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Updated treatment guidelines for adult HIV patients that reflect ...

• External Defibrillator Warnings Not Adequate

  TUESDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) -- One in five external defibrillators used to re-start failing ...

• New Guidelines Out on Use of Anti-Clotting Therapy

  FRIDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines say that stroke risk factors should be ...

• HIV/AIDS Therapy Still Effective 10 Years On

  THURSDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Ten years after it was introduced, highly active antiretroviral ...

• Oral Medications Can Replace Insulin for Many With Rare Neonatal Diabetes

  WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have very good news for most people who ...

• Resistant Bacteria Blamed for High Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Deaths

  TUESDAY, Aug. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by a highly resistant ...

• Robot Technology Improves Vaginal Prolapse Surgery

  FRIDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery is an effective alternative to traditional ...