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Qld may limit teen cosmetic surgery
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More Asians tanning despite risks
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Smoking doesn't keep fat off: study
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Teenage smoking linked to drug use
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Health benefits of garlic unravelled
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Doctors to learn herbal remedies
Sydney Uni's medical school will start teaching herbal and traditional Chinese medicine from next year.
Size does matter with condoms
American entrepreneur has a simple message for condom experts: size matters.
Syphilis surge in gay men: study
Circumcision may offer gay men some protection from the sexually transmitted infection syphilis.
Got you under my skin
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Arrest cardiac trouble: quit work
Heart attack victims who go back to stressful jobs are twice as likely to suffer a second time.
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Terry says:
Harley, the citation for that study is Lieberman M et al Psychological Science May 2007:18(5);421-8.
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