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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New limits are needed to ensure that the long hours logged by young doctors in training at hospitals do not leave them so exhausted that they make medical errors, a U.S. expert panel said on Tuesday. A panel of the Institute of Medicine, in a report sought by Congress and the
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- HIV infections up sharply among Hong Kong gay men
- HIV infects women through healthy tissue: U.S. study
- Holiday treat need not be a dieter's downfall
- Home as good as hospital for cardiac rehab
- Home interventions benefit older cancer survivors
- Home visits may cut risk of low birthweight
- Homeopathy patients often say health improved
- Hong Kong to cull 80,000 chickens after H5 outbreak
- Hong Kong to test meat, vegetables for melamine
- Hormone linked to falls in older diabetic adults
- Hormone therapy may cut colorectal cancer risk
- Hospice rules may deter some African Americans
- Hospital preventive teams not saving lives: study
- Hospitals use more antibiotics despite concerns
- House approves children's health bill
- Hunger eclipsed by financial crisis on World Food Day
- Hunger, HIV/AIDS hit Africa with double punch: WFP
- Illness beliefs shape prevention program adherence
- Implantable defibrillators save older patients too
- Improved stool DNA test helps spot colon cancer
- In-home counseling and peer support keep postnatal
- Inactivity a risk to depressed heart patients: study
- Increases in imaging tests widespread: U.S. study
- India minister wants all school kids to learn yoga
- India's West Bengal reports fresh bird flu outbreak
- Indian state to kill 200,000 fowl in bird flu cull
- Indigo extract effective treatment for psoriasis
- Indigo plant may treat chronic skin disease
- Indonesia confirms two human bird flu cases: WHO
- Indonesia's "tree man" faces new operations
- Indonesia's Papua plans to tag AIDS sufferers
- Indonesian teenager dies of bird flu
- Infection control important for high-risk patients
- Infection cuts mosquitoes' lives short
- Inflammation not a factor in drinking-diabetes link
- Influenza vaccine effective in young children
- Inhaled steroids up pneumonia risk in lung ailment
- Injecting drugs threaten India's AIDS fight : U.N.
- Inside-out cells offer target for antiviral drugs
- Insomnia drug helps jet-lag, shift-work troubles
- Intel to unveil new health-care system: report
- International pact sought on cigarette smuggling
- Internet drug peddlers raided in 9 countries
- Intimacy may defend couples against stress
- Irish pork producers seek aid in tainted meat recall
- J&J helped plan child research institute: report
- Japan study group says cloned animals safe for food
- Jolie breast-feeding photo: triumph or trouble?
- Junk food causes a third of heart attacks
- Juvenile arthritis teens less physically active
- Kellogg takes peanut butter snacks off shelves
- Ketamine abuse damages bladder, kidneys
- Key gene linked to high blood pressure identified
- Kids with arthritis benefit from early treatment
- Kids with arthritis often disabled
- Kids' lungs benefit from longer breast feeding
- King Nut recalls salmonella-tainted peanut butter
- Large prostates removed with single-keyhole surgery
- Large waist size a good predictor of stroke risk
- Late-night festive meals won't make you fat
- Lawmakers question ads for Bayer "herbal" aspirin
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- Leukemia drug appears to stop early stage MS
- Lexapro may ease anxiety in older adults: study
- Lifestyle changes benefit overweight kids
- Lifestyle may be why distress is hard on the heart
- Little but not zero risk seen with egg donation
- Little evidence herbal remedies ease menopause-review
- Liver cancer patients have high diabetes prevalence
- Liver disease may resolve with weight loss surgery
- Liver transplants from elderly donors are safe
- Living with a smoker hard on tiny infants
- Living with extended family hard on women's hearts
- Long-term study confirms Vioxx heart risks
- Longer paid leaves promote breastfeeding success
- Longer sleep tied to worse cholesterol in seniors
- Lots of TV and Web harms kids' health
- Low birth weight ups risk of infant skin tumors
- Low blood oxygen on Everest offers treatment hope
- Low death rate after obesity surgery in Sweden
- Low vitamin D linked with high blood pressure
- Lumpectomy not advised if breast cancer returns
- Lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer
- Lung cancer pill may get second chance after tests
- Lupus affects the brain very early in the disease
- Lymph node injections offer fast allergy therapy
- Magazines show cosmetic surgery's emotional "lift"
- Malaysia backs down from yoga ban amid backlash
- Male circumcision lowers cervical cancer risk: study
- Many Americans miss exercise goals
- Many biological medicines draw safety warnings
- Many doctors plan to quit or cut back: survey
- Many risks seen with traumatic brain injury
- Many studies needed to tie genes to cancer: study
- Many uninsured kids have parents with insurance
- Many women not upset by sexual problems: study