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  • Soy Linked to Low Sperm Count (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Eating half a serving of soy food a day lowers sperm concentrations and may play a role in male infertility, particularly in obese men, Harvard University researchers report.

  • Pet Doors Opening at Assisted Living Centers (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- When the elderly woman first arrived at Brooke Grove Retirement Village in Sandy Spring, Md., some of the staffers were skeptical when they saw she had brought her cat along.

  • Health Tip: Reduce Pesticide Exposure (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Pesticides can help keep your home free of insects, rodents and other unwanted visitors, but exposure to these products can pose serious health risks.

  • Health Tip: Evaluate Your Diet (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you don't carefully monitor your diet, here are a few warning signs that you should, courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians: If your doctor has warned you about health problems or risk factors that can be controlled or improved with a better diet. These conditions include high blood pressure or high cholesterol. If you have a family history of heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes or cancer. If you are overweight or obese. If you have unanswered questions about the foods you eat, and whether you should take vitamins or other supplements.

  • Intestinal Gluten Receptor Is Gateway for Celiac Disease (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers believe they have finally answered a basic question about the cause of celiac disease -- where in the body does the wheat protein gluten enter one's system?

  • A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source (AP)
    AP - It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak.

  • Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks (AP)
    AP - The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.

  • Safety of cloned animal products uncertain: EU agency (Reuters)
    Reuters - The European Union's top food safety agency said on Thursday cloned animal products may not be safe and further study was needed.

  • Health Tip: Stay Awake Behind the Wheel (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- People who work the third shift, drive great distances each day, and those who don't get enough sleep or take sedating medications are at greatest risk of drowsy driving.

  • Health Tip: Bottled or Tap? (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Depending on where you live, the water that comes from your tap can be just as safe as bottled water.