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Narcolepsy Drug Provigil Fails As ADHD Medicine

Virus May Cause Obesity

Risky Sex Linked to Psychiatric Problems

Darryl Strawberry Leaves Drug Treatment 

Numbers Trick Brain Into Seeing Colors

Study Shows How Mad Cow Agents Spread Disease 

Psoriasis Drug Combats Urge to Smoke

Internet Is a Good Place to Get An STD

Tayloring Health Services for Winnipeg's Aboriginal Seniors 

Health-Jamaica: Teenagers' Use of Marijuana on The Rise

Study finds first evidence of long-term success in a weight loss program

Ecstasy Use Depletes Brain Chemical, Study Finds

South Africa Facing Drug Abuse Crisis 

Lawsuit Asks Quebec to Pay Cost of Sex-Change Operations

FDA Panel Backs Zeldox (ziprasidone) - Pfizer Schizophrenia Drug

Health-Chile: Keeping Pregnant Teenagers in School

New View of Neurodegenerative Diseases - Parkinson's, Huntington's

Drug Czar Issues Heroin Warning 

'Moonie' Organization Teaching Sex Education in Chicago Public Schools

Well-Being 2000: The Status of America's Children

UMass Investigator Receives NIH Award Alcoholism Research

Managed Care Policies Hamper Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Brain Differences in Schizophrenia Measured

Smoking Enhances Cognitive Capability - Is that why Schizophrenics Smoke?

FDA Approves Prozac  (fluoxetine, Sarafem) for PMS

Many Teens Regret Decision to Have Sex