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• Alabama cow tests positive for mad cow disease
A cow in Alabama has tested positive for mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department confirmed Monday.

• Simple exercises can prevent fainting spells
Feeling faint? Cross your ankles. Squeeze your knees. Grip a ball. Simple muscle-tensing exercises like these can keep you from passing out, say researchers who did a scientific study of the problem.

• Simple, drug-free method treats heart failure

• Blood thinner plus aspirin a risky combination

• Statin drug shown to reverse heart disease

• B vitamins may not cut heart risks

• Deadly bird flu detected in Myanmar

• Not enough sleep tied to diabetes

• Artist paints his struggle with Alzheimer's

• Gene therapy trials reduce amputation risk

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