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01/09/2012: While the health implications of diabetes are well understood, new research led by the Yale School of Public Health has found that the disease also comes with high nonmedical costs for patients in the form of educational achievement and future earnings potential.

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12/16/2011: The two most common weapons to fight influenza are an annual immunization and the use of antiviral drugs. A team of investigators has found that statins—a drug widely used to lower cholesterol—may offer additional benefits that complements these approaches and reduces mortality among patients with influenza.

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12/15/2011: Dengue fever is no laughing matter. But several Yale students and others are hoping that the potentially lethal tropical disease makes for an entertaining children’s game. >>>

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12/02/2011: People who used indoor tanning beds are at a significantly higher risk of developing basal cell carcinoma (BCC) before the age of 40 than people who never used indoor tanning beds, a new study by Yale Cancer Center researchers has found. BCC is an extremely common type of skin cancer, more frequent than all other cancers combined. >>>

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