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CHICAGO -- Survivors of childhood cancers have a nine-fold higher risk of developing secondary sarcomas more than a decade after their original diagnosis, reported investigators here.

ORLANDO -- About a third of all children treated in a pediatric intensive care unit will develop some of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, including hallucinations and nightmares, investigators reported here.

HAMILTON, Ontario -- Genes associated with an autism risk appear to be clustered in a region on chromosome 11, according to the largest study yet of families with a predisposition to the condition.

NEW YORK -- Video game skills may give younger surgeons a leg up on more experienced practitioners for laparoscopic procedures, according to a small study.

ORLANDO -- In critically ill trauma patients, recombinant epoetin alfa reduces mortality by 48%, according to the most recent in a series of studies of the cytokine.

PARIS -- Women have a higher mortality rate than men after a heart attack largely because they are older and sicker when these events occur, according to investigators here.

GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 19 -- There's more evidence women can benefit from moderate exercise during early treatment for breast cancer, researchers here said.

BETHESDA, Md. -- Higher maternal fish consumption during pregnancy improves a child's neurological development, researchers here reported.

LAHTI, Finland -- Continuous hydrocortisone infusions for septic shock in the ICU may yield fewer hyperglycemia episodes and less work for nurses compared with bolus infusions, researchers here said.

ATLANTA -- In West Virginia, every 10th adult has had a heart attack or suffers from coronary artery disease, with or without symptoms of angina, according to a CDC survey. No state has a worse record.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA said today it has had reports of Americans needing emergency medical treatment after taking what's been identified as the antipsychotic drug haloperidol sent by shady Internet sites instead of the drugs that were ordered.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Nearly half of all patients with a benign course of multiple sclerosis in "permanent arrest" for 10 years eventually had disease progression, found researchers here.

MADISON, Wis. -- The risk of invasive breast cancer is associated with a 23% reduction for women who spend a lifetime exercising strenuously more than six hours a week, according to a population-based case-control study

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Two brands of peanut butter manufactured in a single Georgia facility may be contaminated with Salmonella serotype Tennessee, according to the FDA.

HULL, England -- Low-dose slow-release morphine sulfate reduces severity and frequency of chronic, intractable cough by 40%, researchers found here in a small study.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands -- For patients with chronic pancreatitis, surgical drainage of the pancreatic duct was more effective than endoscopic drainage, and offered superior pain relief, according to a randomized trial.

BRISTOL, England -- Breast milk may be a fuel for high-octane social ambition, or so it seems.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- In the long run, smoking marijuana has many of the same effects as smoking cigarettes, such as coughing and wheezing, according to researchers here.