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Link Between Being Raised in a Two-Parent Home and Hypertension  - A new study states that being raised by a single mom can increase your risk for hypertension. Researchers found that Black men who grew up in a two-parent home were 46 percent less likely to have high blood pressure compared to children who grew up with a single mother. It’s believed that poverty from a one-parent income is mostly to blame for their findings. — Kellee Terrell(Photo: Rick Gershon/Getty Images)

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Can Weight Determine Whether Plan B Works for Women? - The European makers of an emergency contraception identical the U.S.’s Plan B pill have put on its label that the pill is completely ineffective in women who weigh more than 176 pounds. They also admit the pill begins to lose efficacy starting at 165 pounds, Mother Jones reported. The FDA is currently reviewing our Plan B to see if labels are necessary. (Photo: Teva Pharmaceuticals)

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HealthCare.Gov Updates Get Mixed Reviews - There’s good and bad news about the recent improvements to HealthCare.Gov, says the Associated Press. In Utah, a group of health care workers claim that three out of four people have been able to successfully sign up for insurance. But in states such as Illinois, Florida and Iowa, major improvements in enrollment have not happened yet. (Photo: Jon Elswick/AP Photo)

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Study: “Healthy” Obesity Is a Figment of Our Imagination - A new study from Canada debunks the belief that there is such a thing as “healthy” obesity. Even when you take away high blood pressure and diabetes, researchers still found that obese/overweight people had higher death, stroke and heart attack rates compared to their more lean counterparts, HealthDay.Com writes. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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New Aggressive Strain of HIV Found - Researchers from Sweden have found an aggressive strain of HIV that progresses to AIDS in five years, the quickest of all strains currently on the books, WedMD reported. The study cites that this strain is a combination of two other strains found in a small country in West Africa. (Photo: Science PR/Getty Images)

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WAD: Magic Johnson Reflects on How AIDS Has Changed in 20 Years - For World AIDS Day, in a new interview, basketball great Magic Johnson reflects on how much HIV has changed in the past 20 years. Johnson, 54, was diagnosed with HIV in 1991 and praises how many drugs are available now compared to when he first was diagnosed; how the face of AIDS has changed; and why HIV/AIDS deserves more media attention than it receives.(Photo: MLIVE.COM/Landov)

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Does Eating Fast Food Stop You From Smelling the Roses? - A new study suggests that people who eat more Big Macs and Whoppers were less likely to savor life compared to others who don’t eat fast food. Researchers from the University of Toronto believe that the quick-eating culture of fast food makes us more impatient and inhibits us from enjoying the small pleasurable moments in our lives, says the Atlantic. Our advice: Eat slower. (Photo: Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)

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Flu Epidemic Killed 10 Times More People Than Once Believed - The flu killed more than 203,000 people around the world in 2009, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO). These findings were surprising given that it was believed that the world death toll for that year was 123,000. The report also found that swine flu killed 18,400 people, USA Today writes.(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Study: Abortion Rates Down in U.S. - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that overall abortion rates were down 3 percent in 2010. However, their new report also found that even with this decrease, Black women still had the highest abortion rates (31.8 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years) and 90 percent of them were single women. (Photo: Reuters)

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HIV 101 May Not Influence Teen Testing - Understanding basic HIV/AIDS facts and risk factors may not encourage teens to get tested for the disease, says a new study. Researchers from the Bronx found that the biggest influence to get teens tested was an open line of communication with partners and being in a committed relationship. However, past data does suggest that people in relationships are more likely to forgo condom use than those who have causal sex. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)