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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: High doses of folic acid don't raise cancer risk: study Thousands march in Paris to support gay marriage France investigates Diane-35 acne drug after deaths Obama says football needs to become less violent: report

High doses of folic acid don't raise cancer risk: study  Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 06:03 PM PST (Reuters) - People taking high doses of the B vitamin folic acid are not at an increased risk of cancer, according to an international analysis - easing some concern about the possible side effects of national programs aimed to raise intake of the vitamin. The United States and Canada have required flour to be fortified with folic acid since 1998, after deficiencies of it in pregnant women were tied to brain and spinal cord birth defects in their babies. ... Full Story	Top
Thousands march in Paris to support gay marriage  Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 12:01 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through Paris on Sunday to support the French government's plan to legalize gay marriage and adoption, but the turnout fell well short of a mass demonstration against the project two weeks ago. Police estimated total attendance at about 125,000, while organizers put the number at 400,000. Two weeks ago, organizers of the anti-gay marriage protest claimed turnout of one million, while police put the number at 340,000, an unusually high turnout even in protest-prone France. ... Full Story	Top
France investigates Diane-35 acne drug after deaths  Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 02:35 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - France's health regulator has opened an inquiry into acne drug Diane-35, which is also used as a contraceptive, after four deaths linked to the drug in the past 25 years. Health regulator ANSM said on Sunday that Diane-35, produced by German drugmaker Bayer, is authorized in 135 countries and sold in more than 116. Last year about 325,000 women in France used the drug, ANSM said, adding it would publish its report next week. ANSM said the four deaths were due to thrombosis linked to the use of Diane-35. ... Full Story	Top
Obama says football needs to become less violent: report  Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 02:17 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he loves football but thinks the sport should "probably change gradually" so that there are fewer concussions, particularly at the college level. "I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I'd have to think long and hard before I let him play football," Obama said in a wide-ranging interview with The New Republic magazine published early on Sunday on its website. Football is America's most popular televised sport, an industry worth $9 billion a year. ... Full Story	Top

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