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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- People identified as "heavy users" of flowers rated "emotion conditioning" as more important than "showing care to others," researchers in Taiwan found.

BOSTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Many education officials base decisions on when to close schools for flu on politics or fear rather than data, U.S. and Japanese researchers say.

BOSTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. adults who tried to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable to do so, a poll indicates.

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The growing number of medical marijuana clinics opening in California has ratcheted up the debate about both their legitimacy and worthiness, observers say.

GERMANTOWN, Wis., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- State officials said nearly 4,000 gallons of bleach will be used to kill an invasive crayfish species living in ponds in Germantown, Wis.

ATLANTA, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Federal health officials said Friday that there is twice as much H1N1 vaccine -- 38 million doses -- available as two weeks ago.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Inflammatory markers declined by as much as 60 percent in those eating poached, stewed or steamed meals, U.S. researchers found.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Higher levels of testosterone, the principal male sex hormone, but present in women, may put women at greater heart risk, U.S. researchers said.

CHICAGO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Race had no impact on prostate cancer outcomes following radiation treatment, U.S. medical researchers found.

CHICAGO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The time between treatment and prostate specific antigen rise may help predict prostate cancer outcomes, U.S. researchers said.

ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- In New York state, 50 percent of females age 16 and older who were murdered in 2008 were killed by intimate partners, state officials said.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Dentists can play key roles in identifying people at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them for further evaluation, doctors in Sweden suggest.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- In left-handed people equal parts of the brain are devoted to each arm but in the right-handed more of the brain is devoted to the right, U.S. researchers say.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- As patients are charged more by health insurance companies, they expect physicians to help them navigate options to get the best treatment, researchers said.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Rotavirus vaccines could save an estimated 228,000 lives worldwide each year by reducing deadly diarrhea, the World Health Organization said.