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- UN report says amphetamine use on the rise (AP)
- Running for my life: 1 woman's race against time (AP)
- NY family opposes end to care for brain-dead boy (AP)
- Despite failures, search for anti-obesity drugs still looks golden (AFP)
- Study: Wider cholesterol drug use may save lives (AP)
- Glass implant on tumor helps track cancer in mice (Reuters)
- Studies: Vitamin pills don't prevent heart disease (AP)
- Heart failure hospitalization rates surge: study (Reuters)
- Asthma 'Rescue' Inhalers Are Changing (HealthDay)
- African researchers plan malaria vaccine trial (AP)
- Health Tip: Protect Baby From Diaper Rash (HealthDay)
- Agent Orange exposure linked to prostate cancer (Reuters)
- CVS offers lower-cost fertility medications (Reuters)
- Immunotherapy may benefit allergic preschoolers (Reuters)
- Rerouting urinary nerves may help spina bifida (AP)
- Umbilical cord blood may help build heart valves (Reuters)
- Sleeping too little may raise risk of heart disease (Reuters)
- Blood pressure gap leads to deaths of 8,000 blacks (AP)
- Studies: Elderly fare well in open-heart surgery (AP)
- Poor Sleep, Hypertension a Dangerous Combination (HealthDay)
- AMA acts against trans fats, texting while driving (AP)
- Studies: Elderly fare well in open-heart surgery (AP)
- Asthma 'Rescue' Inhalers Are Changing (HealthDay)
- US legal battle over brain-dead child to resume on Thursday (AFP)
- Poor Sleep, Hypertension a Dangerous Combination (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Protect Baby From Diaper Rash (HealthDay)
- Smoking-related Cancers May Account for Narrowing Gap in Death Rates (American C
- Homecoming Veterans Often Face Inner Challenge (HealthDay)
- Philips develops "intelligent pill" (Reuters)
- Avapro Blood pressure drug fails heart failure trial (Reuters)
- 'Cognitive Reserve' May Help Fight Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
- Greener neighborhoods better for kids' waistlines (Reuters)
- Obese Kids Have Old Arteries (HealthDay)
- Study: Deadly stomach bug more common than thought (AP)
- Weight-loss surgery may improve IVF outcomes (Reuters)
- Malaria vaccine set for clinical trials in Africa next year (AFP)
- Uruguay Congress allows early abortions, veto looms (Reuters)
- Calcium, Vitamin D Won't Prevent Breast Cancer (HealthDay)
- Fat kids found to have arteries of 45-year-olds (AP)
- Surrogate grandmother feels fine after triplets (AP)
- Study: Concerns on mixing Plavix, heartburn drugs (AP)
- Study: Exercise offers little to heart patients (AP)
- British girl allowed to refuse heart transplant (AP)
- Obese children have middle-aged arteries: study (AFP)
- Supplements don't reduce breast cancer risk (Reuters)
- 'Cognitive Reserve' May Help Fight Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
- Education improves life for diabetic kids (Reuters)
- Music to your ears? Music for your heart, too (Reuters)
- Obese Kids Have Old Arteries (HealthDay)
- Fat kids found to have arteries of 45-year-olds (AP)
- Report urges states to tackle preterm birth crisis (AP)
- Homecoming Veterans Often Face Inner Challenge (HealthDay)
- Calcium, Vitamin D Won't Prevent Breast Cancer (HealthDay)
- Can Vitamin D Protect Against Breast Cancer? (Time.com)
- China recalls capsules suspected of liver damage (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Risk Factors for Skin Cancer (HealthDay)
- Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant (HealthDay)
- FDA staff cite abuse concern with Alpharma drug (Reuters)
- Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare Spending (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 12, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Quake-hit China faces long road towards psychological recovery (AFP)
- Study: Diabetes drug fails to slow artery buildup (AP)
- FDA staff cite abuse concern with Embeda (Reuters)
- CT lung cancer screening offers pros and cons (Reuters)
- Britain calls for more sperm donors amid shortage (AP)
- Experts: Paranoia may be more common than thought (AP)
- Cancer patients often forget details of doctor visit (Reuters)
- Beta-alanine helps seniors stave off fatigue (Reuters)
- Waist, hip size key to predicting health risk (Reuters)
- Study: Brain stimulation may ease anxiety disorder (AP)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 12, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant (HealthDay)
- Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare Spending (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Risk Factors for Skin Cancer (HealthDay)
- Study: HPV vaccine prevents genital warts in males (AP)
- Merck vaccine protects men from wart virus, too (Reuters)
- More countries make spreading HIV a crime (AP)
- Health Tip: Caffeine and Pregnancy (HealthDay)
- Can Vitamin D Protect Against Breast Cancer? (Time.com)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 13, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Four drug combination helps in lung cancer: U.S. study (Reuters)
- Pregnancy pounds predict kids' weight as teens (Reuters)
- Lung Cancer May Be Deadlier for Men (HealthDay)
- Pelvic Inflammation Puts Girls at Risk for Repeat STIs (HealthDay)
- Too Little Sleep Adds to Risks of Hypertension (Time.com)
- Embryo preservation often works for cancer patients (Reuters)
- Consent form developed for infertility therapy (Reuters)
- Panel: Gulf War syndrome research lacking (AP)
- AP NewsBreak: Gulf War vet health research lacking (AP)
- Pelvic Inflammation Puts Girls at Risk for Repeat STIs (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 13, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Caffeine and Pregnancy (HealthDay)
- Lung Cancer May Be Deadlier for Men (HealthDay)
- Too Little Sleep Adds to Risks of Hypertension (Time.com)
- Adulterated milk kills six tribal children in India (Reuters)
- Saturated Fats Linked to Cancer of Small Intestine (HealthDay)
- Modern cancer drugs more likely to get to market (Reuters)
- Enrollment for Medicare Drug Plans Begins Again (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 14, 2008 (HealthDay)
- High-Fat Diet While Pregnant May Produce Obese Kids (HealthDay)
- U.S. menu labeling may be gaining steam (Reuters)
- Diabetes plus excess weight in pregnancy bad combo (Reuters)
- High-Fat Diet While Pregnant May Produce Obese Kids (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 14, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Unique Bone Marrow Transplant Said to Cure Sickle Cell (HealthDay)
- Enrollment for Medicare Drug Plans Begins Again (HealthDay)
- Saturated Fats Linked to Cancer of Small Intestine (HealthDay)
- Liver cancer patients have high diabetes prevalence (Reuters)
- Study IDs factors that help elderly thrive (Reuters)
- Deaths uncounted in China's tainted milk scandal (AP)
- Despite failures, search for obesity drugs still looks golden (AFP)
- Australian scientist to unveil skin cancer vaccine: reports (AFP)
- Florence Wald, leader in US hospice, dies at 91 (AP)
- W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking (AP)
- Burlington, Vt., is healthiest city, CDC says (AP)
- Sharp-witted elderly shed insight on dementia (Reuters)
- Vitamins C and E fail in cancer prevention study (Reuters)
- Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer (HealthDay)
- Study: Vitamin C or E pills do not prevent cancer (AP)
- Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer (HealthDay)
- W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking (AP)
- Group therapy may extend lives of cancer patients (Reuters)
- UK-Odd Summary (Reuters)
- Psychological Counseling Boosts Breast Cancer Outcomes (HealthDay)
- Active pregnant women tend to stay healthier (Reuters)
- Family history can trump breast cancer gene test (AP)
- Kennedy back at work in Senate (AP)
- Fewer Brain 'Tangles' May Mean Smarter Old Age (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 17, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Smoking plus gene variant raises breast cancer risk (Reuters)
- Counseling on alcohol key to teens' sexual health (Reuters)
- Burlington, Vt., is healthiest city, CDC says (AP)
- Family history key in figuring breast cancer risk (Reuters)
- Children with cancer at risk of drug interactions (Reuters)
- Medicare eyes limits for weight loss surgery (Reuters)
- Doctors hoping for new era of artificial ankles (AP)
- Obese kids have prematurely aged neck arteries (Reuters)
- Scientists find prehistoric "nuclear family" (Reuters)
- Magnesium impacts calcium's anti-cancer effect (Reuters)
- Psychological Counseling Boosts Breast Cancer Outcomes (HealthDay)
- Fewer Brain 'Tangles' May Mean Smarter Old Age (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 17, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Sen. Kennedy returns to work after June surgery (Reuters)
- Scientists find prehistoric "nuclear family" (Reuters)
- Robots may come to aging boomers' rescue (HealthDay)
- UNICEF warns of growing cholera risk in DR Congo (AFP)
- Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer (HealthDay)
- Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring (H
- FDA panel:Tell consumers about facial filler risks (AP)
- Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study (AP)
- Weight-loss surgery helps with pregnancy: study (Reuters)
- Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells (AP)
- Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring (Hea
- Robots may come to aging boomers' rescue (HealthDay)
- Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections? (HealthDay)
- Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate (AP)
- Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
- EU school children to get free fruit (AFP)
- Gender and age impact stomach cancer prognosis (Reuters)
- Technique Tracks Cancer-Killing Cells (HealthDay)
- Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital (AP)
- Surgeon who did first US heart transplant dies (AP)
- Smoking while pregnant harms baby's blood vessels (Reuters)
- Fast-food ad ban could cut child obesity: U.S. study (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections? (HealthDay)
- Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
- Technique Tracks Cancer-Killing Cells (HealthDay)
- Philippine family planning bill headed for defeat: Church (AFP)
- Study: Banning fast-food TV ads could dent obesity (AP)
- Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital (AP)
- Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets (HealthDay)
- Obese have right to 2 airline seats: Canada court (Reuters)
- Pfizer drops bid to sell Viagra over the counter in Europe (AFP)
- Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely (HealthDay)
- Drug combo may help curb bedwetting (Reuters)
- Spain to test vaccine to treat cocaine addiction (AFP)
- Unintended pregnancy raises risk of future ones (Reuters)
- Elder suicide risk persists in long-term care (Reuters)
- Doctors to be on guard for meningitis in kids (Reuters)
- HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks (AP)
- When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 20, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 20, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets (HealthDay)
- When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient (HealthDay)
- Study backs Finland's colon cancer screening (Reuters)
- Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier (AP)
- Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely (HealthDay)
- Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer (HealthDay)
- Retirees hit by "longevity risk" (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Signs That a Child May Be Autistic (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 21, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Effects of being born small extend to adulthood (Reuters)
- Children of centenarians live longer, healthier (Reuters)
- Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer (HealthDay)
- Weight-Alzheimer link different for men and women (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Signs That a Child May Be Autistic (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 21, 2008 (HealthDay)
- AP IMPACT: Govt pays millions for unapproved drugs (AP)
- Sweden to offer all girls free cervical cancer vaccines (AFP)
- Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)
- New tobacco product alarms some health officials (AP)
- 'Fresh' Transfusions Improve Odds for Cancer Patients After Surgery (HealthDay)
- Home interventions benefit older cancer survivors (Reuters)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 24, 2008 (HealthDay)
- High-protein meals may help overweight burn fat (Reuters)
- Drug addiction causes 65 pct of Russian HIV cases: agency (AFP)
- To some psychiatric patients, life seems like TV (AP)
- 39,000 children in Indonesian province have malnutrition: report (AFP)
- Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory (AP)
- FDA: Epilepsy drug may be risky for Asians (AP)
- Some breast cancers may spontaneously disappear (Reuters)
- Nap without guilt: Study finds it boosts sophisticated memory (AP)
- FDA advisers recommend approval of new gout drug (AP)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 24, 2008 (HealthDay)
- Study: Many kids in Katrina trailer park anemic (AP)
- Some breast cancers may naturally regress: study (Reuters)
- To some psychiatric patients, life seems like TV (AP)
- J&J helped plan child research institute: report (Reuters)
- 'Fresh' Transfusions Improve Odds for Cancer Patients After Surgery (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up (HealthDay)
- 5 million in U.S. go to alcohol, drug self-help groups (Reuters)
- Wikipedia often omits important drug information: study (Reuters)
- Nigeria to launch mass polio immunization drive (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Hide or Get Rid of Excess Hair (HealthDay)
- Some Breast Cancers May Regress on Their Own (HealthDay)
- A Third of Medicare Clients Unfamiliar With Benefits (HealthDay)
- Encouraging dip in rate of new cancers, deaths (AP)
- Livers go to sickest, access for blacks improves (AP)
- Costly heart pumps extend lives for some: study (Reuters)
- Rate of new U.S. cancer cases drops for first time (Reuters)
- Germ alert: Steer clear of flatbed chicken trucks (AP)
- Teething syrup suspected of killing 24 Nigerian kids (Reuters)
- FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)
- Health Tip: Hide or Get Rid of Excess Hair (HealthDay)
- A Third of Medicare Clients Unfamiliar With Benefits (HealthDay)
- Roche wins final UK okay for discounted Tarceva (Reuters)
- Study says HIV could be eliminated in a decade (AP)
- Cancer Rates Drop in the U.S. (Time.com)
- Obesity, lack of exercise reported in asthmatics (Reuters)
- Nigeria to launch mass polio immunization drive (Reuters)
- Bayer Healthcare in $97.5 million kickback settlement (Reuters)
- Overweight women at risk for advanced breast cancer (Reuters)
- Some Breast Cancers May Regress on Their Own (HealthDay)
- Separation planned for Oklahoma conjoined twins (AP)
- Teething drug kills 25 children in Nigeria (AFP)
- Encouraging dip in rate of new cancers, deaths (AP)
- Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 26, 2008 (HealthDay)
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