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US backs statin use for children
BBC News - 2 hours ago
Many more obese children, including some as young as eight, should receive cholesterol-lowering drugs, say leading US doctors. Children in the UK with a rare gene fault can get statins, but the American Academy of Pediatrics is going further.
Use of statins in children is debated Los Angeles Times
Dr. Lisa Hudgins Answers Your Questions About Cholesterol Treatment ABC News
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Ways a Food Diary Can Help You Lose Weight
U.S. News & World Report - 19 hours ago
By Katherine Hobson There's a reason so many doctors and nutritionists recommend keeping a food diary when you're trying to lose weight: It actually appears to work.
Keep a Food Diary, Lose Twice as Much Weight Washington Post
Food diaries help with weight loss Los Angeles Times
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Antibiotics can harm tendons, FDA warns
Reuters - 7 hours ago
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Certain antibiotic drugs such as Bayer AG's Cipro need stronger "black box" warnings about the risk of tendonitis and ruptured tendons, US health regulators said on Tuesday.
Agency Issues 'Black Box' Warning for Antibiotics Known as ... WebMD
FDA Seeks Strong Warnings on Risk Wall Street Journal
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Senate Vote on Doctor Fees Carries Risks for Republican McCain
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Aliza Marcus July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John McCain will be on the spot, in person or by his absence, when the Senate takes up a measure today to halt a cut in Medicare payments to doctors.
US Senate Set For Another Medicare Showdown On Wednesday CNNMoney.com
Partisan fight over Medicare could render seniors victims Las Vegas Sun
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Coalition to lobby for US health-care reform
Reuters - 16 hours ago
WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - A coalition of unions, think tanks and other groups launched an advertising campaign on Tuesday saying they want to ensure that health-care reform tops the US political agenda after the November elections.
Coalition launches push for health care reform Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Coalition Launches National Health Care Campaign Beyond Chron
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Aggressive Type Of Cancer Gets
Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago
By MARILYN CHASE Monogram Biosciences Inc. said it will begin offering a new test next week to diagnose patients with a very aggressive form of breast cancer.
Invitrogen’s Genetic Test for Breast Cancer Gets FDA Clearance eFluxMedia
Monogram to roll out breast cancer test, compete with Invitrogen Bizjournals.com
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Hormone treatment for early cancer may do harm, study says
Baltimore Sun - 1 hour ago
By Jonathan Bor | Sun Reporter A popular hormonal treatment for prostate cancer does nothing to extend the lives of men over 65 with early-stage tumors and may actually be harmful, according to a study published today.
Prostate Hormone Therapy Fails to Improve Survival in Older Men eFluxMedia
Prostate Cancer Therapy May Not Help WebMD
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Deconstructing Salsa In Search of Salmonella
Washington Post - Jul 8, 2008
By Annys Shin and Simone Baribeau Investigators who spent nearly a month searching for the cause of a salmonella outbreak in tomatoes are now holding and testing shipments of imported jalapeños at the Mexican border in hopes of finding the outbreak ...
Video: FDA Looks Beyond Tomatoes for Salmonella Cause AssociatedPress

Tracing tomatoes' travels, from farm to table Newsday
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Father’s Age Is Also a Factor in Fertility
New York Times - 20 hours ago
When it comes to age and fertility, women fear a “biological clock” and are urged to have children early. But men are rarely given the same advice and often don’t worry about fertility when postponing marriage and children.
Father's Age a Factor in Infertility Washington Post
Biological Clocks Tick for Men, Too ABC News
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Bone Marrow Drive For 10 - Year - Old Boy
KTNV Las Vegas - 4 hours ago
A 10 - year - old Las Vegas boy has already survived a brain tumor and now he is facing another medical battle, but he is not fighting alone.
Business Card & Bone Marrow Drive KVBC
Bone marrow registration KNPR
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Gardasil Safety: Questions and Answers
WebMD - 11 hours ago
By Miranda Hitti July 8, 2008 -- The vaccine Gardasil is making headlines -- but this time, it's about reported side effects and safety concerns.
More Complaints Against HPV Vaccine Gardasil FOXNews
Is Gardasil Safe For You? Indiana's NewsCenter
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Seniors Report Higher Levels of Sexual Satisfaction
ABC News - 1 hour ago
By JOSEPH BROWNSTEIN As media attention focuses on issues like teenage pregnancy and rates of sexual activity among the young, a new Swedish study reinforces what many professionals in the area have long suspected -- sexual activity and satisfaction ...
More over 70s 'are enjoying sex' BBC News
Study finds sex at 70 on the rise Reuters
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Autopsy planned on infant given heparin overdose
Houston Chronicle - 2 hours ago
© 2008 AP CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An autopsy on a newborn is planned to determine whether an overdose of the blood thinner heparin may have been a factor in the baby's death, officials at a Corpus Christi hospital said.
Baby Dies After Receiving Heparin Overdose at Texas Hospital InjuryBoard.com
Fourteen Preemies Given Blood Thinner Overdose at Texas Hospital FOXNews
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Anthem Blue Cross to pay Calif. hospitals $11.8M
CNNMoney.com - 9 hours ago
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - With state regulators recently pledging to renew their push to stop health insurers from wrongly canceling patients' coverage, Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to pay $11.8 million to about 400 California hospitals to settle a ...
Anthem Blue Cross to pay Calif hospitals $11.8M San Jose Mercury News
Insurer spared $1 million fine Arizona Republic
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Researchers Track Disease With Google News, Google.org Money
ABC News - 19 hours ago
By ALEXIS MADRIGAL When the next salmonella or avian flu outbreak hits, the internet will have the news first. But good luck finding that news amid the chatter about Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise or the newly touted benefits of watermelon.
Tracking outbreaks on the Web Boston Globe
Infectious disease surveillance 2.0: Crawling the Net to detect ... Computerworld
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Mixed infection-rate report about NY hospitals
Newsday - 3 hours ago
BY MELISSA MANSFIELD | melissa.mansfield@newsday.com ALBANY - Patients in New York have a higher rate of hospital acquired-infection in surgical intensive care units than the national norm, but lower rates in pediatric and coronary units, according to ...
No hospitals named in tales of infection Albany Times Union
Infections in New York Hospitals WETM-TV
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Blossom Valley horse dies of West Nile virus
San Diego Union Tribune - 3 hours ago
County vector control officials yesterday reported the first death of a horse in San Diego County this year because of West Nile virus.
REGION: Evidence of early West Nile season mounts North County Times
How to avoid encounters with West Nile Herald & Review
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Cardinal Health Formalizes Its Restructuring
Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago
By MIKE BARRIS Cardinal Health Inc. is formalizing its operations into two segments -- health-care supply-chain services, and clinical and medical products -- and in doing so will cut about 600 jobs, or roughly 1.5% of its work force.
Cardinal Health will slash 600 jobs Columbus Dispatch
Cardinal Health cutting 600 jobs, mulling Medicine Shoppe's future Bizjournals.com
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US agriculture secretary confident meat is safe
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
SCHUYLER, Neb. (AP) - The US agriculture secretary expressed confidence in the nation's food safety system, but said the meat processing industry will always face challenges because the bacteria that animals carry evolves.
Beef linked to national recall Moultrie Observer
Kroger Expands its Recall to Over 20 States Newsinferno.com
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Fewer passengers using Sky Harbor
East Valley Tribune - 9 hours ago
Fewer passengers are arriving or departing the Valley through Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport this year than passed through the local hub in 2007.
Family kicked off Seattle flight MyNorthwest.com
Should airlines remove disruptive passengers? Atlanta Journal Constitution
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