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  With Infertility May Come Sexual Dysfunction HealthDay (20 March 01:32)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Infertile women face an increased risk for sexual dysfunction, a new study reports.
  Doctors AARP support new health overhaul bill AP (20 March 12:10)
AP - The nation's largest association of doctors and the AARP senior citizens' lobby are endorsing President Barack Obama's revised health overhaul legislation.
  Clinical Trials Update March 19 2010 HealthDay (19 March 09:33)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
  Rising Drug Prices Slam Some Medicare Recipients HealthDay (19 March 09:33)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare Part D Plan coverage gap prices for widely used brand name drugs rose in 2010, and price increases since 2006 have far exceeded th...
  Mediterranean diet tied to fertility treatment success Reuters (19 March 08:49)
Reuters - Women who closely adhere to a Mediterranean-style diet rich in vegetables, vegetable oils and fish may have a higher likelihood of becoming pregnant after infertility treatment, a ...
  Swine Flu in Pregnancy Leads Some to ICU HealthDay (19 March 06:33)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with the H1N1 (swine) flu were 13 times more likely to become critically ill than non-pregnant women infected with H1N1, a...
  Avandia Researchers Financial Ties Questioned HealthDay (19 March 06:33)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new review of studies on the controversial diabetes drug Avandia finds that most of the researchers who reported positive results had fin...
  Health Tip Check Your Skin for Signs of Cancer HealthDay (19 March 09:19)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Regular self-exams of the skin can help you spot the beginning signs of skin cancer, allowing you to start treatment while the cancer is in its early stage.
  Cultural Outreach Boosts Cancer Care in Asian Americans HealthDay (19 March 09:19)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Death and disease rates vary widely among distinct groups of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, but these groups ca...
  What Is the Organic Liaison Diet LiveSciencecom (19 March 06:30)
LiveScience.com - "Fat Actress" star Kirstie Alley - following a well-publicized failure as spokeswoman for weight loss company Jenny Craig - has developed a new diet system called Organic L...
  Many Avandia defenders have drug co ties study Reuters (19 March 05:53)
Reuters - Virtually all of the experts who wrote favorably about GlaxoSmithKline Plc's troubled diabetes drug Avandia had financial ties to drug makers, a finding that shows the need for ref...
  Study finds H1N1 flu in pregnancy is critical risk Reuters (19 March 05:34)
Reuters - Pregnant women in Australia and New Zealand who had pandemic H1N1 flu were 13 times more likely to become critically ill and be admitted to hospital, researchers said on Friday.
  Calif board to study requiring condoms in porn AP (19 March 03:59)
AP - California's worker safety board voted Thursday to further study a proposal that would require porn actors to wear condoms during sex scenes.
  US child obesity problem worse than thought Reuters (19 March 03:31)
Reuters - Extreme obesity among American children is much worse than previously believed, putting them at greater risk of serious health problems as they age, U.S. researchers said on Thursd...
  More younger US kids are extremely obese study AFP (19 March 02:59)
AFP - More US children are becoming extremely obese at a younger age, putting them at risk of dying decades younger than normal-weight children and of suffering old-age illnesses in their 20...
  Review Faults Usefulness of Gene Expression Signatures HealthDay (19 March 02:33)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- A review of research on gene expression-based prognostic signatures in lung cancer contends that the signatures aren't ready for prime ti...
  More Kids Now Extremely Obese HealthDay (19 March 02:33)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity epidemic is hitting children harder than ever, with 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls classified as extremely obes...
  Attempt stalls to ban smoking at Calif state parks AP (19 March 02:05)
AP - An attempt by the California Legislature to impose what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks stalled Thursday over objections it would inappropria...
  FDA Toughens Rules on Tobacco Sales to Kids HealthDay (19 March 01:33)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials issued new federal rules Thursday cracking down on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to children an...
  Safety board to study requiring condoms in porn AP (19 March 01:28)
AP - California's worker safety board says a proposal to require porn actors to wear condoms during filming needs more study.
  AP Enterprise NASA cruise line got flu shots AP (18 March 11:54)
AP - Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise ...
  FDA restricts tobacco marketing to kids Reuters (18 March 11:24)
Reuters - U.S. health officials on Thursday sought to clamp down on the marketing of cigarettes to children and teenagers, issuing national limits on vending machine sales, free samples and ...
  Supplement may slow overweight kids fat gain Reuters (18 March 10:43)
Reuters - Supplements containing the dietary fat conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) may help overweight kids curb the amount of fat they gain over time, a small study suggests.
  Selenium Could Shield Against Diabetes HealthDay (18 March 09:33)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found evidence that older men with higher levels of selenium are less likely to suffer from dysglycemia, or improper bloo...
  Prenatal Stress May Boost Babys Asthma Risk HealthDay (18 March 09:33)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- A stressful pregnancy may increase the risk that a baby will develop asthma, a new study finds.
  May need wider eczema caution for kids FDA Reuters (18 March 07:37)
Reuters - Novartis AG and Astellas Pharma eczema drugs may need their warning labels expanded after dozens of new reported cases of cancer and infection in children, U.S. Food and Drug Admin...
  Helpful Dads Can Hurt Moms Self-Esteem LiveSciencecom (18 March 07:11)
LiveScience.com - Dads are helping out with childrearing more and more these days. The result can be both a boon and a letdown for super-moms, whose self-competence can take a hit when paire...
  Health Tip Medications and Breast Feeding HealthDay (18 March 06:33)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Just as when they were pregnant, breast-feeding moms need to monitor the drugs they take, which could reach their infants.
  WHO Not sure if drug-resistant TB is worsening AP (18 March 06:29)
AP - The World Health Organization says it doesn't have enough information to know if it is winning the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis.
  Kraft mac cheese other foods are about to get less salty AP (18 March 06:08)
AP - Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday that it will cut the salt in its products that are sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years to appeal to health-consciou...
  Calif considers smoking ban at all state parks AP (18 March 03:29)
AP - California lawmakers on Thursday will consider what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks as a way to get unsightly cigarette butts off the beach, ...
  Safety board to weigh requiring condoms in porn AP (18 March 02:27)
AP - Condoms might be the only thing porn actors are required to wear if the state's workplace safety board approves a petition mandating their use.
  China orders probe after unsafe vaccine report AFP (18 March 12:14)
AFP - China has ordered an investigation after a report that unsafe vaccines led to the deaths of four children and sickened 74 others in the country's latest product-quality scare.
  Multiple Generations Under One Roof Again LiveSciencecom (18 March 10:01)
LiveScience.com - Adult children are moving back in with parents, and grandparents are taking up residence with their kids' families. Sound like old times? In fact, multi-generational househ...
  China says probing report on deadly faulty vaccines Reuters (18 March 09:53)
Reuters - China's Health Ministry is probing a report in a domestic newspaper that faulty vaccines in northern Shanxi province were responsible for killing four children and making dozens of...
  Kraft to cut salt in its North American foods AP (18 March 07:57)
AP - Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday that it will cut the salt in its products that are sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years to appeal to health-consciou...
  Omega 3 supplement targets bowel cancer risk study AFP (18 March 06:03)
AFP - A purified form of omega 3, the so-called "good fat" found naturally in certain fish and nut oils, reduced dangerous polyps among people prone to bowel cancer, a study published on Thu...
  New attack on cancer forces cells to grow old and die Reuters (18 March 05:26)
Reuters - Instead of killing off cancer cells with toxic drugs, scientists have discovered a molecular pathway that forces them to grow old and die, they said on Wednesday.
  Senator asks drugmakers to explain prices Reuters (18 March 05:24)
Reuters - A Senate Democrat asked top drugmakers on Wednesday to explain why Americans pay higher prices for prescription drugs than patients do in other developed nations.
  Prescription-drug heists on the rise AP (18 March 02:41)
AP - The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescr...
  Report questions excluding gays from some studies AP (18 March 02:40)
AP - A small but significant portion of medical studies exclude gays from participating, sometimes without an apparent scientific reason, several cancer researchers say.
  Newer Genetic Info Adds Little to Predicting Breast Cancer HealthDay (18 March 02:33)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Plugging certain genetic data into the standard risk-assessment model for breast cancer won't do much to help gauge a woman's odds for ...
  Gays Lesbians Excluded From Some Medical Studies HealthDay (18 March 02:33)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Gays and lesbians are excluded from many medical studies involving issues of sexual health such as impotence or low sex drive, a new rep...
  Colonoscopy Not Needed for Most With Irritable Bowel Syndrome HealthDay (18 March 01:34)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) aren't at increased risk for polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Cro...
  Online Phone Tests Assess Diabetes Risk HealthDay (18 March 01:34)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- About 20 percent of Americans have prediabetes and are at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, the American Diabetes Association re...
  Male pregnancy and abortion The sex life of pipefish AFP (17 March 11:51)
AFP - A skinny little fish called the pipefish is high on the list of wildlife oddities, for the male of the species is the one which gets pregnant.
  Sexual Desire Satisfaction Dont Diminish During Pregnancy HealthDay (17 March 11:33)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Although women have less sex as their pregnancy progresses, they don't enjoy the experience any less, new research shows.
  First lady Diet is key to childrens productivity AP (17 March 11:21)
AP - First lady Michelle Obama says her fight against childhood obesity isn't about appearance but about whether kids have enough energy to be productive at school.
  Breast cancer study aims to speed drugs cooperation Reuters (17 March 11:19)
Reuters - Researchers launched a unique collaboration on Wednesday aimed at getting cancer drugs to the market more quickly in which three companies will cooperate with the U.S. government a...
  Insurer targeted HIV patients to drop coverage Reuters (17 March 11:10)
Reuters - In May, 2002, Jerome Mitchell, a 17-year old college freshman from rural South Carolina, learned he had contracted HIV. The news, of course, was devastating, but Mitchell believed ...
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