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Group backs mandatory flu shots for health workers (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:06:20 GMT
AP - Flu vaccination should be required for all doctors, nurses and other health workers, the nation's largest pediatricians' group says, calling it a long overdue step to protect patients.

CVS Caremark to give away up to $5M in flu shots (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:51:57 GMT
AP - CVS Caremark Corp. said Wednesday it will give away up to $5 million in seasonal flu vaccinations to people without health insurance.

AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:18:11 GMT

AP - The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business.

J&J giving $200 million for health of women, kids (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:53:03 GMT
AP - Health giant Johnson & Johnson is donating about $200 million in cash and medicine to a sweeping United Nations program created to improve the health and lives of people in poor countries.

US smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults (AP)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:34:56 GMT
AP - U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly, frustrated health officials reported Tuesday.

FDA cites claims on 2 green tea beverages (AP)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:43:23 GMT
AP - Federal health regulators have issued warnings to the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea for making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages.

Report says obesity surgery can save health costs (Reuters)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:57:53 GMT
Reuters - Providing surgical treatment for people who are morbidly obese could save British taxpayer-funded health services and the wider economy hundreds of millions of pounds a year, leading surgeons said on Wednesday.

Doctors alarmed by HIV risk for European gays (AFP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:06:54 GMT

AFP - Homosexual men in Europe are increasingly failing to adhere to safe sex, according to two new studies. In France, transmission of the AIDS virus "seems to be out of control" among men who have sex with men, said a paper published on Thursday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

J&J launches 5-year aid program for women, children (Reuters)
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:03:00 GMT
Reuters - Johnson & Johnson has pledged grant money, drugs and research funding for new HIV and tuberculosis medications as part of a five-year, private sector effort to improve the health up to 120 million women and children in developing nations each year.

Health Tip: Stay Safe Around the School Bus (HealthDay)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:09:15 GMT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Teaching children to take precautions while waiting for, entering and exiting a school bus can help keep them safe.

Vitamin B could put off Alzheimer's: study (AFP)
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:10:39 GMT

AFP - Large daily doses of B vitamins could halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with warning signs of Alzheimer's, potentially delaying the onset of the disease, a study suggested Thursday.

2 Genes Have Possible Link to Deadly Ovarian Cancer (HealthDay)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:09:00 GMT
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Mutations in two genes may be associated with one of the most deadly types of ovarian cancer, U.S. researchers have found.

Two gene mutations mark deadly ovarian cancer (Reuters)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:01:58 GMT
Reuters - Researchers have identified two new genetic mutations that cause a significant number of the hardest-to-treat kinds of ovarian cancer, and say they point to a new "on-off" switch for tumors.

Pediatricians' Group Urges Flu Shots for All Health-Care Workers (HealthDay)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:09:04 GMT
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A group representing America's pediatricians is urging that flu shots be mandatory for all U.S. health-care workers in order to protect patients.

Teen radio show breaks taboos in Nepal (AFP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:52:55 GMT

AFP - In a Kathmandu recording studio, young workers sift through piles of letters from Nepalese teenagers seeking advice on everything from unrequited love and homosexuality to drug abuse and HIV.

Immune System Genes Show Links to Type 1 Diabetes (HealthDay)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:09:05 GMT
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is still unknown, but international researchers have found a link between the blood sugar disorder and a network of immune system genes.

Starting periods early tied to greater asthma risk (Reuters)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:19:32 GMT
Reuters - Women who start menstruating early may be at increased risk of asthma and poor lung function, new research shows.

Long-term weight loss may be harmful to health (Reuters)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:25 GMT
Reuters - Long-term weight loss may release into the blood industrial pollutants linked to illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis, researchers said on Tuesday.