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Expert warns of complacency after swine flu fizzle
about 18 hours ago
HONG KONG (AP) -- A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bir  Read Story.
NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners
September 3, 2010
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) -- A team of NASA doctors and engineers recommended Friday that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D   Read Story.
Abbott abandons plans to sell vaccines business
September 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drug and medical device firm Abbott Laboratories says it has abandoned plans to sell its vaccines unit, less than three months after exploring sales talks with rival companies..  Read Story.
Bone drugs may raise risk of throat cancer
September 2, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study suggests....  Read Story.
Summary Box: Workers pick up growing insurance tab
September 2, 2010
2010 COSTS: Total premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance climbed only 3 percent for family coverage and 5 percent for single coverage, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Rese  Read Story.
Can home cooking be hazardous to your health?
September 2, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) -- Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?...  Read Story.
Study: 1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection
September 2, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) -- A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants....  Read Story.
Workers bear larger share of health premium costs
September 2, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Researchers say workers are paying a larger portion of health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to them in an effort while they ride out the economic down  Read Story.
Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia
September 1, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Editors of a top medical journal are questioning whether the diet pill Meridia should stay on the market even if it's restricted to people without heart disease....  Read Story.
JAMA's editor leaving, returning to Johns Hopkins
September 1, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) -- One of the country's leading medical journals is looking for a new editor....  Read Story.
New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB
September 1, 2010
Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the  Read Story.
Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation
September 1, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, says it will pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-bas  Read Story.
Some donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa
September 1, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the  Read Story.
Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal
August 31, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) -- Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new res  Read Story.
Chain-smoking Greeks face tough ban
August 31, 2010
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece is set to impose a tough smoking ban starting Wednesday that will outlaw lighting up in all public indoor areas and prohibit most tobacco advertising....  Read Story.
JK Rowling donates $15.4 million for MS center
August 31, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- Author J.K. Rowling has given $15.4 million to set up a center to research multiple sclerosis, the disease that killed her mother....  Read Story.
JK Rowling donates 10 million pounds for MS center
August 31, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- Author J.K. Rowling has given 10 million pounds ($15.4 million) to set up a clinic to treat and research multiple sclerosis, the disease that killed her mother....  Read Story.
Scientists expect C-section rate to keep rising
August 30, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future, government scientists said Monday, releasing a study into the causes of a trend that troubles maternal h  Read Story.
Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims
August 30, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a f  Read Story.
Time to get your flu shot, but just one this year
August 30, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated. There is even a new high-dose version for people 65 or olde  Read Story.


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