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Today's Health News: Peanut recall grows as feds find problems at plant In peanut checks, gaps for salmonella to sneak by Study: Kidney donors do fine, no long-term issues Gene therapy cures form of 'bubble boy disease' Study: Zoloft and Cipralex better than other drugs Obesity Caught Like Common Cold Female Companionship Extends Sex Lives of Male Mice Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 28, 2009 More evidence pre-term birth tied to autism: study Tai Chi may not reduce fall risk in elderly Cured meats tied to childhood leukemia risk Peanut recall grows as feds find problems at plant Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:45 pm PST AP - The salmonella outbreak spawned one of the largest ever product recalls Wednesday by a Georgia peanut plant where federal inspectors reported finding roaches, mold, a leaking roof and other sanitary problems. Full Story Top In peanut checks, gaps for salmonella to sneak by Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:02 pm PST AP - Food regulators didn't consider salmonella a threat to most peanut products before they traced an outbreak to a peanut butter plant in Georgia two years ago. Officials in the nation's top peanut-producing state promptly began checking for the bacteria during routine inspections, and everything went fine for about a year. Full Story Top Study: Kidney donors do fine, no long-term issues Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:23 pm PST AP - Donating a kidney doesn't appear to have any long-term health consequences for the donor, a reassuring study shows. Researchers at the University of Minnesota found those who gave up one of their two kidneys lived a normal life span and were as healthy as people in the general population. The donation also didn't raise the risk of having kidney failure later. Full Story Top Gene therapy cures form of 'bubble boy disease' Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:02 pm PST AP - Gene therapy seems to have cured eight of 10 children who had potentially fatal "bubble boy disease," according to a study that followed their progress for about four years after treatment. Full Story Top Study: Zoloft and Cipralex better than other drugs Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:39 pm PST AP - Doctors have long assumed that most antidepressants are interchangeable. But according to a new study, Zoloft and Cipralex work slightly better than 10 other popular drugs, and should be psychiatrists' first choice for patients with moderate to severe depression. Full Story Top Obesity Caught Like Common Cold Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:07 am PST LiveScience.com - Yet another claim that a common and contagious virus is linked to some cases of obesity is in the news today. Full Story Top Female Companionship Extends Sex Lives of Male Mice Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:05 pm PST LiveScience.com - When male mice live with female mice, their reproductive years are extended by up to 20 percent, a new study finds. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 28, 2009 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: Full Story Top More evidence pre-term birth tied to autism: study Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:22 pm PST Reuters - A U.S. study looking at children born more than three months prematurely provided fresh evidence on Thursday linking pre-term birth and autism. Full Story Top Tai Chi may not reduce fall risk in elderly Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:49 pm PST Reuters - Traditional Chinese balance and mobility exercise training does not appear to reduce the risk of falls among home-living elderly at high risk of falling, according to a study from the Netherlands. Full Story Top Cured meats tied to childhood leukemia risk Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:50 pm PST Reuters - Children who regularly eat cured meats like bacon and hot dogs may have a heightened risk of leukemia, while vegetables and soy products may help protect against cancer, a new study suggests. Full Story Top

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