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Today's Health News: Lab confirmed salmonella for Ga. peanut plant Congress to hold hearing on peanut butter recall Democrats near win on child health bill In peanut checks, gaps for salmonella to sneak by Study: Kidney donors do fine, no long-term issues Obesity Caught Like Common Cold Whiners or satirists? Blog charts woes of dating Wall St bankers Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 29, 2009 Health Tip: Is Your Child Getting Too Much Sugar? Seniors Who Exercise Help Their Health Breast cancer mutation raises prostate risks in men Lab confirmed salmonella for Ga. peanut plant Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:14 pm PST AP - A lab company president called to testify before Congress in the salmonella outbreak investigation said Thursday that manufacturers "can't retest away a positive result." Full Story Top Congress to hold hearing on peanut butter recall Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:07 pm PST AP - A congressman has announced the first public hearing on the salmonella outbreak that's being blamed on tainted peanut butter. Full Story Top Democrats near win on child health bill Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:52 am PST AP - Democrats are edging closer to giving President Barack Obama a big victory on health care. 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 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 Whiners or satirists? Blog charts woes of dating Wall St bankers Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:00 pm PST Reuters - Their clothing allowance has been halved, they've had to fire their personal trainers and their sex lives have tanked. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 29, 2009 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: Full Story Top Health Tip: Is Your Child Getting Too Much Sugar? Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Too much sugar in a child's diet can contribute to weight and dental problems. Full Story Top Seniors Who Exercise Help Their Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Sedentary seniors can improve their motor function and decrease their risk for insulin resistance by starting an exercise program that includes both aerobics and resistance training, new Canadian research suggests. Full Story Top Breast cancer mutation raises prostate risks in men Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:04 am PST Reuters - The so-called breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 can raise the risk that a man who develops prostate cancer will get an aggressive form of the disease, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Full Story Top

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