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Today's Health News: Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest Jackson's hospital is known for 'raising the dead' Few survive cardiac arrest, even with hospital CPR Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low WHO working on formulas to model swine flu spread Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S. Women's Sexual Health Issues Hit Home Clinical Trials Update: July 1, 2009 Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection Growth Hormone May Build Muscle in Older Men U.S. orders suicide warnings on two anti-smoking drugs FDA plays down cancer link with Sanofi's Lantus TV Ads Trigger Mindless Eating Web-based game educates HIV-positive teens Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes No benefit seen with special infant formula American adults getting fatter Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:44 pm PDT AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Full Story Top Jackson's hospital is known for 'raising the dead' Wed, 1 Jul 2009 03:23 pm PDT AP - When Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest, rescuers took him to a place known for bringing the dead back to life. A world-renowned surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center has pioneered a way to revive people that most doctors would have long written off, including a woman whose heart had stopped for 2 1/2 hours. Full Story Top Few survive cardiac arrest, even with hospital CPR Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:02 pm PDT AP - You don't have to be Michael Jackson to have this problem: The odds of surviving cardiac arrest after getting CPR in a hospital are slim and have not improved in more than a decade, a big Medicare study concludes. Full Story Top Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:07 pm PDT AP - In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus. Full Story Top CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:56 pm PDT AP - The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. Full Story Top WHO working on formulas to model swine flu spread Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:45 pm PDT AP - The World Health Organization said Wednesday it is working to mathematically model the spread of swine flu in an attempt to better understand how the outbreak developed from a handful of cases to a global epidemic in less than two months. Full Story Top Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- The rates of adult obesity in the United States increased in 23 states during the past year and did not decrease in any state. Full Story Top Women's Sexual Health Issues Hit Home Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new survey finds that 70 percent of American women have experienced a sexual health issue, and 22 percent felt very or extremely concerned about it. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: July 1, 2009 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: Full Story Top Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Repeated use of antibiotics to treat acute ear infections in young children increases the risk of recurrent ear infections by 20 percent, according to researchers in the Netherlands who called for more prudent use of antibiotics in young children. Full Story Top Growth Hormone May Build Muscle in Older Men Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly men who exercised and received the growth hormone known as "mechano growth factor" (MGF) showed increased muscle mass, according to a British study. Full Story Top U.S. orders suicide warnings on two anti-smoking drugs Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:33 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. health officials on Wednesday ordered Pfizer Inc and GlaxoSmithKline PLC to add strong "black box" warnings on their anti-smoking drugs to highlight the risk of serious mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts. Full Story Top FDA plays down cancer link with Sanofi's Lantus Wed, 1 Jul 2009 01:18 pm PDT Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cast doubt on recent studies that suggested possible cancer risk with Sanofi-Aventis' widely used Lantus diabetes drug, boosting investor confidence in the blockbuster product. Full Story Top TV Ads Trigger Mindless Eating Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Watching food ads on TV leads to a boost in snacking among children and adults, increasing the risk of weight gain, U.S. researchers say. Full Story Top Web-based game educates HIV-positive teens Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:06 pm PDT Reuters - A Web-based game could help educate teenagers with HIV infection on how to avoid transmitting the virus, a pilot study suggests. Full Story Top Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Results from a new trial have dashed hopes that early use of two blood pressure drugs could slow the loss of kidney function caused by type 1 diabetes. Full Story Top No benefit seen with special infant formula Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:14 am PDT Reuters - A new study finds that healthy infants seem to have a similar tolerance for standard and hypoallergenic formulas -- suggesting that most parents need not make the expensive anti-allergy formulas their first choice. Full Story Top American adults getting fatter Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:21 am PDT Reuters - Obesity rates continued to climb in the past year with 23 U.S. states reporting adults in their states are fatter now than they were a year ago, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday. Full Story Top

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