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Today's Health News: Mexico wins praise for swine flu response Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people Advocates are back with real health care stories Federal probe finds problems with chelation study Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis World health officials tackle swine flu challenges Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea Uganda to outlaw female circumcision Health Tip: Controlling Asthma Fertility drug combo promising in older women New Weapons in Fight Against TB? Another Genetic Link to Testicular Cancer Is Found New Drug Could Work Against Leukemia Botched circumcisions leave 31 dead in S.Africa Rwandan bill would lead to forced sterilization: rights group Health Tip: Understanding Pre-Diabetes Many Adults With Asthma Are Skipping Flu Shots Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Often Overweight Mexico wins praise for swine flu response Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:23 pm PDT AP - As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health. Full Story Top Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:03 pm PDT AP - With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science. Full Story Top Advocates are back with real health care stories Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:12 pm PDT AP - When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000. Full Story Top Federal probe finds problems with chelation study Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:33 pm PDT AP - A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death. Full Story Top Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:40 pm PDT AP - A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday. Full Story Top World health officials tackle swine flu challenges Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:44 pm PDT AP - Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily cases by the end of August. The virus is even showing signs of rebounding in Mexico. Full Story Top Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea Fri, 3 Jul 2009 07:44 am PDT Reuters - Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report. Full Story Top Uganda to outlaw female circumcision Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:45 am PDT AFP - Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region, the president said in a statement Friday. Full Story Top Health Tip: Controlling Asthma Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Medication used to control asthma may be used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, the American Academy of Family Physicians says. Full Story Top Fertility drug combo promising in older women Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:27 am PDT Reuters - The combination of two drugs -- Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) -- could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate. Full Story Top New Weapons in Fight Against TB? Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis might someday meet its match in two drugs now used to treat Parkinson's disease, suggests a new study. Full Story Top Another Genetic Link to Testicular Cancer Is Found Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A second gene linked to inherited testicular germ-cell cancer has been identified by scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Full Story Top New Drug Could Work Against Leukemia Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new targeted therapy shows promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia, a highly treatment-resistant blood cancer, according to a new study. Full Story Top Botched circumcisions leave 31 dead in S.Africa Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:52 am PDT AFP - Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said on Friday. Full Story Top Rwandan bill would lead to forced sterilization: rights group Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:43 pm PDT AFP - A US-based rights group on Wednesday urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized. Full Story Top Health Tip: Understanding Pre-Diabetes Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Before some people develop full-blown diabetes, their blood sugar is above normal, but not high enough to qualify for a diagnosis of diabetes. Full Story Top Many Adults With Asthma Are Skipping Flu Shots Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with asthma face a higher risk of complications if they catch the flu, yet many skip their annual shots, new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Full Story Top Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Often Overweight Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children with type 1 diabetes are more likely to be overweight than those without the disease, increasing their risk of serious health complications, researchers say. Full Story Top

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