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Today's Health News: Americans spend $34B for alternative medicine Health bill inches forward in House Experts: UN program to save children didn't work Pregnant women front of line for swine flu vaccine Mosquitoes deliver malaria 'vaccine' through bites Obesity surgery death rates are low, study finds U.S. states to get "significant" obesity money China seeks to reduce its abortion toll Clinical Trials Update: July 30, 2009 Pregnant Women, Health-Care Workers Top Swine Flu Vaccine Candidates Muscle Density Linked to Disability Modern Insanity: What Really Makes Us Crazy Virus May Affect Survival in Head and Neck Cancer Health Tip: Your Pregnancy in the Third Trimester South Africa launches new AIDS research Scientists Find Way to Make 'Good' Brown Fat Allergy drugs may fight diabetes, obesity US spends more on obesity than cancer: Sebelius Americans spend $34B for alternative medicine Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:29 pm PDT AP - Americans spend more than a 10th of their out-of-pocket health care dollars on alternative medicine, according to the first national estimate of such spending in more than a decade. Full Story Top Health bill inches forward in House Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:09 pm PDT AP - House Democrats pushed ahead with a compromise health overhaul Thursday over liberals' complaints, intent on achieving tangible — if modest — success on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority ahead of a monthlong summer recess. Full Story Top Experts: UN program to save children didn't work Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:09 pm PDT AP - The U.N. unveiled a multimillion dollar strategy a dozen years ago to save children worldwide, but a new study has found the program had surprisingly little effect in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries. Full Story Top Pregnant women front of line for swine flu vaccine Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:47 pm PDT AP - Pregnant women, health care workers and children six months and older should be placed at the front of the line for swine flu vaccinations this fall, a government panel recommended Wednesday. Full Story Top Mosquitoes deliver malaria 'vaccine' through bites Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:13 pm PDT AP - In a daring experiment in Europe, scientists used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a "vaccine" of live malaria parasites through their bites. The results were astounding: Everyone in the vaccine group acquired immunity to malaria; everyone in a non-vaccinated comparison group did not, and developed malaria when exposed to the parasites later. Full Story Top Obesity surgery death rates are low, study finds Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:19 pm PDT AP - Obese, but worried that surgery for it might kill you? The risk of that has dropped dramatically, and now is no greater than for having a gall bladder out, a hip replaced or most other major operations, new research shows. Full Story Top U.S. states to get "significant" obesity money Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:43 pm PDT Reuters - The U.S. government plans to increase funding to battle obesity and views healthcare reform as an opportunity to encourage better eating habits, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday. Full Story Top China seeks to reduce its abortion toll Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:23 am PDT AFP - With more than 13 million abortions at registered clinics every year, China needs to step up sex education to better inform youth on contraception, state press said Thursday. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: July 30, 2009 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top Pregnant Women, Health-Care Workers Top Swine Flu Vaccine Candidates Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are pregnant, children 6 months and older and health-care workers should all get top priority when the H1N1 swine flu vaccine arrives this fall, a U.S. government advisory panel recommended late Wednesday. Full Story Top Muscle Density Linked to Disability Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise programs designed to increase muscle density in the elderly could help reduce rates of disability and hospitalization, new research suggests. Full Story Top Modern Insanity: What Really Makes Us Crazy Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:33 am PDT LiveScience.com - Last month, researchers found that schizophrenics were more likely to have been subjected to influenza in the womb than healthy individuals. Other common experiences can also drive away our wits, long after we are out of diapers. Full Story Top Virus May Affect Survival in Head and Neck Cancer Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) may improve survival in patients with head and neck cancer, U.S. researchers report. Full Story Top Health Tip: Your Pregnancy in the Third Trimester Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It's your third trimester -- the home stretch of your pregnancy. Full Story Top South Africa launches new AIDS research Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:27 am PDT AP - South Africa launched a new HIV/AIDS research initiative Tuesday aimed at stimulating scientific studies into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Full Story Top Scientists Find Way to Make 'Good' Brown Fat Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Boston scientists have succeeded in making brown fat out of mouse and human cells, a feat that takes scientists a step closer to victory in the fight against obesity and type 2 diabetes. Full Story Top Allergy drugs may fight diabetes, obesity Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:20 am PDT Reuters - Over-the-counter allergy and asthma drugs helped obese, diabetic mice lose weight and control their blood sugar, researchers reported on Monday. Full Story Top US spends more on obesity than cancer: Sebelius Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:52 am PDT AFP - The US medical system spends around twice as much treating preventable health conditions caused by obesity than it does on cancer, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday. Full Story Top

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