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Today's Health News: Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea Surgeon general: More minority doctors needed Study finds hospitals speeding heart attack care South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies WHO approves Glaxo's swine flu shot CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states Kids should get moving to avoid obesity NY couple charged with forcing woman into sex work Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 3, 2009 Chickenpox vaccine may protect kids from shingles Senate battles over elderly health benefits Study finds no brain tumor link with mobile phones Gains Made in Lung Cancer Survival Health Tip: Does Your Child Grind the Teeth? Growing Up with HIV Breast-Feeding Can Help Mom's Heart Decades Later EPA proposes sulfur dioxide limits for first time since 1971 Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:14 pm PST AP - When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco. Full Story Top Surgeon general: More minority doctors needed Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:02 pm PST AP - The new U.S. Surgeon General on Thursday called for stepped-up efforts in increasing the number of minority physicians. Full Story Top Study finds hospitals speeding heart attack care Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:26 am PST AP - Hospitals are giving faster care to lots more heart attack patients, a speed-up sure to be saving lives. Full Story Top South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies Tue, 1 Dec 2009 04:50 pm PST AP - South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS. Full Story Top WHO approves Glaxo's swine flu shot Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:19 am PST AP - Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries. Full Story Top CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:39 pm PST AP - Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday. Full Story Top Kids should get moving to avoid obesity Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:04 am PST Reuters - Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows. Full Story Top NY couple charged with forcing woman into sex work Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:21 pm PST AP - A young woman from Mexico was smuggled over the border and forced to work as a prostitute for years in Brooklyn, and the remains of an infant were found in concrete at the home where she was held prisoner, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 3, 2009 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:50 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top Chickenpox vaccine may protect kids from shingles Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:26 pm PST Reuters - Children who get vaccinated against chickenpox may have a lower risk of developing shingles, a painful rash caused by the chickenpox virus, U.S. researchers said on Friday. Full Story Top Senate battles over elderly health benefits Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:06 pm PST Reuters - The U.S. Senate made little progress on a broad healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, as members battled over cuts in coverage for the elderly and failed to vote on two pending amendments. Full Story Top Study finds no brain tumor link with mobile phones Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:02 pm PST Reuters - A very large, 30-year study of just about everyone in Scandinavia shows no link between cellphone use and brain tumors, researchers reported on Thursday. Full Story Top Gains Made in Lung Cancer Survival Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- In the past two decades, survival rates for advanced lung cancer patients in the United States have improved modestly, a new study has found. Full Story Top Health Tip: Does Your Child Grind the Teeth? Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:50 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Bruxism is used to describe grinding the teeth or clenching the jaws, especially while asleep or under stress. Full Story Top Growing Up with HIV Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:58 am PST OneWorld.net - LUSAKA, Dec 1 (IPS) - Sixteen-year-old Andela Milambo* wants a husband. She is not looking for love, but for someone to share the burden of living with HIV. She wants to be able to take her medicine without having to hide, to discuss the recurring herpes with someone who understands. Full Story Top Breast-Feeding Can Help Mom's Heart Decades Later Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:50 pm PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding, even for just a couple of months, can significantly lower a woman's risk of metabolic syndrome -- a dangerous cluster of heart disease risk factors -- years later, reports a new study appearing online Dec. 3 in the journal Diabetes. Full Story Top EPA proposes sulfur dioxide limits for first time since 1971 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:03 pm PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing its crackdown on coal pollution with a new plan to cut sulfur dioxide _ a move that would clean up the air for millions of Americans and bring some relief to people who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases. Full Story Top Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:38 pm PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey. Full Story Top

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