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Today's Health News: Adult stem cell research far ahead of embryonic Caution: Here's advice on legit stem cell clinics Growing debate in SKorea over traditional medicine Doctors: Transplant advance in windpipe cancer Chicken producers debate 'natural' label Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers Experimental Diet Pill May Bring 'Modest' Weight Loss New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts Clinical Trials Update: July 30, 2010 Pass child nutrition bill: Michelle Obama Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study HIV-Positive Women Who Want to Conceive Feel Stigma: Survey Test designed to screen resistance to cancer drug Adults Struggle with What Used to Be Child's Blood Disorder New fronts in AIDS war, but funding foe is back Health Tip: Is Your Blood Sugar High? Experts identify three culprits for gluten allergy The pill equally effective in obese, thin women Adult stem cell research far ahead of embryonic Sun, 1 Aug 2010 09:16 pm PDT AP - A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn't heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man's own body. Full Story Top Caution: Here's advice on legit stem cell clinics Sun, 1 Aug 2010 09:18 pm PDT AP - Scientists are making progress in testing stem cells to treat a variety of diseases, but they're warning about clinics that push unproven treatments. Full Story Top Growing debate in SKorea over traditional medicine Sun, 1 Aug 2010 03:25 am PDT AP - Kim Nam-soo has stuck needles into generals, actors, tycoons and at least one president for more than six decades as South Korea's acupuncturist to the stars. Full Story Top Doctors: Transplant advance in windpipe cancer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:35 am PDT AP - Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes into two cancer patients in an innovative procedure that uses stem cells to allow a donated trachea to regenerate tissue and create an organ biologically close to the original, they said Friday. Full Story Top Chicken producers debate 'natural' label Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:25 am PDT AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines. Full Story Top Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:25 am PDT AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research. Full Story Top Experimental Diet Pill May Bring 'Modest' Weight Loss Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Contrave, an experimental weight loss drug that combines an antidepressant with an anti-addiction medication, appears to help users shed pounds when taken along with a healthy diet and exercise, researchers report. Full Story Top New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent genital warts and low-grade cervical growths. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: July 30, 2010 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top Pass child nutrition bill: Michelle Obama Sun, 1 Aug 2010 08:54 pm PDT Reuters - First Lady Michelle Obama is calling on the Congress to pass legislation to improve nutritional standards and help fight childhood obesity in American schools. Full Story Top Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:04 pm PDT AFP - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday. Full Story Top HIV-Positive Women Who Want to Conceive Feel Stigma: Survey Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Some HIV-positive women who want to have children feel stigmatized by their doctors, new research has found. Full Story Top Test designed to screen resistance to cancer drug Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:27 pm PDT Reuters - Researchers in Japan have designed a test to identify patients who are likely to be resistant to imatinib, the standard drug for treating leukemia or cancer of the blood cells. Full Story Top Adults Struggle with What Used to Be Child's Blood Disorder Sun, 1 Aug 2010 06:31 am PDT LiveScience.com - It's been 100 years since sickle cell disease, a hereditary blood disorder, was first discovered and described in Western society. Full Story Top New fronts in AIDS war, but funding foe is back Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:43 pm PDT AFP - The 18th council of war on AIDS has opened up new fronts in a nearly three-decade-old campaign but in the grim awareness that a battle-hardened enemy -- the money crunch -- is back. Full Story Top Health Tip: Is Your Blood Sugar High? Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hyperglycemia, the medical term for high blood sugar, is a prime cause of complications among people with diabetes. Full Story Top Experts identify three culprits for gluten allergy Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:27 am PDT Reuters - Researchers have identified three fragments in gluten that appear to trigger a disorder in people who are allergic to the wheat protein. Full Story Top The pill equally effective in obese, thin women Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:21 pm PDT Reuters - Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs. Full Story Top

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