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Today's Health News: Court OKs US-funded stem cell research for now Feds reopen probe into medical scanner approvals Tamiflu May Thwart Pneumonia in 'Swine Flu' Patients: Study More HIV care for pregnant women in poor countries How to widen the hunt for targeted cancer therapy $93,000 cancer drug: How much is a life worth? 5 infected with deadly pneumonic plague in Tibet Heightened suicide risk after weight-loss surgery FTC and FDA to POM: You're Not So Wonderful Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 28, 2010 Team Sports Pep Up Middle-School Kids Nursing Home Workers At Risk for Assault: Study Experimental Test May Spot Prostate Cancer Earlier, More Accurately Exercise could cut womb cancer risk by 30 percent Breast-Feeding for 6 Months May Prevent Infant Infections Health Buzz: HIV Rate Among Gay Men Is 1 in 5 How People With Type 2 Diabetes Can Lose Weight, Keep It Off: Study Gentler surgery for hay fever shows promise Court OKs US-funded stem cell research for now Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:24 pm PDT AP - An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government funding of embryonic stem cell research can continue for now. Full Story Top Feds reopen probe into medical scanner approvals Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:52 pm PDT AP - Federal inspectors have reopened an investigation into complaints by Food and Drug Administration scientists who say they were pressured by their managers to approve high-tech medical scanners that could pose harm to patients. Full Story Top Tamiflu May Thwart Pneumonia in 'Swine Flu' Patients: Study Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- When taken shortly after the onset of symptoms, the antiviral drug Tamiflu seems to have protected otherwise healthy swine flu patients from contracting pneumonia during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, Chinese researchers say. Full Story Top More HIV care for pregnant women in poor countries Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:00 am PDT AP - Just over half of HIV-infected pregnant women in poor countries received crucial AIDS drugs to protect their unborn children last year, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday — one of a list of improvements in the global fight against HIV. Full Story Top How to widen the hunt for targeted cancer therapy Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:06 am PDT AP - Cancer is a tale of two sets of genetic code, your own and your tumor's — and tracing the unique areas of damage makes for a way to target treatment. Full Story Top $93,000 cancer drug: How much is a life worth? Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:01 pm PDT AP - Cancer patients, brace yourselves. Many new drug treatments cost nearly $100,000 a year, sparking fresh debate about how much a few months more of life is worth. Full Story Top 5 infected with deadly pneumonic plague in Tibet Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:59 pm PDT AP - Chinese authorities say five people have been sickened with pneumonic plague in Tibet and that the deadly disease has killed one of them. Full Story Top Heightened suicide risk after weight-loss surgery Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:21 pm PDT Reuters - Severely obese people who undergo weight-loss surgery may have a higher-than-average risk of suicide in the years following the procedure, a new study finds. Full Story Top FTC and FDA to POM: You're Not So Wonderful Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:10 am PDT Time.com - There's no evidence that POM Wonderful's pomegranate products prevent heart disease, prostate cancer or erectile dysfunction, according to the U.S. government Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 28, 2010 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top Team Sports Pep Up Middle-School Kids Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- American middle-school students who participate in team sports appear to be both physically and mentally better off than those who don't, a new study suggests. Full Story Top Nursing Home Workers At Risk for Assault: Study Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Nursing home workers who are routinely exposed to violent encounters with either the residents they care for or visitors to the nursing home face a three times greater risk for developing painful musculoskeletal conditions, new research reveals. Full Story Top Experimental Test May Spot Prostate Cancer Earlier, More Accurately Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new blood test to spot a cluster of specific proteins may indicate the presence of prostate cancer more accurately and earlier than is now possible, new research suggests. Full Story Top Exercise could cut womb cancer risk by 30 percent Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:01 pm PDT AP - Women who regularly work up a sweat exercising have a 30 percent lower risk of developing endometrial cancer, a new study says. Full Story Top Breast-Feeding for 6 Months May Prevent Infant Infections Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Children who derive all their nutrition from breast-milk during their first six months of life are less prone to a host of common infections, new Greek research says. Full Story Top Health Buzz: HIV Rate Among Gay Men Is 1 in 5 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:56 pm PDT U.S. News & World Report - Study: 20 Percent of Gay Men Have HIV, Half Don't Know They're Infected Full Story Top How People With Type 2 Diabetes Can Lose Weight, Keep It Off: Study Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- An intensive lifestyle change program helped people with type 2 diabetes lose weight and keep it off, a new study shows. Full Story Top Gentler surgery for hay fever shows promise Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:59 am PDT Reuters - Radiofrequency surgery appears to help people with hay fever when drugs fail -- even up to five years after the procedure, a new study shows. Full Story Top

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