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Today's Health News: Child nutrition bill stalls in House Kids with ADHD more likely to have missing DNA Tamiflu May Thwart Pneumonia in 'Swine Flu' Patients: Study New mammogram study stirs debate for women in 40s Drugs before surgery help women avoid mastectomies Shorter work hours are approved for rookie doctors Malawi adopts UN guidelines on AIDS Heightened suicide risk after weight-loss surgery FTC and FDA to POM: You're Not So Wonderful Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 29, 2010 DR Congo children turn to acrobatics to survive Gene explains coffee's effects on Parkinson's: study New treatment improves survival for childhood cancer New Blood Test for Colon Cancer Developed J&J "let the public down" over recalls, CEO says AIDS treatment up in 2009; 2010 targets in doubt: WHO How People With Type 2 Diabetes Can Lose Weight, Keep It Off: Study Health Tip: Help Wipe Out Dust Mites Child nutrition bill stalls in House Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:12 pm PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama's campaign for healthier school lunches has stalled in Congress after anti-hunger groups and more than 100 Democrats protested the use of food stamp dollars to pay for it. Full Story Top Kids with ADHD more likely to have missing DNA Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:20 pm PDT AP - Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to have missing or extra chromosomes than other children — the first evidence that the disorder is genetic, a new study says. Full Story Top Tamiflu May Thwart Pneumonia in 'Swine Flu' Patients: Study Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:08 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 New mammogram study stirs debate for women in 40s Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:29 pm PDT AP - A new study from Sweden is stirring fresh debate over whether women in their 40s should get mammograms. It suggests that the breast cancer screening test can lower the risk of dying of the disease by 26 percent or more in this age group. Full Story Top Drugs before surgery help women avoid mastectomies Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:14 pm PDT AP - Taking hormone-blocking pills for a few months before breast cancer surgery can shrink tumors and allow many women to have just the lump removed instead of the whole breast, a new study suggests. Full Story Top Shorter work hours are approved for rookie doctors Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:55 pm PDT AP - Rookie doctors will be getting shorter work shifts, along with stricter supervision, but a medical student group said Wednesday that the changes don't do enough to protect sleep-deprived residents and their patients. Full Story Top Malawi adopts UN guidelines on AIDS Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:38 am PDT AP - Malawi's vice president says her AIDS-ravaged southern African country will adopt the latest U.N. health guidelines that call for putting HIV-positive people on drugs sooner. 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. 29, 2010 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:08 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top DR Congo children turn to acrobatics to survive Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:27 pm PDT AFP - Jonas, 12, finishes his performance balancing on a tall tower of large jam tins, his arms stretched out and his feet wrapped over his head. Full Story Top Gene explains coffee's effects on Parkinson's: study Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:41 pm PDT Reuters - Researchers have found a gene that may explain why coffee may lower the risk of Parkinson's disease for some people, and that might explain why some experimental drugs do not appear to be working. Full Story Top New treatment improves survival for childhood cancer Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:08 pm PDT AFP - A new type of therapy that stimulates the body's immune system has improved survival rates by 20 percent for neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system that is often deadly in children, a study showed Wednesday. Full Story Top New Blood Test for Colon Cancer Developed Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:08 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Seeking to increase screenings for colorectal cancer, scientists say they have developed an inexpensive and effective method that uses less than one milliliter (mL) of a patient's blood. Full Story Top J&J "let the public down" over recalls, CEO says Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:43 pm PDT Reuters - Johnson & Johnson disappointed consumers in recalling millions of bottles of popular children's medicines, but products should be back on store shelves soon, the company's chief executive said in documents released on Wednesday. Full Story Top AIDS treatment up in 2009; 2010 targets in doubt: WHO Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:59 am PDT Reuters - A record 1.2 million people in low and middle income countries started antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDs in 2009, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, but targets set for 2010 are unlikely to be met. 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 Health Tip: Help Wipe Out Dust Mites Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Dust mites, each smaller than a period at the end of a printed sentence, produce waste that's a common cause of allergies and asthma. Full Story Top

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