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Today's Health News: J&J, FDA leaders take heat for 'phantom' recall CDC chief picks 6 'winnable battles' in health Tamiflu May Thwart Pneumonia in 'Swine Flu' Patients: Study Study shows progress with stem cell alternative Kids with ADHD more likely to have missing DNA Child nutrition bill stalls in House New mammogram study stirs debate for women in 40s Disney backs Michelle Obama's child obesity campaign NJ student's suicide illustrates Internet dangers Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 30, 2010 Genetic Glitch Tied to Disrupted Sperm Production Family, Friends Seem Best at Spotting Early Dementia New Clues to Treating Ovarian Cancer Relapse Coffee, tea linked to lower risk of brain tumor A Dog May Help Guard Against Childhood Eczema SAfrican AIDS orphans aging Africa risks leap in diabetes: minister Quality of care up at US hospitals, report says J&J, FDA leaders take heat for 'phantom' recall Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:58 pm PDT AP - Johnson & Johnson executives and the Food and Drug Administration both shouldered the blame Thursday for a secret recall in which hired contractors quietly bought up defective painkillers to clear them from store shelves. Full Story Top CDC chief picks 6 'winnable battles' in health Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:21 pm PDT AP - Where would you start if you were charged with keeping the nation healthy? Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has chosen six priorities — winnable battles, he calls them. 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 Study shows progress with stem cell alternative Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:06 am PDT AP - Scientists reported more progress Thursday with a method of creating stem cells without using embryos. Full Story Top Kids with ADHD more likely to have missing DNA Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:32 am 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 Child nutrition bill stalls in House Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:42 am 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 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 Disney backs Michelle Obama's child obesity campaign Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:02 am PDT AFP - The Walt Disney Company on Thursday threw its weight behind a campaign championed by US First Lady Michelle Obama to push back child obesity. Full Story Top NJ student's suicide illustrates Internet dangers Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:34 pm PDT AP - The shocking suicide of a college student whose sex life was broadcast over the Web illustrates yet again the Internet's alarming potential as a means of tormenting others and raises questions whether young people in the age of Twitter and Facebook can even distinguish public from private. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 30, 2010 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top Genetic Glitch Tied to Disrupted Sperm Production Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The cause of male infertility often escapes experts, but scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to disrupt sperm production. Full Story Top Family, Friends Seem Best at Spotting Early Dementia Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to the onset of early Alzheimer's disease, a person's family and close friends are better able to spot the initial signs of trouble than traditional screening by doctors, new research suggests. Full Story Top New Clues to Treating Ovarian Cancer Relapse Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that women with ovarian cancer relapse who start chemotherapy as soon as levels of a biomarker for the cancer rise don't live significantly longer than women who wait until symptoms begin to reappear. Full Story Top Coffee, tea linked to lower risk of brain tumor Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:59 am PDT Reuters - Coffee and tea lovers may have a decreased likelihood of developing the most common form of malignant brain tumor in adults, a new study suggests. Full Story Top A Dog May Help Guard Against Childhood Eczema Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Man's best friend protects against eczema in young children, but his nemesis, the cat, does not, new research shows. Full Story Top SAfrican AIDS orphans aging Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:19 am PDT AP - When the Mohau children's home opened in 1997, orphans with AIDS died every other day. But these days, not one child has been lost in seven years — and as they age with the help of drugs they face the teen complexities of dating and sex. Full Story Top Africa risks leap in diabetes: minister Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:35 am PDT AFP - Africa is set to be hit by a 24 percent increase in diseases such as diabetes within three years as the developing world faces a sharp rise in non-contagious illness, South Africa's health minister warned on Thursday. Full Story Top Quality of care up at US hospitals, report says Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:55 pm PDT AP - A report says treatment has improved substantially at U.S. hospitals for several ailments including heart attacks, pneumonia and children's asthma. Full Story Top

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