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Today's Health News: First lady: Army health initiative may be a model Bill Gates, Abu Dhabi prince pledge vaccine funds Study: No higher mental health risk after abortion Study Ties Hot Flashes to Lower Breast Cancer Risk Discovery May Explain Why Brain Cancer Is So Hard to Treat 10 cancer-causers to remove from your home The Science Behind a Resistant Starch Foods Diet More Screenings May Explain Higher Chlamydia Rates Among Minorities Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 27, 2011 Kids Fed Unhealthy Foods Learn to Prefer Them U.S. sues Boston Scientific over heart devices Abortion Typically Doesn't Harm Mental Health: Study HIV+ Liver Cancer Patients Less Likely to Get Transplant Can adjustable glasses help kids in poor countries? In Amsterdam, gay men have more risky sex 105 Million in U.S. Have Diabetes or Prediabetes, CDC Says Sesame and nut allergies may often strike together Survey Shows Fewer Hispanic Seniors Getting Flu Shots First lady: Army health initiative may be a model Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:38 pm PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama said Thursday that the military's push to turn recruits into health-conscious warriors could be a model for making people across the U.S. more focused on fitness and nutrition. Full Story Top Bill Gates, Abu Dhabi prince pledge vaccine funds Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:37 am PST AP - Bill Gates' foundation and Abu Dhabi's crown prince are donating $50 million each to vaccinate children in Afghanistan and Pakistan against polio and other diseases. Full Story Top Study: No higher mental health risk after abortion Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:54 pm PST AP - Having an abortion does not increase the risk of mental health problems, but having a baby does, one of the largest studies to compare the aftermath of both decisions suggests. Full Story Top Study Ties Hot Flashes to Lower Breast Cancer Risk Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Here's some good news for women ever bothered by hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms: Your risk for breast cancer may be reduced as much as 50 percent, researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle report. Full Story Top Discovery May Explain Why Brain Cancer Is So Hard to Treat Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have found that brain cancer cells can turn themselves into blood vessel cells to counter drugs designed to cut off a tumor's blood supply and deprive it of oxygen and nutrients. Full Story Top 10 cancer-causers to remove from your home Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:44 pm PST Y! Green - Given poor government regulation, many of the cleaning products available on the market contain "everyday" carcinogens such as formaldehyde, nitrobenzene, methylene chloride, and napthelene, as well as reproductive toxins and hormone disruptors. Not to mention other ingredients that cause liver, kidney and brain damage, allergies and asthma. Full Story Top The Science Behind a Resistant Starch Foods Diet Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:32 pm PST ContributorNetwork - Resistant starch foods have their own website, a diet foods name ("The Skinny Carbs Diet") and a suddenly devoted following. So what is the science behind resistant starch; are starch foods the latest diet fad, or is there more to them than meets the eye? Full Story Top More Screenings May Explain Higher Chlamydia Rates Among Minorities Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Screening rates for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia are significantly higher in the United States among young black and Hispanic women than among young white women, which might explain why black and Hispanic women have higher reported rates of the disease, a new study suggests. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 27, 2011 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top Kids Fed Unhealthy Foods Learn to Prefer Them Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Most preschool children develop a taste for salt, sugar and fat at home, and quickly learn which types of brand-name fast foods and sodas meet these preferences, U.S. researchers say. Full Story Top U.S. sues Boston Scientific over heart devices Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:52 pm PST Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday that it sued Boston Scientific Corp and Guidant, which it acquired in 2006, for selling defective heart devices implanted in Medicare patients. Full Story Top Abortion Typically Doesn't Harm Mental Health: Study Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women who undergo an abortion don't seem to face a greatly increased risk of mental health problems after having the procedure, a new study suggests. Full Story Top HIV+ Liver Cancer Patients Less Likely to Get Transplant Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- HIV-infected patients with liver cancer who are waiting for a liver transplant are more likely to drop off the transplant waiting list than other patients, a new study has found. Full Story Top Can adjustable glasses help kids in poor countries? Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:36 am PST Reuters - For many children in poor nations, a simple pair of glasses can be out of reach. But a new study suggests relatively cheap specs that people can adjust themselves hold some promise. Full Story Top In Amsterdam, gay men have more risky sex Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:16 am PST Reuters - In the past 15 years, an increasing number of gay and bisexual men in Amsterdam are having unprotected sex -- possibly explaining why their HIV rate has stopped falling and might even be inching up, a new study finds. Full Story Top 105 Million in U.S. Have Diabetes or Prediabetes, CDC Says Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes now affects nearly 26 million Americans of all ages and 79 million people have what doctors call "prediabetes," according to 2011 estimates released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Full Story Top Sesame and nut allergies may often strike together Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:38 pm PST Reuters - Compared to children without peanut or tree nut allergies, kids who have both these allergies may also be more likely to develop an allergy to sesame seeds, a small study suggests. Full Story Top Survey Shows Fewer Hispanic Seniors Getting Flu Shots Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic seniors in the United States are less likely than their white counterparts to be vaccinated against flu and pneumonia, a new study has found. Full Story Top

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