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Sunday, May 29, 2011 12:02 AM PDT

Today's Health News: UNICEF discloses vaccine prices for 1st time UNAIDS to Vatican: Pope's HIV-condom view helpful Is a repeat flu shot needed? This fall, maybe not Teenage diving champ Daley's father dies of cancer Doctors say Gary Carter's brain tumor looks malignant New breast cancer guidelines "unsafe": women More Sleep May Cut Kids' Risk of Obesity APNewsBreak: Calif could require condoms in porn Lists of Prescription Meds' Side Effects Keep Growing: Study What I Did On My Summer Vacation McConnell says Medicare to be part of deficit deal Drugging the Vulnerable: Atypical Antipsychotics in Children and the Elderly Prostate Cancer Studies Find Benefit in Daily Acetaminophen and Brisk Walks How Infidelity Affects the Kids WHO reaffirms commitment to AIDS fight Gestational Diabetes Predictable Before Pregnancy, Experts Say Asthma often elicits unneeded antibiotics for kids UNICEF discloses vaccine prices for 1st time Sat, 28 May 2011 02:18 pm PDT AP - UNICEF is for the first time publicizing what drugmakers charge it for vaccines, as the world's biggest buyer of lifesaving immunizations aims to spark price competition in the face of rising costs. Full Story Top UNAIDS to Vatican: Pope's HIV-condom view helpful Sat, 28 May 2011 08:03 am PDT AP - The head of the U.N. AIDS agency told a Vatican conference Saturday that the pope had opened the door to greater dialogue with his groundbreaking comments on condoms and HIV prevention — even as Vatican officials stressed abstinence and marital fidelity as the best prevention. Full Story Top Is a repeat flu shot needed? This fall, maybe not Fri, 27 May 2011 01:10 am PDT AP - Vaccine makers said this month they plan to make a record amount of flu vaccine for this fall and winter — enough for more than half the population. It's just not clear all those people will need it. Full Story Top Teenage diving champ Daley's father dies of cancer Sat, 28 May 2011 06:03 am PDT AFP - The father of British teenage world champion diver Tom Daley has died from cancer, it was announced on Saturday. Full Story Top Doctors say Gary Carter's brain tumor looks malignant Fri, 27 May 2011 07:33 pm PDT Reuters - Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter has a brain tumor that "appears to be malignant", doctors at Duke University Medical Center said on Friday. Full Story Top New breast cancer guidelines "unsafe": women Fri, 27 May 2011 02:21 pm PDT Reuters - More than eight out of 10 women say new guidelines recommending against routine breast cancer screening of women under 50 are "unsafe," according to a small survey. Full Story Top More Sleep May Cut Kids' Risk of Obesity Fri, 27 May 2011 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Youngsters who do not get enough sleep on a regular basis are more likely to be overweight, a new study has found. Full Story Top APNewsBreak: Calif could require condoms in porn Fri, 27 May 2011 04:30 pm PDT AP - California workplace safety officials have drafted rules to require porn performers to use condoms and other barriers in sex scenes to prevent being infected with sexually transmitted diseases. Full Story Top Lists of Prescription Meds' Side Effects Keep Growing: Study Thu, 26 May 2011 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News)-- Lists of the side effects for prescription medications on drug labels, packaging and advertisements have mushroomed up to an average of 70 per medication, a new study reports. Full Story Top What I Did On My Summer Vacation Sat, 28 May 2011 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- With summer vacation approaching, parents need to know how to get their children outside and active, instead of spending too much time in front of the television, computer or video games. Full Story Top McConnell says Medicare to be part of deficit deal Fri, 27 May 2011 09:14 am PDT Reuters - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the Medicare healthcare program will be part of any bipartisan agreement to reduce the U.S. deficit and increase the debt limit. Full Story Top Drugging the Vulnerable: Atypical Antipsychotics in Children and the Elderly Thu, 26 May 2011 01:20 am PDT Time.com - Pharmaceutical companies have recently paid out the largest legal settlements in U.S. history for illegally marketing antipsychotic drugs Full Story Top Prostate Cancer Studies Find Benefit in Daily Acetaminophen and Brisk Walks Thu, 26 May 2011 08:00 am PDT Time.com - Pop a Tylenol and take a brisk walk for protection against prostate cancer? That's what the findings of two new studies published this week suggest Full Story Top How Infidelity Affects the Kids Sat, 28 May 2011 04:25 pm PDT The Daily Beast - Arnold and Maria’s kids are tweeting about the affair, but will they be forever altered by it? Alizah Salario on the long-term effects children suffer when a parent cheats. Full Story Top WHO reaffirms commitment to AIDS fight Tue, 24 May 2011 10:01 am PDT AFP - At least two million lives could be saved by 2015 if the World Health Organisation's 193 member-states achieve stated goals in the fight against AIDS, the global body said Tuesday. Full Story Top Gestational Diabetes Predictable Before Pregnancy, Experts Say Fri, 27 May 2011 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Whether or not a woman will develop diabetes during pregnancy can be predicted up to seven years before she even conceives, new research suggests. Full Story Top Asthma often elicits unneeded antibiotics for kids Tue, 24 May 2011 09:40 am PDT Reuters - One out of six kids with asthma receives an antibiotic they don't need, according to new study findings. Full Story Top

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