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News: Dropping weight won't add years in elderly: study Uganda could be next hit by malnutrition, UN warns Common vein problem raises clot risk on the Pill HIV epidemics emerging in Middle East, North Africa: study Depressed mothers' children at risk in poor states Health insurance exchanges chief to step down Report questions "offshoring" in U.S. heart studies U.S. hospitals poor at breast-feeding support: study Healthy foods a growth industry as boomers age Stool test good for catching colon cancer: study Comfort eating helps stave off the blues: study Depressed mothers' children at risk in poor states: study Study on magnetic fields, asthma is flawed: critics Pockets of high radiation remind of Fukushima plant danger TV product placements termed junk food ad loophole Dropping weight won't add years in elderly: study Tue,2 Aug 2011 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dieting to lose weight may not help older overweight adults live any longer, suggests a new study. Full Story Top Uganda could be next hit by malnutrition, UN warns Tue,2 Aug 2011 02:59 PM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Uganda could be the next country hit by alarming malnutrition rates due to drought which has already sparked famine in southern Somalia and hunger in Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Full Story Top Common vein problem raises clot risk on the Pill Tue,2 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who use the standard form of birth control pill may have a much higher than average risk of dangerous blood clots if they also have a vein malformation seen in a quarter of the population, California researchers say. Full Story Top HIV epidemics emerging in Middle East, North Africa: study Tue,2 Aug 2011 02:09 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Epidemics of HIV are emerging among gay and bisexual men in the Middle East and North Africa and high levels of risky sexual behavior threaten to spread the AIDS virus further in the region, researchers said Tuesday. Full Story Top Depressed mothers' children at risk in poor states Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:52 PM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Children of depressed mothers in developing countries are 40 percent more likely to be underweight or stunted than those with mothers in good mental health, a study said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Health insurance exchanges chief to step down Tue,2 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The man charged with overseeing the creation of U.S. state-based health insurance exchanges is stepping down, according to a senior U.S. health official. Full Story Top Report questions "offshoring" in U.S. heart studies Tue,2 Aug 2011 11:38 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Major U.S.-sponsored clinical trials on heart disease often turn to other countries to recruit patients and a new report questions whether that undermines the evidence they generate and the health of the American clinical trial system. Full Story Top U.S. hospitals poor at breast-feeding support: study Tue,2 Aug 2011 11:19 AM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals are not doing enough to encourage mothers to breast-feed their newborns, raising the risk of childhood obesity, diabetes and other conditions, according to a federal study released on Tuesday. Full Story Top Healthy foods a growth industry as boomers age Tue,2 Aug 2011 11:07 AM PDT Reuters - STOWE, Vt (Reuters) - Food and beverage companies will need to gear up and churn out healthier food and products for aging baby boomers in the United States, a group which tracks eating habits said in a report on Tuesday. Full Story Top Stool test good for catching colon cancer: study Tue,2 Aug 2011 10:40 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The inexpensive tests that look for hidden blood in a person's stool are effective for colon cancer screening, a study out Tuesday confirms. Full Story Top Comfort eating helps stave off the blues: study Tue,2 Aug 2011 10:25 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A sweet tooth might not be the only reason why we reach for ice cream and cake in times of stress. Full Story Top Depressed mothers' children at risk in poor states: study Tue,2 Aug 2011 10:17 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Children of depressed mothers in developing countries are 40 percent more likely to be underweight or stunted than those with mothers in good mental health, a study said Tuesday. Full Story Top Study on magnetic fields, asthma is flawed: critics Tue,2 Aug 2011 09:30 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Critics say a controversial new study that linked high exposure to electromagnetic fields during pregnancy to asthma in children is flawed and ignores many prior studies that suggest such exposures are harmless. Full Story Top Pockets of high radiation remind of Fukushima plant danger Tue,2 Aug 2011 09:16 AM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Pockets of lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in a fresh reminder of the risks faced by workers battling to contain the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Full Story Top TV product placements termed junk food ad loophole Tue,2 Aug 2011 08:56 AM PDT Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Companies that have pledged not to market unhealthy food and drinks directly to children may be turning to product placement on television shows instead of traditional ads to target youngsters, a new study showed. Full Story Top

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