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Today's Health News: Senate bill could hurt insurers at least initially Democrats see GOP hypocrisy in health care debate Study: Swine flu poses a threat to new moms Study: Vaccine means more holiday hugs, fewer bugs Abortion looms as possible block to health bill Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit Anti-Hunger Smells Could Battle Obesity Meddling in mosquitoes' sex life could cut malaria Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 24, 2009 Health Tip: Breast-feeding With Diabetes Flu Vaccine for Seniors Approved Melanoma Less Common in Blacks But Deadlier Two Genes Work in Tandem to Spur Deadliest Brain Cancer Health Tip: Help Baby Stretch and Move Aid group lists Top 10 worst humanitarian crises Low blood sugar may impair diabetics' driving Better Educated May Have Greater Asthma Control New study sharpens focus on problems of obesity Senate bill could hurt insurers at least initially Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:50 am PST AP - Health insurers get some big presents in the Senate's health overhaul bill — about 20 million new customers and no competition from a new government plan. Full Story Top Democrats see GOP hypocrisy in health care debate Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:01 pm PST AP - Republican senators attacking the cost of a Democratic health care bill showed far different concerns six years ago, when they approved a major Medicare expansion that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal deficits. Full Story Top Study: Swine flu poses a threat to new moms Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:03 pm PST AP - Swine flu is not only dangerous to pregnant women, but it's a threat to new mothers too, the first study to document this risk shows. An analysis of pregnant women and new mothers who were hospitalized with swine flu in California found that those who had a baby in the previous two weeks were at higher risk of severe flu complications. Full Story Top Study: Vaccine means more holiday hugs, fewer bugs Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:04 pm PST AP - More hugs, fewer bugs. Holiday visits have become safer for grandparents thanks to a childhood vaccine that has dramatically curbed infections spread by kids, a new study finds. Full Story Top Abortion looms as possible block to health bill Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:49 pm PST AP - The way abortions are covered under health care reform is a major obstacle to finalizing the legislation, even though the House and Senate both agree that no federal money should be used. Full Story Top Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:37 am PST AP - Health care providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: Gift cards that can be used to pay bills and insurance premiums or for specific services at eye doctors and dentist offices. Full Story Top Anti-Hunger Smells Could Battle Obesity Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:16 am PST LiveScience.com - Anti-hunger aromas that make one feel full could help fight the global obesity epidemic, scientists now suggest. Full Story Top Meddling in mosquitoes' sex life could cut malaria Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:01 pm PST Reuters - Interfering in mosquitoes' sex lives could help halt the spread of malaria, British scientists said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 24, 2009 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top Health Tip: Breast-feeding With Diabetes Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Following pregnancy, diabetic women need to continue careful monitoring of their blood glucose levels as their bodies adjust to postpartum hormonal changes, disturbed sleep and other changes in the daily routine. Full Story Top Flu Vaccine for Seniors Approved Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Fluzone High-Dose, a seasonal flu vaccine for people 65 and older, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency said in a news release. Full Story Top Melanoma Less Common in Blacks But Deadlier Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors are diagnosing more white people with the deadly skin cancer known as melanoma, and while Hispanics and blacks are much less likely to be diagnosed with the malignancy, they often have advanced forms of the cancer when it is found, new research suggests. Full Story Top Two Genes Work in Tandem to Spur Deadliest Brain Cancer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Two genes working in concert seem to spur the deadliest form of brain tumor, glioblastoma, the disease that took Sen. Ted Kennedy's life last August. Full Story Top Health Tip: Help Baby Stretch and Move Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Newborns may not be able to do too much more than eat, sleep and dirty their diapers. But they do have certain reflexes and movements. Full Story Top Aid group lists Top 10 worst humanitarian crises Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:43 pm PST Reuters - Governments around the world are blocking aid to trapped populations and people with HIV/AIDS are being turned away from health clinics because funding is lagging, Doctors Without Borders said in a bleak report outlining the world's 10 worst humanitarian crises. Full Story Top Low blood sugar may impair diabetics' driving Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:27 am PST Reuters - Bouts of low blood sugar can lead to unsafe driving among people with diabetes, new research shows. Full Story Top Better Educated May Have Greater Asthma Control Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- There's good news for high-school graduates: Researchers have found they have less severe asthma symptoms than others. Full Story Top New study sharpens focus on problems of obesity Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:05 pm PST AFP - Cardiovascular disease linked to obesity may be worse than thought while health problems associated with being underweight may have been overstated, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Wednesday. Full Story Top

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