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Today's Health News: Success seen with experimental abstinence program Experiment takes aim at genetic learning disorder FDA liver risk warning for Bristol-Myers HIV drug Gates makes $10 billion vaccines pledge New morning-after pill works for up to 5 days Birth defect total in California town now at 6 Mexico tackles record child obesity President's sex life makes headlines in S. Africa Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 1, 2010 China investigates as tainted milk reappears Herbal remedies, heart drugs don't mix: review Hormone drugs for prostate cancer may hurt heart Study weighs benefits of transplants for leukemia Loving Foster Homes Improve Kids' Attention, Impulsivity Premature Aging of the Brain Seen in HIV Patients Diabetes Drug Helps Dieting Teens Lose Weight Shots Relieve Children's Hay Fever, Cut Expenses Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity Success seen with experimental abstinence program Mon, 1 Feb 2010 03:00 pm PST AP - An experimental abstinence-only program without a moralistic tone can delay teens from having sex, a provocative study found. Full Story Top Experiment takes aim at genetic learning disorder Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:46 am PST AP - A pill to ease a type of mental retardation? An experiment is under way to develop one, aimed at a genetic disorder that might unravel some of the mysteries of autism along the way. Full Story Top FDA liver risk warning for Bristol-Myers HIV drug Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:03 pm PST AP - Federal health officials said Monday that patients taking a Bristol-Myers Squibb drug for HIV are at risk of a rare, but potentially fatal, liver disorder. Full Story Top Gates makes $10 billion vaccines pledge Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:04 am PST AP - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday. Full Story Top New morning-after pill works for up to 5 days Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:01 pm PST AP - A new type of morning-after pill is more effective than the most widely used drug at preventing pregnancies in women who had unprotected sex and also works longer, for up to five days, a new study says. Full Story Top Birth defect total in California town now at 6 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 05:08 pm PST AP - The local health director says a sixth birth-defect case has been confirmed in Kettleman City, where residents are battling plans to expand California's largest hazardous-waste landfill. Full Story Top Mexico tackles record child obesity Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:07 am PST AFP - Mexico's rich diet of tacos, tortillas and tortas (large sandwiches), which is jokingly nicknamed "Vitamin T," has steered its children to the top of world obesity charts. Full Story Top President's sex life makes headlines in S. Africa Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:18 pm PST AP - South Africa's governing party says a report that the country's polygamist president fathered a child out of wedlock makes "a mountain out of nothing." Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 1, 2010 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top China investigates as tainted milk reappears Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:40 pm PST Reuters - China has launched nationwide checks for melamine-tainted milk products after the industrial compound, which killed at least six children in 2008, reappeared on shop shelves, an official newspaper said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Herbal remedies, heart drugs don't mix: review Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:14 pm PST Reuters - Taking ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort and other widely used herbal supplements may be risky for people on heart disease medication, especially the elderly, according to a medical review released on Monday. Full Story Top Hormone drugs for prostate cancer may hurt heart Mon, 1 Feb 2010 01:22 pm PST Reuters - Prostate cancer treatments that cut off the supply of male hormone raise cholesterol, worsen blood sugar and make men fatter and thus likely raise the risk of heart attack, too, doctors said on Monday. Full Story Top Study weighs benefits of transplants for leukemia Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:01 pm PST Reuters - Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday. Full Story Top Loving Foster Homes Improve Kids' Attention, Impulsivity Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Foster children who are placed in stable, loving homes show noticeable improvement in symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity compared to children who get moved around a lot and live with parents who are often annoyed or angry at them, research finds. Full Story Top Premature Aging of the Brain Seen in HIV Patients Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Premature aging is striking the brains of people infected with the virus that causes AIDS, new research suggests. Full Story Top Diabetes Drug Helps Dieting Teens Lose Weight Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A medication used to treat type 2 diabetes appears to help overweight teenagers lose weight when combined with a program designed to help them change their lifestyle habits, researchers report. Full Story Top Shots Relieve Children's Hay Fever, Cut Expenses Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - SATURDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Allergy vaccinations reduce total health-care costs in children with hay fever by one-third and drug prescription costs by 16 percent, according to a 10-year U.S. study. Full Story Top Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity Mon, 1 Feb 2010 01:40 am PST AP - Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. Lining up dripping wet with kids on her swim team, she's a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves. Full Story Top

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