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Today's Health News: CDC: New England tops in swine flu vaccinations 2 million eager for health care on parents' plans Study: Small soda taxes don't dent obesity 1 in 4 elderly need care decisions made for them Study finds possible heart risk with prostate drug Study: Chocolate could reduce heart risk Turning Your Workday Into Weight Loss Women Would Welcome At-Home Test for STDs Clinical Trials Update: April 1, 2010 Small Tax on Soda Won't Curb Child Obesity FDA evaluating cancer link in Parkinson's drug Study Suggests How Some Cancers Resist Treatment Inactivating Gene May Cut Breast Cancer Risk Pregnancy linked to lower rheumatoid arthritis risk Economic crisis could worsen HIV/AIDS epidemic: U.N. Soy supplements show no diabetes benefit in study Vitamin D helps fend off flu, asthma attacks: study Jennifer Hudson takes new role for weight loss CDC: New England tops in swine flu vaccinations Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:21 pm PDT AP - New England leads the nation in swine flu vaccinations, while the South has the lowest rates, U.S. health officials said Thursday in the first state-by-state report on turnout. Full Story Top 2 million eager for health care on parents' plans Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:15 pm PDT AP - Congress voted to overhaul the health care system on a Sunday. On Monday, Patti Lawson e-mailed her employer's human resources office to ask how soon she could get her 22-year-old daughter back on her health insurance. Full Story Top Study: Small soda taxes don't dent obesity Thu, 1 Apr 2010 07:07 am PDT AP - Small taxes on soda do little to reduce soft drink consumption or prevent childhood obesity, but larger levies probably would, according to new research. Full Story Top 1 in 4 elderly need care decisions made for them Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:14 am PDT AP - A significant number of the elderly — more than one in four — will eventually need someone to make end-of-life decisions about their medical care, a new study suggests. Full Story Top Study finds possible heart risk with prostate drug Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:14 am PDT AP - Full results of a big study testing a drug for preventing prostate cancer show a higher risk of heart failure, a surprise finding that could dampen enthusiasm for expanding its use. Full Story Top Study: Chocolate could reduce heart risk Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:57 pm PDT AP - The Easter Bunny might lower your chances of having a heart problem. According to a new study, small doses of chocolate every day could decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent. Full Story Top Turning Your Workday Into Weight Loss Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- For decades, the office has been seen as the sedentary, do-nothing enemy of fitness -- a place to sit eight hours a day and slowly pile on weight. Full Story Top Women Would Welcome At-Home Test for STDs Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Do-it-yourself tests for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) apparently would be a hit among women. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: April 1, 2010 Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top Small Tax on Soda Won't Curb Child Obesity Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Small sales taxes aren't enough to reduce children's soda consumption, a new study finds. Full Story Top FDA evaluating cancer link in Parkinson's drug Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:41 pm PDT Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is evaluating clinical data that may suggest Novartis AG's Parkinson's disease treatment Stalevo is linked to an increased risk of prostate cancer. Full Story Top Study Suggests How Some Cancers Resist Treatment Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified a mechanism by which certain tumor cells that become resistant to cancer drugs can later lose that resistance. Full Story Top Inactivating Gene May Cut Breast Cancer Risk Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic mutation in the gene known as BRCA1 greatly boosts the risk that a woman will develop breast cancer. But now, researchers report that they've been able to lower the risk of cancer in mice with that gene by deactivating another gene. Full Story Top Pregnancy linked to lower rheumatoid arthritis risk Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:31 am PDT Reuters - A new study finds that women who give birth may have a lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis than women who remain childless -- though the potential protective effect seems to fade over the years. Full Story Top Economic crisis could worsen HIV/AIDS epidemic: U.N. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:18 am PDT Reuters - Economic crisis and climate change concerns could affect the fight against the AIDS virus and lead to a "universal nightmare," the head of the United Nations' agency for HIV/AIDS said on Sunday. Full Story Top Soy supplements show no diabetes benefit in study Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:39 am PDT Reuters - Adding soy supplements to the diet may not improve blood sugar control in older women who are at high risk of or in the early stages of type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. Full Story Top Vitamin D helps fend off flu, asthma attacks: study Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:20 am PDT Reuters - In a study of Japanese schoolchildren, vitamin D supplements taken during the winter and early spring helped prevent seasonal flu and asthma attacks. Full Story Top Jennifer Hudson takes new role for weight loss Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:58 pm PDT Reuters - Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson on Thursday took on a new role as a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers after slimming down since she gave birth more than seven months ago. Full Story Top

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