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Today's Health News: Health dangers lurk in New England floodwaters Military plans to test brain injury therapy CDC: New England tops in swine flu vaccinations 2 million eager for health care on parents' plans NH anthrax patient recovering at home Study: Small soda taxes don't dent obesity Turning Your Workday Into Weight Loss Women Would Welcome At-Home Test for STDs Clinical Trials Update: April 2, 2010 Dealing With Those All-Too-Public Tantrums Does Old Age Bring Happiness or Despair? Workplace Chemicals May Boost Breast Cancer Risk Study Suggests How Some Cancers Resist Treatment Thalidomide drug may fight blood vessel disorder Economic crisis could worsen HIV/AIDS epidemic: U.N. Study Finds That Insulin-Producing Beta Cells Can Be Reborn Vitamin D helps fend off flu, asthma attacks: study Small Tax on Soda Won't Curb Child Obesity Health dangers lurk in New England floodwaters Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:08 pm PDT AP - The sun is out. The water level is falling. Traffic is starting to flow again. While things appear to be looking up in Rhode Island, the state hit hardest this week by three days of rain and record flooding, health and environmental officials warn there's still danger below the surface. Full Story Top Military plans to test brain injury therapy Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:42 pm PDT AP - The U.S. military plans clinical trials next year to see if breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber helps brain injuries to heal, or at least relieve the headaches, mood swings or other symptoms. Full Story Top 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 NH anthrax patient recovering at home Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:01 pm PDT AP - A New Hampshire woman who contracted a rare form of anthrax almost four months ago has been released from the hospital, and the building where she was exposed to the potentially fatal spores could re-open next week. 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 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 2, 2010 Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top Dealing With Those All-Too-Public Tantrums Sun, 4 Apr 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - Parents often have a hard time figuring out what to do when their children decide to throw tantrums. It doesn't help matters that kids often have their meltdowns in public places -- the supermarket, the mall, the family restaurant. Full Story Top Does Old Age Bring Happiness or Despair? Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:40 pm PDT LiveScience.com - Aging brings wrinkles, sagging bodies and frustrating forgetfulness. But getting older is not all bad for many people. Mounting evidence suggests aging may be a key to happiness. There is conflicting research on the subject, however, and experts say it may all boil down to this: Attitude is everything. Full Story Top Workplace Chemicals May Boost Breast Cancer Risk Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Work-related exposure to chemicals and pollutants before a woman is in her mid-30s may greatly increase her risk of breast cancer after menopause, a new study has found. 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 Thalidomide drug may fight blood vessel disorder Sun, 4 Apr 2010 10:03 am PDT Reuters - Thalidomide, a drug that caused birth defects when it was launched as a morning sickness pill half a century ago, may be useful for treating a hereditary condition that affects blood vessels, scientists said on Sunday. 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 Study Finds That Insulin-Producing Beta Cells Can Be Reborn Sun, 4 Apr 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - SUNDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Certain cells in the pancreas can regenerate themselves into insulin-producing cells after normal insulin-producing cells have been destroyed, as happens in type 1 diabetes, a new study found. 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 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

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