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Today's Health News: Johnson & Johnson gets FDA warning on marketing Mouse virus link to chronic fatigue is studied AIDS patients hurt by South African strike Are the eggs sold at my supermarket safe to eat? Headed to ER? Some post waits by text, billboard Eggs from Iowa farms could come to table near you Short-Term Overeating Could Make Long-Term Weight Loss Tougher Young adults at risk as STIs rise Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 25, 2010 U.S. Child Abuse Cases Falling, Despite Recession Link Between Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease Strengthened New drug shrinks many advanced melanomas: study Even when prostate cancer returns, most survive Even Before Recession, 14 Million Kids 'Underinsured': Study China AIDS campaigner detained: activists Insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes linked to Alzheimer's Tylenol Use Linked to Asthma, Other Allergies in Teens Study Suggests Link Between Diet Sodas, Preterm Delivery Johnson & Johnson gets FDA warning on marketing Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:03 am PDT AP - A Johnson & Johnson business that makes joint replacements has been warned by the Food and Drug Administration that it is illegally marketing two products. Full Story Top Mouse virus link to chronic fatigue is studied Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:59 pm PDT AP - A U.S. government study has uncovered a family of mouse viruses in some people with chronic fatigue syndrome, raising still more questions about whether an infection may play a role in the complicated illness. Full Story Top AIDS patients hurt by South African strike Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:22 am PDT AP - Doctors and activists say AIDS patients aren't getting treated because of a nationwide civil service strike in South Africa, the country with the most people infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Full Story Top Are the eggs sold at my supermarket safe to eat? Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:55 pm PDT AP - Two large Iowa farms have recalled 550 million eggs because of possible contamination with salmonella. Investigators from the Food and Drug Administration are trying to find the cause of the outbreak, but so far haven't pinpointed the source. Full Story Top Headed to ER? Some post waits by text, billboard Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:02 am PDT AP - Need an X-ray or stitches? Online, via text message or flashing on a billboard, some emergency rooms are advertising how long the dreaded wait for care will be, with estimates updated every few minutes. Full Story Top Eggs from Iowa farms could come to table near you Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:54 pm PDT AP - Millions of eggs from the Iowa farms at the heart of a massive salmonella recall are not destined for the garbage but for a table near you. Full Story Top Short-Term Overeating Could Make Long-Term Weight Loss Tougher Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- If you think a few weeks of slothful behavior and caloric overindulgence can be easily worked off at the gym, think again. Full Story Top Young adults at risk as STIs rise Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:52 am PDT AFP - Almost half a million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were diagnosed in the UK last year, with young people the most affected, new figures released Wednesday show. Full Story Top Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 25, 2010 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Full Story Top U.S. Child Abuse Cases Falling, Despite Recession Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Child abuse rates in the United States declined between 2007 and 2008 despite the onset of the economic recession, a new study has found. Full Story Top Link Between Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease Strengthened Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Two of the most common and dreaded illnesses in America may share a connection, with new research suggesting that having insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes raises your risk of developing the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. Full Story Top New drug shrinks many advanced melanomas: study Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:47 pm PDT AFP - An experimental therapy that targets the protein that feeds certain types of advanced skin cancer has successfully shrunk tumors in up to 80 percent of test patients, a study has indicated. Full Story Top Even when prostate cancer returns, most survive Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:04 am PDT Reuters - Men who show signs that their disease has returned after prostate cancer treatment are still more likely to die of other causes, a new study in US veterans shows. Full Story Top Even Before Recession, 14 Million Kids 'Underinsured': Study Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Even prior to the onset of the economic recession in 2008, nearly one in four American parents with health insurance reported that their coverage was so inadequate they were unable to access the medical care their children needed. Full Story Top China AIDS campaigner detained: activists Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:55 am PDT AFP - A 23-year-old Chinese man who contracted the AIDS virus as a boy through a blood transfusion and who has since campaigned for the rights of AIDS sufferers has been detained, activists said Saturday. Full Story Top Insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes linked to Alzheimer's Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:59 pm PDT AFP - People with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of developing plaques associated with Alzheimer's, Japanese researchers said in a study out Wednesday. Full Story Top Tylenol Use Linked to Asthma, Other Allergies in Teens Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Teens from around the world who regularly take acetaminophen, best known as Tylenol, were more than twice as likely to have asthma as teens who never take the over-the-counter pain and fever reducer, new research finds. Full Story Top Study Suggests Link Between Diet Sodas, Preterm Delivery Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Could drinking one or more artificially sweetened, carbonated diet sodas a day boost a woman's odds of premature delivery? A new study from Denmark suggests such a link. Full Story Top

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