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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Seven-billionth human marks demographic change: expert Deadly melons renew food safety focus; will money follow? Commonwealth steps up polio fight, Afghanistan war hinders Air pollution tied to lung cancer in non-smokers Estrogen use tied to bladder control problems More and more twins delivered by C-section Would-be fat-fighter Hoodia nothing but side effects Heavy drinking tied to higher stomach cancer risk Air pollution tied to lung cancer in non-smokers Open enrollment: Higher pay could mean higher premiums Sleep disorders plague vets with head trauma or PTSD Aspirin slashes hereditary cancer risk in UK study Steroid medications tied to vitamin D deficiency Support waning for Obama healthcare law: poll Alcohol linked to better survival after heart attack Seven-billionth human marks demographic change: expert Sun,30 Oct 2011 11:03 AM PDT Reuters - SAN ANTONIO, Tex (Reuters) -- The seven-billionth human is expected to be born on Monday, but an expert who helps do the counting says that event comes as the Earth undergoes a demographic shift toward slower population growth. Full Story Top Deadly melons renew food safety focus; will money follow? Sun,30 Oct 2011 08:07 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Debbie Frederick hopes that her father's death in September in one of the most lethal outbreaks of food-borne illness in U.S. history will force the government to increase the safety of the country's food supply. Full Story Top Commonwealth steps up polio fight, Afghanistan war hinders Sat,29 Oct 2011 07:03 AM PDT Reuters - SYDNEY (Reuters) - Commonwealth leaders on Saturday vowed to step up the fight against polio, but said the Afghanistan war was hindering the fight and warned that without total eradication there could be a resurgence of the crippling disease. Full Story Top Air pollution tied to lung cancer in non-smokers Fri,28 Oct 2011 03:31 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude in a new study. Full Story Top Estrogen use tied to bladder control problems Fri,28 Oct 2011 03:29 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Postmenopausal women who take estrogen for years are more likely to experience incontinence than those on the hormone for a shorter time or not at all, a new study finds. Full Story Top More and more twins delivered by C-section Fri,28 Oct 2011 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The proportion of twins who are delivered by cesarean section in the U.S. has shot up "dramatically" since the mid-1990s, according to a new study. Full Story Top Would-be fat-fighter Hoodia nothing but side effects Fri,28 Oct 2011 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new Unilever report reveals why the consumer goods giant chose to pull the plug on the alleged fat-fighting supplement Hoodia after spending a reported $25 million developing it. Full Story Top Heavy drinking tied to higher stomach cancer risk Fri,28 Oct 2011 03:21 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who down more than four alcoholic drinks in a day may have a heightened risk of stomach cancer, a large European analysis suggests. Full Story Top Air pollution tied to lung cancer in non-smokers Fri,28 Oct 2011 01:19 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude in a new study. Full Story Top Open enrollment: Higher pay could mean higher premiums Fri,28 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Open enrollment for benefits ends today at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Jason Rothstein, 40, has just finished all the needed paperwork. Once again, his health insurance premiums will go up - about 5 to 6 percent in 2012. And, as an employee with earnings in the $61,000 to $76,000 range, he'll pay more for his insurance than colleagues at a lower salary level. Full Story Top Sleep disorders plague vets with head trauma or PTSD Fri,28 Oct 2011 06:50 AM PDT Reuters - HONOLULU (Reuters Health) - New research shows high rates of sleep disorders among veterans of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or head injuries. Full Story Top Aspirin slashes hereditary cancer risk in UK study Thu,27 Oct 2011 11:31 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Taking two aspirin a day for two years reduces the long-term risk of bowel cancer in people with a family history of the disease by around 60 percent, according to a British study published Friday. Full Story Top Steroid medications tied to vitamin D deficiency Thu,27 Oct 2011 09:12 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who use oral steroid medications may be at greater-than-average risk of a serious vitamin D deficiency, a new study suggests. Full Story Top Support waning for Obama healthcare law: poll Thu,27 Oct 2011 09:08 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Americans' opinion of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform in October reached its lowest point since the law passed in March 2010, according to a monthly poll by the non-profit, non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation. Full Story Top Alcohol linked to better survival after heart attack Thu,27 Oct 2011 08:12 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Women who drank anywhere from a few alcoholic drinks a month to more than three a week in the year leading up to a heart attack ended up living longer than women who never drank alcohol, according to a U.S. study. Full Story Top

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