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    Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Obese patients are at increased risk for infection and dislocation following revision (second) hip replacement surgery, according to a study by researchers at Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland. -- read full article
    Sat, 24 May 2008 03:47:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    McCain appears cancer-free and healthy, medical records show (AP)

    Republican White House hopeful John McCain, seen here on May 22, 2008, has rejected the endorsement of a second pastor, this time for reportedly calling Islam AP - Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, has a strong heart and is in otherwise general good health, according to eight years of medical records reviewed by The Associated Press.


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    Fri, 23 May 2008 14:06:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    NYC issues warning after aphrodisiac kills man (AP)

    This undated photo provided by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shows Black Stone, one of the names of an illegal substance made from toad venom and sold as an aphrodisiac. Health officials are warning New Yorkers to stay away from the substance, sold at sex shops and neighborhood stores under names including Piedra, Love Stone, Jamaican Stone, Black Stone and Chinese Rock, after the product apparently killed a 35-year-old man. (AP Photo/NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)AP - Health officials are warning New Yorkers to stay away from an illegal aphrodisiac made from toad venom after the product apparently killed a man.


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    Sat, 24 May 2008 07:08:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Lowering Cholesterol May Also Lower Prostate Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Men who keep their cholesterol down might also help lower their levels of prostate specific antigen, a protein that can warn of prostate cancer, a new study says. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 03:46:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Listen to Your Child's Breathing (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Asthma in children can have many different physical and behavioral symptoms. Paying close attention to your child can help you spot the early warning signs of asthma. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 03:46:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: May 22, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 03:46:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    UK-Odd Summary (Reuters)
    Reuters - Foreign Secretary David Miliband made a light-hearted jab at predecessor Jack Straw on Thursday, calling him "unchivalrous" for taking Condoleezza Rice's airplane bed while she slept on the floor. Travelling aboard Rice's plane on a joint trip to California, Miliband joked it was "pathetic" that Straw accepted an offer to sleep in the U.S. secretary of state's bed while they were flying together to Baghdad in April 2006. -- read full article
    Thu, 22 May 2008 19:00:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Probiotics Help Adult Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- A hefty dose of probiotics -- the "good" bacteria found in yogurts and supplements -- helps adult gastric-bypass patients lose even more weight, researchers are reporting. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 03:46:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New safety program to monitor Medicare drug use (AP)
    AP - Federal health officials will begin monitoring prescription drug usage by millions of Medicare participants in an effort to identify potential safety problems. -- read full article
    Thu, 22 May 2008 22:11:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Monitors urged for all with high blood pressure (AP)

    A diabetic has his blood pressure read by at a clinic in Los Angeles, July 30, 2007. People with diabetes are twice as likely to have arthritis, putting them in a double bind as the pain in their joints keeps them from getting the exercise they need to keep both diseases at bay, the CDC said on Thursday. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)AP - Everyone with high blood pressure — some 72 million Americans — should own a home monitor and do regular pressure checks, the American Heart Association and other groups urged Thursday in an unprecedented endorsement of a medical device for consumers.


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    Thu, 22 May 2008 19:30:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Lowering Cholesterol May Also Lower Prostate Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Men who keep their cholesterol down might also help lower their levels of prostate specific antigen, a protein that can warn of prostate cancer, a new study says. -- read full article
    Thu, 22 May 2008 18:01:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Listen to Your Child's Breathing (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Asthma in children can have many different physical and behavioral symptoms. Paying close attention to your child can help you spot the early warning signs of asthma. -- read full article
    Thu, 22 May 2008 18:01:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA unveils plan for drug, device safety tracking (Reuters)
    Reuters - U.S. health officials on Thursday announced plans for a new computer tracking system designed to help officials identify dangers from prescription drugs and medical devices after they reach the market. -- read full article
    Thu, 22 May 2008 18:46:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    UK-Odd Summary (Reuters)
    Reuters - It sounds like every student's dream -- turning over an exam paper and finding the answers on the back. But that was what happened to 12,000 lucky teenagers when they sat their GCSE music exam last week. -- read full article
    Thu, 22 May 2008 18:46:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Bangladesh reports 1st human case of H5N1 bird flu (AP)
    AP - Bangladesh's Health Ministry says the nation's first human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected. -- read full article
    Thu, 22 May 2008 13:18:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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