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    Kids in Katrina trailers may face lifelong ailments (AP)

    Fifteen month old Lexi Bouffanie is held by her mother Gina Bouffanie in their home Wednesday, March 26, 2008, in Bay St. Louis Miss. Bouffanie, 27, was pregnant with Lexi  when she moved into a FEMA trailer after Hurricane Katrina struck the area.  (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - The anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each labored breath her child takes, the young mother fears it has just begun.


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    Wed, 28 May 2008 05:29:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Kennedy has major cancer bill in Senate (AP)

    In this Sept. 15, 2005 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens intently to chief justice nominee John Roberts during his Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kennedy had begun work on a major cancer bill, an overhaul of the 1971 National Cancer Act, when his malignant brain tumor was diagnosed. Now his personal battle stands to put a dramatic stamp on a health care cause he first championed nearly 40 years ago, the fight against cancer in the United States. (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Sen. Edward Kennedy's battle with a malignant brain tumor is likely to put a dramatic personal stamp on a health care cause he first championed nearly 40 years ago: The nation's war on cancer.


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    Wed, 28 May 2008 02:35:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Obesity battle among US children may have peaked (AP)

    New investigations into obesity may identify people with an inherited risk of weight gain, explain why crash diets often fail and address a danger period in childhood that leads to obesity in adult life.(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)AP - The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle.


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    Wed, 28 May 2008 03:51:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Money dispute threatens toxic tap water study (AP)
    AP - Continuation of a long-running government study on whether contaminated water harmed babies at Camp Lejeune, N.C., hinges on a half-million-dollar payment that is due Sunday. -- read full article
    Wed, 28 May 2008 08:40:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Kennedy has major cancer bill in Senate (AP)
    AP - Sen. Edward Kennedy's battle with a malignant brain tumor is likely to put a dramatic personal stamp on a health care cause he first championed nearly 40 years ago: The nation's war on cancer. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 18:39:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Antipsychotics Dangerous for Elderly With Dementia (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with dementia who are given antipsychotics, even for a very short period of time, are more likely to end up in the hospital or even die, new research shows. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 18:02:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Drinking water can be harmful to smallest babies (Reuters)
    Reuters - Babies younger than six months old should never be given water to drink, physicians at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore remind parents. Consuming too much water can put babies at risk of a potentially life-threatening condition known as water intoxication. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 18:50:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: May 27, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 18:02:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    At least 40,000 have post-traumatic stress (AP)
    AP - Pentagon figures show 40,000 U.S. troops have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder since 2003. But officials believe many more are keeping their illness secret. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 17:42:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new laser treatment for early vocal-cord cancer targets tumor blood vessels while preserving and restoring patients' voices, according to Massachusetts General Hospital researchers, who noted that radiotherapy or surgery can permanently damage vocal quality. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 03:47:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Antipsychotics Dangerous for Elderly With Dementia (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with dementia who are given antipsychotics, even for a very short period of time, are more likely to end up in the hospital or even die, new research shows. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 03:47:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Dutch claim first sequencing of female DNA (AP)
    AP - Dutch scientists claim they have completed the first sequencing of an individual woman's DNA. -- read full article
    Mon, 26 May 2008 22:30:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Scientists test brain pacemakers for depression (AP)

    Graphic explains how depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder are treated with electrodes in the brain; 1c x 3 7/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 98.4 mmAP - It's a new frontier for psychiatric illness: Brain pacemakers that promise to act as antidepressants by changing how patients' nerve circuitry fires.


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    Mon, 26 May 2008 22:11:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    ADHD can cost adults 20 or more workdays a year (AP)
    AP - When "Fidgety Philip" grows up, the problems of attention deficit disorder can multiply into loss of nearly a month's work per year. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 07:45:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Researchers studying better insect repellants (AP)
    AP - Researchers have identified seven possibilities for the next generation of mosquito repellant, some of which may work several times longer than the current standard-bearer, DEET. The next step: safety testing to make sure they're not harmful. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 07:49:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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