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    AMA takes no action on tobacco bill challenge (AP)
    AP - Is menthol a flavor that should be banned from cigarettes? That's a tricky question, according to the American Medical Association whose members on Tuesday found themselves opposing some government health heavyweights. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:32:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA cautions consumers against cancer "cures" (Reuters)
    Reuters - Consumers should beware of products sold on the Internet that claim to cure cancer, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, threatening penalties against more than two dozen companies selling creams, tea and pills as treatments for the disease. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:55:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning physicians that certain types of antipsychotic drugs can boost the death risk of seniors with dementia. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:01:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    C-section may complicate next pregnancies (Reuters)
    Reuters - Cesarean delivery performed in a first pregnancy appears to increase the risk of complications in later pregnancies, researchers have shown. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:18:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: June 17, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:01:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA warns about fraudulent cancer treatments (AP)
    AP - The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on teas, supplements, creams and other products that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer even though they are not agency-approved drugs. All are available for sale on the Internet. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:23:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Gene Therapy Helps Dogs Stricken With Cancer (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- A gene therapy that has extended the lives of dogs with cancer may also be able to help people who have the disease live longer with a better quality of life, the therapy's developers say. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:47:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning physicians that certain types of antipsychotic drugs can boost the death risk of seniors with dementia. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:47:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    High Blood Pressure in Kids Tracks Into Adulthood (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- People who have high blood pressure in childhood are also prone to hypertension as adults, say researchers who analyzed data from 50 studies conducted over four decades in different countries. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:47:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: June 16, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:47:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Freshman 5 may put young women on road to obesity (Reuters)

    Subway riders walk through the turnstiles while leaving the U.S. Open in New York September 4, 2007. 'Freshman 15,' the idea that new college students put on 15 pounds of weight in the first year, may be a myth, but young women do gain about five pounds, Canadian researchers report. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - "Freshman 15," the idea that new college students put on 15 pounds of weight in the first year, may be a myth, but young women do gain about five pounds, Canadian researchers report.


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    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:23:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    AMA issues first report card on health insurers (AP)

    Dr. William Dolan, an American Medical Association board member, right and Frank Cohen, senior analyst for MIT Solutions answer questions after a presentation on the Diagnosis and Cure for the Broken Claims Process, Monday, June 16, 2008, at the AMA annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA issued its first health insurance report card at the meeting Monday. The primary focus is on how quickly and accurately doctors get paid. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Some health insurance companies rate doctors on their performance. Now doctors are turning the tables.


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    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:18:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Surgeon general meeting aims to lower preterm birth (AP)
    AP - One in eight babies — well over half a million a year — are born premature, a toll that's risen steadily for two decades with no sign of stopping. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:20:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA: Older psych drugs have fatal risks in seniors (AP)
    AP - The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:43:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA: Part of Mexico cleared in salmonella probe (AP)

    Crowds of people line up to buy Arkansas grown tomatoes at the Farmers Market, Saturday, June 14, 2008 in Little Rock, Ark. Because Arkansas tomatoes have not been linked to the recent salmonella outbreak from tomatoes,  Arkansas tomato growers say they are getting a boost in sales following the outbreak.  (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)AP - One part of Mexico — Baja California — has been cleared of suspicion in the outbreak of salmonella-tainted tomatoes, which U.S. officials said Monday now has sickened 277 people.


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    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:19:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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