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    3-D mammograms, cameras may improve breast exams (AP)

    These undated three-picture combo handout photos provided by the Mayo Clinic show the work of researchers trying to improve breast cancer screening in women with dense breasts, which mammograms don't penetrate well. The left image is a 50-year-old's digital mammogram, showing no problems. The right image is that same woman's MRI, showing what turned out to be an early cancer. In the middle, Mayo Clinic researchers found the same spot with experimental 'molecular breast imaging' that they hope will prove to be a cheaper, easier test than MRI. (AP Photo/Mayo Clinic)AP - Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids' toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D.


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    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:18:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for Human Trial (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- A clinical trial will examine whether a new cancer treatment is as effective in humans as it's proven to be in mice, say researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. -- read full article
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:02:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Keep Calm During Pregnancy (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hormones, anxiety, emotions and all the changes that come along with pregnancy and expectant parenthood can make any mother-to-be experience mood swings. -- read full article
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:02:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: June 30, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:02:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO: New quick TB test rolled out in Africa (AP)
    AP - A new test to quickly diagnose drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis will be rolled out in four African countries this year, the World Health Organization said Monday. -- read full article
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:58:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Cleveland Clinic hooks up with Weight Watchers (AP)
    AP - The Cleveland Clinic, highly regarded for its cardiac care, doesn't hire smokers or allow trans-fats on its menus, and now it's joining with a nationally known weight control program to help its employees shape up and slim down. -- read full article
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:32:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Bush administration delaying Medicare fee cut (AP)
    AP - The Bush administration said Monday it will delay paying doctors for treating Medicare patients in early July to give Congress more time to block a scheduled 10.6 percent fee cut. -- read full article
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:56:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug (Reuters)

    Dr. Judah Folkman in an undated photo. A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday. The drug, called lodamin, was improved in one of the last experiments overseen by Folkman, a cancer researcher who died in January. (Harvard University/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.


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    Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:29:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Myriad Genetics to stop developing Alzheimer's drug (Reuters)
    Reuters - Myriad Genetics Inc said it will stop developing its drug for Alzheimer's disease after a late-stage trial of the drug, Flurizan, failed to meet primary goals. -- read full article
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:35:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO urges countries to adopt smoking bans (Reuters)

    A man smokes a cigarette on a pavement in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri February 13, 2008. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)Reuters - Smoking bans are an effective way of preventing heart disease, getting cigarette users to quit and protecting children from second-hand smoke, a World Health Organization (WHO) report issued on Monday said.


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    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:12:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Transplant recipient completes Yosemite ascent (AP)

    This photo released by Kelly Perkins and  Serac Adventure Films, Kelly Perkins climbs Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, Calif on Saturday June 28, 2008. Heart transplant survivor Kelly Perkins has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago — a dangerous climb up a sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park's famed granite monolith. Perkins, 46, and her husband Craig, led by big-wall guide Scott Stowe, began the climb on Thursday and reached the top of the iconic, 8,842-foot-high dome on Saturday. (AP Photo/Courtesy Kelly Perkins and  Serac Adventure Films, Michael Brown)AP - A heart transplant survivor has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago — a dangerous 2 1/2-day climb up the sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park's famed granite monolith.


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    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:42:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Fast food chains ditch trans fats to meet NYC ban (AP)
    AP - Fast food restaurants have been changing their recipes to adapt to New York City's trans fat ban. Here are some of the menu overhauls at major chains: -- read full article
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:40:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    NYC keeps the cannoli but drops the trans fats (AP)

    Chef Franco Amati stuffs cannoli shells at the Ferrara Bakery in New York's Little Italy  Friday, June 27, 2008 in New York.  New York's trans fat ban, the first to be adopted by an American city, is expanding next month to include almost all prepared food sold to the public — in restaurants, bakeries, cafeterias, salad bars, food carts. It initially covered only cooking oils for things like french fries and fried chicken. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Making cannoli is serious business in New York. It's a dessert so tempting that even a hit man in the "Godfather" couldn't leave a box behind.


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    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:39:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Long-anticipated results from a trial on an experimental Alzheimer's therapy look promising, at least in a certain group of patients. -- read full article
    Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:46:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Long-anticipated results from a trial on an experimental Alzheimer's therapy look promising, at least in a certain group of patients. -- read full article
    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:01:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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