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    Clinical Trials Update: June 30, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:46:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Population-Based Strategy Urged to Cut U.S. Obesity Rate (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Reducing the high rate of obesity in the United States requires a comprehensive, population-based strategy, says a new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement. -- read full article
    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:46:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Bush administration delaying Medicare fee cut (AP)

    President Bush listens to a question from the audience as he speaks about the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit in Sun City Center, Florida, May 9, 2006. REUTERS/Jason ReedAP - 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.


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    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:56:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Medication managers, drug stores merge networks (AP)
    AP - The drug store and pharmacy benefit management industries on Tuesday will announce a combination of their information systems in order to boost electronic prescribing by physicians. -- read full article
    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:15:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Surprising fact: Half of gun deaths are suicides (AP)

    Semi-automatic handguns and revolvers are seen on top of a glass display case at John Jovino Co. on Thursday, June 26, 2008 in New York. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled  earlier in the day that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense - the justices' first major pronouncement on gun control in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.


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    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:18:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    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
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