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    Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- A chemically modified form of interferon improves the chances that melanoma patients will survive and have no recurrence of the skin cancer, according to a new report. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:08:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New genetic mutation tied to Alzheimer's disease (Reuters)
    Reuters - Scientists have found evidence that a mutation in a gene called CALHM1 that results in abnormal calcium signaling influences the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects early 18 million people in the world. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:44:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Repeat TB test urged for kids adopted from overseas (Reuters)
    Reuters - Children adopted from overseas may harbor tuberculosis infection even if they test negative for TB upon arriving on US soil, a new report warns. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:41:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: July 11, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:08:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    ED from prostate cancer hormone therapy treatable (Reuters)
    Reuters - A new study shows that a substantial minority of men receiving so-called androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT, for prostate cancer experience erectile dysfunction (ED). However, many respond well to ED therapy, doctors from Memphis have found. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:47:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New pharma ethics rules eliminate gifts and meals (AP)
    AP - Drug company sales representatives will have to stop doling out coffee mugs and pens that push their products when they visit doctor's offices. But they can still sneak in the occasional free lunch. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:28:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, are increasing sharply among younger women in the United States, but not among younger men, a new study says. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:46:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Empathy comes naturally to children: study (Reuters)
    Reuters - When children see others in pain, their brains respond as if it were happening to them, U.S. researchers said on Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:34:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    A Young Life Lost to Prescription Drug Abuse (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- In 2006, when he was 17, Harrison Neal of Tulsa, Okla., died in his sleep after knowingly ingesting prescription drugs meant for someone else. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:46:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Hospital says its pharmacy error led to infant ODs (AP)
    AP - A hospital in Corpus Christi said Thursday that a mixing error that led to a blood thinner overdose in as many as 17 infants was caused by its pharmacy. Two of the babies involved have died. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:23:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    AMA apologizes to black doctors for past racism (AP)
    AP - Transplant surgeon Clive Callender has hurtful memories of being the only black doctor at medical meetings in the 1970s, met with stark silence when he pleaded for better access to transplant organs for blacks. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:27:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    More suspects in frustrating salmonella probe (AP)

    Tomatoes are offered for sale at Eastern Market on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. More than 1,000 people across the United States have been struck with salmonella in an outbreak that has US health authorities eyeing raw tomatoes, chili peppers and cilantro used in salsa, the Food and Drug Administration said.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - Think of your favorite recipe for salsa. Three common ingredients now are suspects in the salmonella poisonings that have become the nation's largest foodborne outbreak in at least a decade.


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    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:30:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, are increasing sharply among younger women in the United States, but not among younger men, a new study says. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:02:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New Clues to Autism's Cause (Time.com)
    Time.com - Research points to learning-related genes as a contributor to autism and suggests that early intervention in children can help fix genetic defects -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:20:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Pfizer argues against epilepsy drug warning (Reuters)
    Reuters - Pfizer Inc said its epilepsy drugs do not increase the risk of suicidal behavior and should be exempt from tougher warnings being sought for similar medications, despite concerns from U.S. health regulators. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:30:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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