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    Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Quick tumor removal and immunotherapy can reverse the progress of a newly recognized neurological disease called anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis (ANRE), a new study says. -- read full article
    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:02:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines for Youngsters Doubled (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The leading children's medical organization in the United States on Monday announced that it has doubled the amount of vitamin D recommended for infants, children and adolescents. -- read full article
    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:02:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 13, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:02:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    China dairy sued over infant's toxic milk death (AP)

    In this July 3, 2007, file photo, a worker selects the daily product at the production line at Wahaha's factory in Hangzhou, China. Chinese beverage maker Wahaha Group is considering buying dairy assets from Sanlu Group, the milk maker at the heart of a scandal over milk tainted with an industrial chemical, reports said Monday October 13, 2008.  Wahaha spokesman Shan Qining said he could not confirm the reports citing the company's chairman, Zong Qinghou, as saying he wants to buy a milk powder production line from Sanlu. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)AP - The family of a baby whose death has been blamed on toxic milk filed suit against one of China's largest dairies Monday, while another dairy ensnared in the scandal said it was a victim of unscrupulous subcontractors.


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    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:28:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    EU tells music lovers to turn down MP3 players (AP)
    AP - The European Union told music lovers Monday to turn down the volume of MP3 players, saying they risk permanent hearing loss from listening too long at maximum levels. -- read full article
    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:44:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations for children (AP)

    Today, the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) launches a new consumer education campaign with the help of money expert Suze Orman to remind Americans that milk is a nutritional bargain when compared to other beverages. At about 25 cents per 8 ounce glass, on a gallon basis, milk offers more nutrients per penny than almost any other beverage option in the supermarket -- providing key vitamins and minerals like calcium and vitamin D that are important for the entire family. Visit whymilk.com for more info.  (PRNewsFoto/MilkPEP)AP - The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.


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    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:44:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    China milk scandal companies apologize (Reuters)

    A child suffering from kidney stones receives treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province October 10, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Three Chinese dairy companies have publicly apologized for their involvement in a toxic milk scandal that has killed at least four children and led to Chinese-made products pulled from shelves around the world.


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    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:04:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations (AP)

    Today, the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) launches a new consumer education campaign with the help of money expert Suze Orman to remind Americans that milk is a nutritional bargain when compared to other beverages. At about 25 cents per 8 ounce glass, on a gallon basis, milk offers more nutrients per penny than almost any other beverage option in the supermarket -- providing key vitamins and minerals like calcium and vitamin D that are important for the entire family. Visit whymilk.com for more info.  (PRNewsFoto/MilkPEP)AP - The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.


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    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:41:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Two more genes linked to common skin cancer (Reuters)
    Reuters - Scientists have found two new genetic variations that appear to increase the risk of the most common skin cancer among people of European descent. -- read full article
    Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:04:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    AIDS vaccine focus shifts after disappointments (Reuters)

    A note (L) is placed under a candle during an AIDS International Candlelight Memorial in Belgrade May 18, 2008. (Marko Djurica/Reuters)Reuters - A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the HIV virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of disappointments.


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    Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:17:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears (AP)

    In this June 5, 2008 file photo,  chickens look out of their pen in a downtown neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia. When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. out of fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it 'the nuttiest thing' he'd ever heard. Yet buried deep inside an 86-page supplement to U.S. export regulations is a single sentence barring U.S. exports of vaccines for avian bird flu for the same reason.   (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyiah, File)AP - When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.


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    Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:14:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Racial Disparities Exist in Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks and the poor have worse outcomes when it comes to head and neck cancer, researchers say. -- read full article
    Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:48:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Older Diabetics With Depression Face Higher Death Rate (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- In a group of Medicare beneficiaries who have diabetes, being depressed was associated with a higher death rate, according to a new study. -- read full article
    Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:48:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Using chemotherapy alone, and delaying or avoiding radiation altogether, may be effective in treating children with inoperable or progressive low-grade glioma brain tumors, according to a multi-institutional study. -- read full article
    Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:48:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 10, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:48:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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