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    New pollution limits seen for cars, big plants (AP)

    FILE - A Nov.15 2007, file photo of a line of cars climbing a hill  in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The EPA on Friday, April.17, 2009, declared that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases sent off by cars and many industrial plants 'endanger public health and welfare,' setting the stage for regulating them under federal clean air laws.  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma,file )AP - Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits after a government declaration Friday setting the stage for the first federal regulation of gases blamed for global warming.


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    Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:14:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New Drug Being Tested for Pancreatic Cancer (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug appeared to reduce pancreatic cancer growth in laboratory tests, according to researchers from the drug's maker, Amgen. -- read full article
    Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:48:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Tough Laws, Higher Prices Mean Fewer Kids Smoke (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- American adolescents who live in states that comply with tobacco sales laws are less likely to pick up a smoking habit than are those who live where the laws are not vigorously enforced, a new study has found. -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:49:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Symptoms of Celiac Disease in Adults (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Celiac disease makes your body intolerant to a protein called gluten, which is found in foods including wheat, rye and barley products. It can also be found in some vitamins, lip balms and medications. -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:49:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    NIH: New rules will ease, not end stem-cell limits (AP)
    AP - When President Barack Obama eased limits on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, the big question became how far scientists could go. Friday, the government answered: They must use cells culled from fertility clinic embryos that otherwise would be thrown away. -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:21:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    EPA finds greenhouse gases pose a danger to health (AP)
    AP - The EPA on Friday declared that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases sent off by cars and many industrial plants "endanger public health and welfare," setting the stage for regulating them under federal clean air laws. -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:22:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Writing About Values Boosts Grades for Middle Schoolers (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- When children write about their values, these self-affirmation exercises can help boost grades, new research suggests. -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:49:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: April 16, 2009 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:49:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Less Than Half of Young Women Screened for Chlamydia (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- A nationwide assessment of screening data finds that while rates of testing for sexually transmitted chlamydia have risen since 2000, more than 50 percent of young, sexually active U.S. women still do not get screened. -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:49:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health advocates tout new model of female condom (AP)

    This undated photo provided by the VFemale Health Co. shows an FC2 Female Condom piece. Advocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. The FC2 is made from synthetic rubber rather than polyurethane, allowing for a less costly manufacturing process. The cost per condom is expected to drop by at least one-third, possibly more, enabling health organizations to distribute many millions more than at present. (AP Photo/Female Health Co.)AP - Advocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. An early version of the female condom was introduced in 1993, and it remains the only available woman-initiated form of protection against both STDs and unintended pregnancy.


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    Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:05:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New Technology Allows Better Monitoring of Cancer Cells (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new imaging technology could help improve the tracking of changes in cancer cells, according to researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine. -- read full article
    Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:48:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Antidepressants underused in the elderly: study (Reuters)
    Reuters - The results of a postmortem toxicology study indicate that elderly people who commit suicide usually do not have antidepressant medications in their systems at the time of death. -- read full article
    Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:31:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Writing About Values Boosts Grades for Middle Schoolers (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- When children write about their values, these self-affirmation exercises can help boost grades, new research suggests. -- read full article
    Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:03:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    U.N.: Poor prisons creating health, social time-bomb (Reuters)
    Reuters - HIV spread through drug abuse is rampant in overcrowded prisons across the world, posing a health risk to society when infected inmates are released, the head of the U.N. drugs and crimes agency said on Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:05:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Less Than Half of Young Women Screened for Chlamydia (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- A nationwide assessment of screening data finds that while rates of testing for sexually transmitted chlamydia have risen since 2000, more than 50 percent of young, sexually active U.S. women still do not get screened. -- read full article
    Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:03:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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