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    Miami VA: Steps taken to prevent contamination (AP)
    AP - The top Veterans Affairs official in Miami said Tuesday she has taken steps locally to prevent the kind of problems that exposed patients to contaminated medical equipment at VA hospitals in three states. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 May 2009 20:14:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Tax health care to pay for health care? (AP)
    AP - Most people with job-based health insurance don't think of their benefits as a form of income. But Uncle Sam might just change that. -- read full article
    Wed, 13 May 2009 07:03:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Medicare won't cover 'virtual colonoscopy' (AP)
    AP - Medicare won't pay for the so-called virtual colonoscopy procedure, concluding Tuesday that there's inadequate evidence to support the cheaper, less intrusive alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy. -- read full article
    Wed, 13 May 2009 02:18:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Flu drug advised for pregnant women with swine flu (AP)
    AP - Pregnant women should take prescription flu medicines if they are diagnosed with the new swine flu, health officials said Tuesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 13 May 2009 03:29:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO urges restraint on Tamiflu in swine flu cases (AP)

    A Chinese security guard wearing a protective mask as a precaution against swine flu guards the entrance of a hotel designated as a quarantine facility for those who have been in contact with swine flu cases in  Beijing , China, Tuesday, May 12, 2009.  China's Health Ministry says authorities have found and quarantined most of the passengers who flew with the mainland's first case of swine flu. Mainland China's first swine flu patient, a 30-year-old student surnamed Bao who had just returned from the United States. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - With swine flu still spreading, the U.N. health agency is warning countries to limit their use of antiviral drugs to only high-risk patients to ensure adequate supplies in case the virus should mutate and become more dangerous.


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    Wed, 13 May 2009 07:34:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Economic woes hurt U.S. Medicare, Social Security (Reuters)

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner attends the Western Hemisphere Ministers Roundtable at the Treasury department in Washington April 25, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - The U.S. economic recession has taken a toll on the financial strength of Social Security and Medicare retirement and health programs for the elderly, a government report released on Tuesday showed.


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    Tue, 12 May 2009 18:54:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO: Europe uses more drugs against swine flu (AP)

    This handout photo from the World Health Organisation (WHO) taken on May 5, 2009 shows boxes of the antiviral drug Tamiflu being loaded at Roche's distribution center in Kaiseraugst. Development of a swine flu vaccine was partly triggered by evidence that seasonal influenza strains are developing resistance to antiviral drug Tamiflu, a World Health Organisation expert said Tuesday.(AFP/WHO)AP - Europe's heavy use of antiviral medication against swine flu does not appear to be creating drug resistance but countries should follow the lead of Mexico and the United States and target the medicine to patients most at risk, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.


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    Tue, 12 May 2009 18:10:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Worry over weight: Poll finds health disconnect (AP)

    An overweight child walks alongside her mother. Over-eating, not a lack of exercise, is to blame for the American obesity epidemic, a new study claimed Friday, warning that physical activity could not fully compensate for excess calories.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Tim Boyle)AP - Scan the breathless headlines at any magazine rack — Fight Flab in Minutes! Get Beach Ready! Add the skinny yet buxom model, and it should be no surprise that the average woman feels insecure if not downright unhappy with her real-world figure.


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    Tue, 12 May 2009 07:10:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA takes issue with Cheerios health claims (AP)
    AP - Federal regulators are scolding the maker of Cheerios, saying it made inappropriate claims about the popular cereal's ability to lower cholesterol and treat heart disease. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 May 2009 15:14:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Mexico: worst over despite rise in flu death toll (AP)

    A Chinese security guard wearing a protective mask as a precaution against swine flu guards the entrance of a hotel designated as a quarantine facility for those who have been in contact with swine flu cases in  Beijing , China, Tuesday, May 12, 2009.  China's Health Ministry says authorities have found and quarantined most of the passengers who flew with the mainland's first case of swine flu. Mainland China's first swine flu patient, a 30-year-old student surnamed Bao who had just returned from the United States. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - European countries have been using antiviral drugs much more aggressively than the United States and Mexico to combat swine flu — a difference in strategy that could have a big impact as the virus that is already linked to 63 deaths spreads around the planet.


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    Tue, 12 May 2009 19:01:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Senators weigh tax hikes to pay for health care (AP)

    Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa., right, presides over the committee's hearing on overhauling the heath care system, Tuesday, May 12, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Senators are considering limiting — but not eliminating — the tax-free status of employer-provided health benefits to help pay for President Barack Obama's overhaul plan and provide coverage to 50 million uninsured Americans.


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    Tue, 12 May 2009 19:00:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Miami VA: Steps taken to prevent contamination (AP)
    AP - The top Veterans Affairs official in Miami said Tuesday she has taken steps locally to prevent the kind of problems that exposed patients to contaminated medical equipment at VA hospitals in three states. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 May 2009 18:57:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Flu drug advised for pregnant women with swine flu (AP)
    AP - U.S. health officials are advising pregnant women to take prescription flu medicines if they are diagnosed with the new swine flu. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 May 2009 17:55:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    More Cancer Tests Mean More False-Positive Results (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- The more cancer screening tests you undergo, the higher your risk of having at least one false-positive result, researchers say. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 May 2009 03:49:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Seniors Often Misstate Stroke History (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - MONDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- Many seniors who've had a stroke fail to report that fact, say researchers who recommend the use of MRI scans rather than patient self-reporting to determine stroke history. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 May 2009 03:49:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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