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    Clinical Trials Update: May 14, 2009 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: -- read full article
    Thu, 14 May 2009 18:03:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Drug firm offering free Lipitor, Viagra, other drugs for jobless (AP)

    FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, a sign at Pfizer world headquarters is shown in New York. IDrugmaker Pfizer Inc. is unveiling a new program Thursday, May 14, 2009, that will let people who have lost their jobs and health insurance keep taking their Pfizer medications — for free, and for up to a year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Pfizer Inc. says it will provide 70 of its most widely prescribed prescription drugs — including Lipitor and Viagra — for free to people who have lost their jobs and health insurance.


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    Thu, 14 May 2009 14:29:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    House Democrats consider aid for health insurance (AP)

    The Senate Finance committee hearing on overhauling the heath care system on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. From left are, Robert Greenstein, executive director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Leonard Burman,director, Tax Policy Center, Urban Institute; Katherine Baicker, professor of Health Economics, Harvard School of Public Health; Joseph R. Antos, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute; and Stuart H. Altman, professor of National Heath Policy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - House Democrats are looking at big health care changes, including federal aid to help families earning up to $88,000 pay for insurance and a requirement that all must carry coverage.


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    Thu, 14 May 2009 15:10:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO meets on production of swine flu vaccine (AP)

    A Filipino doctor wearing protective suit works on test samples for the swine flu virus inside a laboratory at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in suburban Alabang, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday May 14, 2009. Despite being a swine flu-free country, health officials have issued guidelines for public gatherings to block the entry or spread of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus into the country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - As swine flu cases topped 6,600 worldwide, vaccine makers and other experts met Thursday at the World Health Organization to discuss the tough decisions that must be made quickly to fight the evolving virus.


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    Thu, 14 May 2009 18:48:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Probiotics may help ward off postpartum obesity (Reuters)
    Reuters - Pregnant women who take probiotic supplements starting in the first trimester are less likely to develop central obesity after they've given birth, according to a new study. -- read full article
    Fri, 08 May 2009 20:36:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    America's Top Allergy Capitals (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Louisville, Ky., is the most challenging place to live for people with spring allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America's 2009 list of top 100 Spring Allergy Capitals. -- read full article
    Thu, 07 May 2009 03:48:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Cardiac anomalies seen in poorly controlled diabetes (Reuters)
    Reuters - Girls with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes are more likely to have structural and functional cardiac abnormalities than are their healthy peers or even girls with type 1 diabetes, according to a study in of Diabetes Care. -- read full article
    Wed, 13 May 2009 19:28:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    More Single Women Are Having Babies (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- The number of unmarried women having children has risen sharply in the United States and several other countries, according to U.S. health officials. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 May 2009 03:50:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Prior Cervical Dysplasia May Boost Cancer's Return (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Women previously treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) are at higher risk for recurrence of severe CIN and invasive cervical cancer than women who haven't been diagnosed with CIN, a new U.S. study suggests. -- read full article
    Wed, 13 May 2009 03:48:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Healthy Behaviors Slow Functional Decline After Cancer (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- A home-based diet and exercise program slowed the decline of physical function in older, overweight cancer survivors, new research has found. -- read full article
    Wed, 13 May 2009 03:48:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Medicare's 'No' on Virtual Colonoscopy Stirs Expert Debate (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare and Medicaid's decision Tuesday not to pay for a less invasive colon exam known as virtual colonoscopy has some experts applauding the move, while others claim it could cost patients' lives. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 May 2009 03:50:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Wear Your Seat Belt During Pregnancy (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- As a mom-to-be who is driving a car or a passenger, you're buckling up for two. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 May 2009 03:50:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: May 13, 2009 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Thu, 14 May 2009 03:50:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Productivity Takes a Hit From Obesity, Diabetes (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Obese workers with diabetes are less productive than their normal-weight co-workers, says a U.S. study. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 May 2009 03:50:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Chicago City Council approves BPA baby bottle ban (AP)
    AP - Chicago on Wednesday became the first U.S. city to adopt a ban on the sale of baby bottles and sippy cups containing the chemical BPA. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 May 2009 03:09:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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