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    Online Genetic Testing Appears to Have Benefits (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Online genetic testing for lung cancer appears to offer some benefits to patients, according to U.S. researchers who evaluated the use of an online test among 44 smokers. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:48:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Web-based game educates HIV-positive teens (Reuters)
    Reuters - A Web-based game could help educate teenagers with HIV infection on how to avoid transmitting the virus, a pilot study suggests. -- read full article
    Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:06:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Government moves to staunch massive Medicare fraud (Reuters)
    Reuters - Since 2006, U.S. taxpayers have paid nearly $155,000 to send home health nurses to inject twice-daily insulin shots for an elderly, diabetic Miami man. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:47:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Repeated use of antibiotics to treat acute ear infections in young children increases the risk of recurrent ear infections by 20 percent, according to researchers in the Netherlands who called for more prudent use of antibiotics in young children. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:03:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: July 1, 2009 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:03:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S. (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- The rates of adult obesity in the United States increased in 23 states during the past year and did not decrease in any state. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:03:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Ill. cancer researcher wins $500K genetics prize (AP)
    AP - An 84-year-old University of Chicago researcher has won a half-million-dollar genetics prize for her pioneering work in showing that cancer is a genetic disease. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:17:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA reviewing safety of Sanofi's Lantus insulin (AP)
    AP - The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it is reviewing data on the safety of Lantus, a synthetic insulin made by Sanofi-Aventis SA. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:48:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Gene variants linked to higher schizophrenia risk (AP)
    AP - A handful of typos in a mysterious region of the human genetic code are connected to a slightly higher risk of schizophrenia, new studies show. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:03:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA requires Chantix, Zyban to have warning (AP)

    FILE - In this June 11, 2009 file photo, a customer at the Red Key Taven in Indianapolis lights a cigarette. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 said it will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety warning over side effects including depression and suicidal thoughts. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, file)AP - The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety warning over side effects including depression and suicidal thoughts.


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    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:39:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Mississippi fattest, obesity rises in 23 states (AP)

    Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File)AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.


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    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:29:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Jackson's hospital is known for 'raising the dead' (AP)

    Dr. Gerald Buckberg, a cardiac surgeon at UCLA, poses next to a computer display in his office at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 30, 2009. The screen shows an illustration of how a heart-lung machine is used in an emergency room setting to keep blood and oxygen moving through the body. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - When Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest, rescuers took him to a place known for bringing the dead back to life. A world-renowned surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center has pioneered a way to revive people that most doctors would have long written off, including a woman whose heart had stopped for 2 1/2 hours.


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    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:28:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Comic Strip Aims to Educate Families About Diabetes (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- The syndicated comic strip "Baldo" will feature a storyline on diabetes in order to boost awareness about prevention and treatment of the disease among Hispanics. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:48:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Obama urges Americans get tested for HIV (AFP)

    US President Barack Obama, seen here on June 23, 3009, on Saturday urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.


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    Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:56:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Teens' idea of death risk linked with behavior (Reuters)
    Reuters - A sizable minority of adolescents believe they are likely to die at a young age, and this perception is a powerful predictor of involvement in high risk behaviors and poor health outcomes, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics. -- read full article
    Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:37:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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