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Health minister: 100,000 swine flu cases in Argentina discuss this article
Buenos Aires - The number of swine flu cases in Argentina rose drastically on Friday, with the new government (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Suit: Toxic plane air sickens flight attendant discuss this article
The last time Terry Williams can remember being headache-free was in December. A chronic migraine has plagued her ever since. So have balance and vision problems, a tremor in her left arm, a prickly sensation in her feet and a loss of childhood memories. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Canada warns against H1N1 'parties' discuss this article
OTTAWA, July 3 (UPI) -- Canadian health officials are warning against suggestions circulating on the Internet of H1N1 "flu parties" to deliberately self-immunize against the virus. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Immigrant mom sees fruits of healthy baby food discuss this article
Agatha Achindu's life-changing career move started out simply enough -- she wanted a healthy baby. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Prostate cancer screening still unproven: report discuss this article
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - PSA blood tests are often used to screen men for prostate cancer, but there is still no good evidence that they cut death rates from the disease, a new review finds. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea discuss this article
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Mass transit noise may threaten passengers' hearing discuss this article
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Noise from public transportation, especially subways, may be loud enough to harm some passengers' hearing, a new study suggests. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Social factors influence neighborhood asthma rates discuss this article
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood asthma is less common in neighborhoods with high economic potential and strong community vitality, new research shows. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Long-term methotrexate appears safe in arthritis discuss this article
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In adults who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA), long-term treatment with methotrexate (MTX) appears safe, according to pooled data from 88 studies of patients with RA treated with only MTX for at least 2 years. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Multicomponent approach curbs urinary woes in men discuss this article
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An intervention including drug and behavior therapy may help curb frequent nighttime urination or "nocturia" in elderly men, researchers have found. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Drug curbs severe facial pain: study discuss this article
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a small study suggest that the drug pregabalin (sold as Lyrica) can reduce stabbing facial pain and other symptoms stemming from a condition called trigeminal neuralgia. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Patient Money: Weight Loss on a Sliding Financial Scale discuss this article
A dieter’s commitment to weight loss can sometimes be linked to how much money he or she is willing to spend. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By LESLEY ALDERMAN Tags: Weight Diet and Nutrition Medicine and Health New England Journal of Medicine Source Type: news

Pharmacist pay premium rejected discuss this article
Unions attack ministers' rejection of a proposal for a national recruitment and retention premium for junior pharmacists. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

With Online Training, You Can Run With Elite Coaches by Your Side discuss this article
I had already joined a local running group to begin gearing up for the Oct. 11 Chicago Marathon when Runner's World called to ask if I wanted to talk to Bart Yasso about the magazine's new online training program. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lenny Bernstein Tags: With Online Training, You Can Run Elite Coaches by Your Side Source Type: news

Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu found in Hong Kong discuss this article
Health officials in Hong Kong said are reporting on Friday a single instance in which a strain of the swine flu was found to be resistant to Tamiflu, the main antiviral drug used to treat the virus. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Could honeybee venom ease arthritis pain? discuss this article
A New Zealand company seeks EU approval to market honeybee venom to help people with arthritis ease their pain. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

U.S. parents think twice about sending kids to camp discuss this article
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Since its opening last week, camp counselors at New Jersey's Liberty Lake Day Camp disinfect door knobs, take the temperatures of children as they arrive and remind the campers not to share canned sodas. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Doctors say 'flu parties' not a good idea discuss this article
A disturbing new trend is reportedly growing that has infectious disease experts worried. They're called "swine flu parties" and are meant to help kids develop immunity against the illness. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swine flu death total rises to four discuss this article
A 19-year-old man was confirmed today as the first person in London to die after contracting swine flu. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

WATCH: Sunscreen Your Skin on the Fourth discuss this article
(Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can Real Men Admit They Are Depressed? discuss this article
Admitting they are depressed should be a sign of strength for men, not weakness. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Video: A Low Fat 4th of July discuss this article
Dr. Jennifer Ashton showed Maggie Rodriguez some great Independence Day grill choices that won't break your diet. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Maggot infestation hunt continues discuss this article
A search for the source of a maggot infestation at the Royal Children's Hospital in Aberdeen is continuing. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: North East/N Isles Source Type: news

Politico Examines Retraction, Resubmission Of HHS HIV Immigration Policy discuss this article
Politico's Blog "Under the Radar" explores the HHS' recent decision to revise documents submitted to the Federal Register regarding a change in HIV-related immigration policy. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

India To Provide Incentives For Medical Professionals To Work In Rural, Underserved Areas discuss this article
In an effort to encourage medical professionals to provide services to low-income rural populations in India, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announced an initiative that will significantly raise the salary of "doctors, specialists and para-medical staff" who elect to work in "rural, particularly far-flung and inaccessible areas," the Hindu reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news

Obama Presses Case For Health Reform discuss this article
President Barack Obama pitched his health reform proposal Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Annandale, Va., asking the public and Congress to deliver on health care reform. The Associated Press reports that Obama put "a human face" on health care reform by hugging a cancer patient, but gave few new details on his health care reform plans. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

HELP Democrats Draft New Bill With Public Plan And Employer Mandate That They Say Is Cheaper discuss this article
Democrats on a key Senate committee are readying a plan that has a government-run insurance option and a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to its employees, The Associated Press reports. "In a letter outlining the details, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

AMA President Calls For Congress' Insurance Plan For All Uninsured Americans discuss this article
While CNN reports that the American Medical Association's new president, J. James Rohack, is open to a government-funded health insurance option, others report that the system the AMA now endorses is not a public plan, but the heavily managed private plan that federal employees participate in. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

State Medicaid Coverage, Costs Grow In Maryland, Mississippi discuss this article
"A year into a new effort to expand health coverage, recession-weary Marylanders are flocking to the state's Medicaid program in numbers far greater than expected, costing the state $50 million more in the process," The Baltimore Sun reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news

Doctors And Nurses Facing Tough Choices discuss this article
Doctors and nurses consider job security and the differences between primary care and specialties when choosing their career paths.The Business Courier of Cincinnati reports on an increase in nursing: "The recession has people craving a safe harbor, and nursing is probably the closest thing to it. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news

New Georgia Law Allows Families To 'Adopt' Embryos discuss this article
A Georgia law (HB 388) that took effect on Wednesday allows state residents to "adopt" embryos created for fertility treatments, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (Gould Sheinin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7/1). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Fertility Source Type: news

More Women Seek Nonprescription Remedies For Menopause Symptoms discuss this article
Over-the-counter remedies for menopause symptoms are growing in popularity among some women who fear potential risks from prescription hormone replacement therapy, the New York Times reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Menopause Source Type: news

Fourth person dies of swine flu in Britain - first London case discuss this article
London - A 19-year-old male from London has become the fourth person in Britain to die from swine flu, (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lucky underpants discuss this article
The psychology of athletes' rituals (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Today Source Type: news

First swine flu death in London discuss this article
A 19-year-old man has died after contracting swine flu in London, health authorities confirm. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: London Source Type: news

Family of swine flu victim to sue Spanish hospitals discuss this article
Ceuta - The family of a young Moroccan woman who became the first H1N1 fatality on the European continent (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Michael Jackson Diet: What Did MJ Eat? discuss this article
Some speculate that the pop legend may have had an eating disorder. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CEO Of Black AIDS Institute Discusses HIV/AIDS At Newspaper Conference; Group Releases Report Examining HIV Testing In Black Community discuss this article
Phill Wilson, CEO of the Black AIDS Institute (BAI), last week addressed the annual convention of the National Newspapers Publishers Association where he discussed the reasons blacks "were so slow to grasp the severity of the threat" of HIV, the NNPA/Seattle Medium reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

UNAIDS Director Calls For G8 To Come Through On HIV/AIDS Funding Pledges discuss this article
Michel Sidibe, the executive director of UNAIDS, voiced concerns that wealthy nations who previously pledged to help Africa stop the spread of HIV/AIDS during the G8 summit four years ago, might instead use funds to bolster their own ailing economies, Reuters reports. "Before this financial crisis, the world came together and this solidarity helped put more than 3. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

Developing World Health Care Solutions Help Some U.S. Programs discuss this article
The Wall Street Journal examines how some U.S.-based health care programs are improving their treatment capabilities by learning from strategies used in developing countries. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

White House Reform Chief Was On Boards Of Health Companies With Suspect Practices discuss this article
Before taking her job as the White House health reform director, Nancy-Ann DeParle earned more than $6 million serving on the boards of major health care corporations, some of which were accused of fraud, mismanagement and regulatory violations during her tenure, the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University reports on MSNBC.com. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Health Care Reform: What Small Business Wants discuss this article
"As Congress prepares to do battle over health reform, a parallel dispute is shaping up among small-business groups that are staking out opposing positions on a key element of reform proposals: whether Uncle Sam will take on a bigger role in offering insurance coverage or leave the field to the private market," CNN Money reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Study Examines Cost, Benefits Of Extending Medicare Drug Use discuss this article
"A new large-scale study of medical records found that the extra cost of extending prescription coverage to Medicare enrollees was substantially offset by lower spending on other medical care for people who previously had limited or no prescription-drug coverage," The Wall Street Journal reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news

FDA Adds Strong Warnings To Anti-Smoking Drug Labels discuss this article
"The Food and Drug Administration announced (Wednesday) that it is requiring the smoking-cessation drugs Chantix and Zyban to carry the strongest type of safety warning possible to alert patients that the medications can cause serious mental health problems, including depression and suicide," the Washington Post reports (Stein, 7/1). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news

Today's Selection Of Opinions And Editorials discuss this article
The Patients Doctors Don't Know The New York Times All medical students are required to have clinical experiences in pediatrics and obstetrics, even though after they graduate most will never treat a child or deliver a baby. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Students / Training Source Type: news

Number Of Abortion Procedures Continues To Decline In Minnesota And Wisconsin discuss this article
The following summarizes news coverage of state abortion statistics in Minnesota and Wisconsin.~ Minnesota: The number of abortions performed in Minnesota decreased for the second consecutive year in 2008, according to an annual report from the state Department of Health, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news

Flu Virus Ill-Suited For Rapid Transmission, But Researchers Say New Strain Bears Watching, Could Mutate discuss this article
A team from MIT and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a genetic explanation for why the new H1N1 "swine flu" virus has spread from person to person less effectively than other flu viruses. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

Japan's first Tamiflu-resistance case reported discuss this article
Tokyo - The Japanese government has found the nation's first case of Tamiflu-resistance in a patient infected with (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swine flu discuss this article
England's chief medical officer will answer questions (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Have Your Say Source Type: news

Taiwan to hold 2nd bidding round for 5 million doses of flu vaccine discuss this article
Taipei - Taiwan will hold the second bidding round for the purchase of 5 million doses of flu (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - July 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news