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Drug resistant H1N1 found in U.S. and U.K.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Epidemic experts have launched an investigation of four Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases at Duke University Medical Center to ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Drug resistant swine flu found in N.C. hospitalemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Epidemic experts have launched an investigation of four Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases at Duke University Medical Center to ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ex-smoker to speak out about $300M verdictemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A former smoker in Fort Lauderdale is speaking out about her $300 million verdict against Philip Morris. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New guidelines: Women can get Pap smears every two yearsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that is enough ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Last year's flu shot may help ward off swine flu, study showsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
People who received last year's seasonal flu vaccine may have gained some protection against the swine flu virus, according to ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

P&G recalls Vicks nasal spray after bacteria foundemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Procter & Gamble Co. is recalling some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after the company found bacteria in some ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tobacco state's biggest university bans smokingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The largest university in the tobacco-growing state of Kentucky and home to a tobacco research center is banning all smoking ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kate Moss criticized after skinny-is-good remarkemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Campaigners against eating disorders criticized Kate Moss Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on pro-anorexia ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in Chinaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mammogram coverage won't change, companies sayemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Insurance companies contacted by USA TODAY say they will continue paying for providing annual mammograms, despite new guidelines. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

HHS to warn consumers of flu drug price gougingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Department of Health and Human Services will issue consumer warnings about price variations for a scarce liquid form of the ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CT heart scan finds blockage faster than standard methodemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A rapid CT scan of the heart may provide doctors with a more efficient way to diagnose blocked arteries in people complaining ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Movie theater popcorn: You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll get fat!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Here's some news that may send moviegoers reeling: Theater popcorn is often loaded with calories and artery-clogging saturated ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Americans seem angry a lot, but it's all in the managementemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Psychologists say it's normal to get angry. It's a basic human emotion, they say. But more and more, we see people losing their ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sebelius: mammograms still vital in saving livesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Prices for H1N1 drug Tamiflu vary widely for same doseemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Some pharmacies are charging three times what others are for a scarce liquid form of the H1N1 drug Tamiflu used by children, ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

H1N1, asthma can be a dire combination in childrenemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The day before Halloween, T.J. Berndsen had what his parents believed was a little asthma flare-up. By Halloween night, he felt ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

H1N1, asthma a dire combination in kidsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The day before Halloween, T.J. Berndsen had what his parents believed was a little asthma flare-up. By Halloween night, he felt ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mummy's CT scans show heart disease came before fast foodemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Lady Rai, a nursemaid to an Egyptian queen who lived three centuries before the reign of Pharaoh Ramses I, suffered from heart ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

With ARBs, a bigger dose is better for heart failure patientsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A new study suggests that thousands of heart failure deaths and hospitalizations may be averted with higher doses of a critical ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AP: Senate weighs long-term care programemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Better not cough: Santas lobby for swine flu shotsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Don't blame fast food: Mummies had heart diseaseemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rising obesity will cost U.S. health care $344 billion a yearemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
If Americans continue to pack on pounds, obesity will eat up about 21% of health-care spending, says the first analysis to estimate ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rising obesity will cost U.S. health care $344 billion a yearemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
If Americans continue to pack on pounds, obesity will eat up about 21% of health-care spending, says the first analysis to estimate ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Q&A: The new mammogram recommendationsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
USA TODAY's Liz Szabo asked experts to explain the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on breast cancer screening. ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Blood supply not affected by H1N1email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The H1N1 pandemic doesn't seem to have had much of an impact on the nation's blood supply. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kudzu compound could help alcoholics quit drinkingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An ingredient derived from the vine noted for gobbling up native Southeast landscapes could help treat alcoholism, according ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Book tells why Mom is tickled pink to have a little redheademail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
They say that if you have curly hair, you want straight. If you have brown hair, you want blond. But redheads are happy just ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Even a small study on Zetia, Vytorin makes a big impactemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
It isn't often that a study involving a couple of hundred people shakes up medical science. But that's what happened Monday. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Q& A: The new mammogram recommendationsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
USA TODAY's Liz Szabo asked experts to explain the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on breast cancer screening. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Immigrant seekers won't have to get HPV vaccineemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Immigrant girls and women will no longer have to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus to get their permanent U.S. ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Answering questions about the new mammogram guidelinesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
USA TODAY's Liz Szabo asked experts to explain the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force mammogram recommendations on breast ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Report: Mammograms may not be needed until age 50email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Most women don't need to get routine mammograms until they reach age 50, according to a controversial new report. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Half of teens say they've used cellphone while drivingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
About half of teens ages 16 and 17 who have cellphones say they have talked on the phone while driving, and about third of those ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Quitters get a shot in the arm with smoking vaccineemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Researchers are investigating whether the same approach used to prevent infectious diseases could treat addictions to such drugs ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Your Health: Light smokers could need help quitting, tooemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Some smoke just a few cigarettes each day. Others smoke only on weekends, with certain friends or in certain places. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New study casts more doubt on cholesterol drugs Vytorin, Zetiaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The blockbuster cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia suffered a major setback Sunday when doctors released the results of a study. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New study casts more doubt on drugs Vytorin, Zetiaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The blockbuster cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia suffered a major setback Sunday when doctors released the results of a study. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FDA backs off oyster ban after strong criticismemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Facing fierce resistance, the Obama administration on Friday backed off a plan to ban sales of raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FDA questions safety of alcoholic energy drinksemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Q&A: Abortion issue and health care billemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A ban on abortion coverage in the health care legislation passed by the House of Representatives is being interpreted in different ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Experts: Placebo effect behind many 'natural' curesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. reports largest mumps outbreak in 3 yearsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
U.S. health officials say the largest U.S. outbreak of mumps in three years is occurring in New York and New Jersey. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Children's hospitals object to proposed funding reductionsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The nation's children's hospitals are lobbying Congress to change a provision in the pending health care legislation that industry ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swine flu has killed 540 kids, sickened 22 million Americansemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Swine flu has swept through about 22 million Americans between April and October, killing an estimated 3,900 people, including ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CDC: Swine flu sickened 22M in U.S.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Government health officials say swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news