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News Headlines: February 1, 2009 - February 28, 2009
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Friday, February 27
• Men With BRCA Gene Mutations Unaware of Cancer Risks
• Emotional stress may raise older adults' fall risk
• Obama's health budget raises hopes, worries
• Biomarker for fatal prostate cancer found
• Views on Old Age May Become Reality Later
• Overweight Russia prescribed 'crisis diet'
• 'Massive anti-polio drive' launched in West Africa
• Health Tip: Prevent Your Children From Choking
• Obama calls for generic biotech drugs
• Discovery could help adults grow new teeth when their own wear out
Thursday, February 26
• FDA slaps warning on heartburn drug tied to spasms
• Alzheimer's Plaques More Complex Than Thought
• Research reveals some of Alzheimer's secrets
• Study: Old drugs might give TB a 1-2 punch
• Finding genes that make teeth grow all in a row
• Yoga May Bring Calm to Breast Cancer Treatment
• Diet, exercise could cut cancer rates by third
• What's the Best Diet? Eating Less Food
• Health Tip: Does Your Child Have an Ear Infection?
• Clean living could cut third of many cancers
• Survey: Health care cost keeps the doctor away
Wednesday, February 25
• Study: Some prenatal vitamins lack enough iodine
•  Sebelius: No meetings with Obama about HHS position
• Kansas school wins Cigna's health competition
• Women's fertile lifespan linked to Parkinson's risk
• Study: Big regional differences in Medicare costs
• Low-carb? Low-fat? Study finds calories count more
• Obama cancer cure vow requires more funds: experts
• Scientists Spot New Clue to Alzheimer's
• Dentists wary of salon teeth-whitening treatments
• Tests confirm salmonella at Texas peanut plant
• Panel: Adopting from abroad? Get hepatitis A shot
• The Ethical and Legal Implications of Octuplets
• Tests Might Diagnose, Predict Prostate Cancer
• Work May Not Be Best for Young Kids
• Obesity Just as Risky for Teens as Heavy Smoking
Tuesday, February 24
• Just being overweight can shorten lifespan: study
• Drugs May Help Healthy Men Lower Prostate Cancer Risk
• Diabetes Linked to Depression During and After Pregnancy
• Experts promote baldness drug for prostate cancer
• Diabetic pregnant women at risk for depression
• More evidence links alcohol, cancer in women
• Doctors back wider consideration of prostate drug
• Calcium cuts colon cancer risk: study
• Infertile men risk testicular cancer: study
• Octomom fell fast from Miracle Mom to punch line
• US milk company defends safety record in China
Monday, February 23
• Survey: Generation X feels unprepared for long-term health care
• Commonwealth Fund offers ideas to fix health care industry
• Urine test may tell of breast cancer's spread
• How heart handles anger predicts irregular beat
• Study finds infertility-testicular cancer link
• Moving nation from sick care toward wellness care
• Study: Taking B vitamins can prevent vision loss
• Calcium tied to lower cancer risk in older people
• More patient information may not lead to best care
• Childhood abuse damages genes, study finds
• Justice Ginsburg returns after cancer surgery
• Cannibalistic Rattlesnakes Eat Dead Offspring
• Rabies kills 82 children in Angola
• Media Influences Cancer Care
• Are Internet-Addicted Kids More Violent?
• Advances for Alzheimer's, Outside the Lab
• North Dakota nurse to lead health centers agency
Sunday, February 22
• AP IMPACT: Most fertility clinics break the rules
• Scientists May Have New Way to Fight the Flu
• Mouse study sheds light on obesity gene
Friday, February 20
• Sebelius emerges as top HHS pick
• Study: Most fertility clinics break rules on embryo implantation
• Scientists Gain Insight Into Blood Cancer's Progression
• Few Stroke Patients Get Clot-Busting Drug
• Sweden to allow non-prescription drugs in stores
• Bill Clinton, Health Groups to Tackle Childhood Obesity
• Cherry-flavored malaria drug launched for kids
• Growing HIV rates among gay, bisexual men in Asia
• British study points to peanut allergy treatment
• Ending prostate PSA test safe for most elderly men
• British clinical trial yields success with nut allergies
Thursday, February 19
• Humana supports arts with grant
• Stress May Speed Melanoma Progression
• Peanut product recalls
• Drug abuse among U.S. teenagers drops: U.N.
• Value of Brain Exercises Questioned
• Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans each year
• Malaria: Spoonful of sugar could save thousands of children
• Obesity, Lack of Insurance Take Toll on Young Americans
• If Parents Had Alzheimer's, Aging May Come Early
• Health Tip: Keeping Your Children Warm in Winter
• Scientists link mutations to cancer survival times
• China probes "mystery" kidney stones in children
Wednesday, February 18
• FDA advisers set vaccine for 2009-2010 flu season
• Humana Military joins DoD ethics organization
• Blue Cross awards grant to Florida literacy initiative
• Benefits of teleconferencing
• Gene test helps set accurate blood thinner dose
• Alzheimer's may hijack chemical mechanism
• Formal "brain exercise" won't help healthy seniors
• Cancer Death Rates Decline Among Blacks, But Disparities Linger
• Susan Hibbert, witness to German surrender, dies
• Nausea Drug Shows Promise Against Opioid Addiction
• Report: FDA scaled back enforcement at labs
• AIDS becomes China's deadliest infectious disease
• ICUs see big drop in dangerous staph superbugs
• Report: Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy
Tuesday, February 17
• Blue Cross helps victims of Kentucky ice storm
• Treatment effectiveness to be compared
• Sebelius closer to HHS nomination?
• Test may find hidden colorectal cancers: study
• Few women follow pre-pregnancy recommendations
• Menopause Drug Tied to Breast Cancer Recurrence
• Menopause drug linked to breast cancer relapse: study
• Appeals court upholds NYC's calories-on-menus rule
• Parkinson's disease and melanoma may be linked
• Octuplets' grandmother conciliatory in interview
• Eye Problems, Hearing Loss May Be Linked
• Doctors' Guide to Cancer Drugs May Need Revising
• British reality star's cancer sparks rise in tests
• No joy in this cooking — recipes can make you fat
Monday, February 16
• Poll: More Americans in favor of expanding Medicare
• Nevada's Blue Cross donated $19,000 last year
• EHR proves beneficial in Arizona cancer clinic
• Blue Cross' grants to help more than 16,600 Michigan children
• Cigna to help customers calculate medical costs
• Leukemia patients treated with arsenic, vitamin A
• Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock
• Add More Facts to Drug Ads, Experts Urge
• Kids' cholesterol study reassuring, doctors say
• Hodgkin's Survivors Prone to Breast Cancer Later
• Prenatal Exposure to Traffic Pollution May Lead to Asthma
• Push is on to tailor cancer care to tumor's genes
Sunday, February 15
• Decoy molecules drive cancer cells to suicide: study
• China launches campaign to break sex taboos
• Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention
Saturday, February 14
• Drug giant pledges cheap medicine for the poor: report
• Men Must Contend With a Biological Clock, Too
Friday, February 13
• VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure
• Moms offer sober reality check on multiple births
• No spread of cancer for Supreme Court's Ginsburg
• Loss of height linked to breathlessness in elderly
• Estrogen tied to restless legs during pregnancy
• Ginsburg released from hospital after cancer surgery
• Youth mental illness costs U.S. billions
• Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids
• Survey: peanut recall known but misunderstood
• New Anti-Clotting Treatment Urged for Cancer Patients
Thursday, February 12
• Obama defends technology for health care reform
• Study: cancer patients incur debt from high medical costs
• Blue Cross awarded for excellence
• Bredesen emerging as HHS candidate
• Blue Cross signs up uninsured Florida residents
• Study: Medicare not generating net savings
• Obesity may raise migraine risk, U.S. study finds
• Marlboro top choice of regular teen smokers
• Vaccines don't cause autism, special court says
• Court Says Vaccine Not the Cause of Autism
• Nothing to sneeze at — decoding the common cold
• Art therapy ups breast cancer patients' well-being
• When toddlers point a lot, more words will follow
• Court rejects parents' suit linking autism, vaccines
• Atlanta hospital finds Legionnaire's bacteria
• Court says vaccine is not to blame for autism
• U.S. vaccine court denies family's autism case
• Court says measles vaccine not to blame for autism
• Drug Inhibits Colon Cancer in Mice
• Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings
Wednesday, February 11
• Can a Urine Test Detect Deadly Prostate Cancer?
• Videogames seen good for children
• Doctors find telltale cells in leukemia patients
• Dangerous low blood sugar linked to sex drugs
• Study: Paying smokers to quit boosts success rate
• The science of romance: Brains have a love circuit
• Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome
• Rate of memory decline differs by dementia type
• Sweet! Cotton candy may help labs grow tissue
• New way found to judge prostate cancer severity
• Facing Tests for Genetic Disorders, Parents Avoid Pregnancy
• New prostate cancer test gets go-ahead
• Health Tip: Diabetics and Drinking
• Medical society probes octuplet fertility doctor
Tuesday, February 10
• Genes Help Cancer-Linked Viruses Elude Immune System
• SCHIP changes coming, but not quickly
• Sebelius reported to be top candidate for HHS
• Health insurance providers consider machine-readable ID cards
• Black-white gap mars endometrial cancer survival
• Mother's Obesity Raises Risk of Birth Defects
• Obese Moms More Likely to Have Babies With Birth Defects
• Aspirin may curb precancerous colon polyps' return
• Researchers link obesity to birth defects
• Sobering results for cost-cutting Medicare project
• Too much vitamin E during pregnancy may harm baby
• Medical society looking into octuplets' conception
• Mich. zoo offers peek into animals' sex lives
• Changing habits may not lower blood pressure
• One in six Swedish children overweight: study
• Spain withdraws cervical cancer shot after illnesses
• Mediterranean Diet Aids the Aging Brain: Study
• Time to overhaul action for AIDS children: report
• Grandma's moistening kettle may have held off flu
Monday, February 9
• Marijuana linked to aggressive testicular cancer, study reveals
• Multivitamins do not cut women's cancer risk: study
• Multivitamins may not thwart cancer, heart disease
• Tests Gauge Alzheimer's Patients' Ability to Drive
• How to help patients make wiser health choices
• Huge study boosts disappointment on multivitamins
• Electrical jolt to egg may boost IVF success
• Obesity hurts recovery after colon cancer surgery
• Parents Blamed for Childhood Obesity
• Kids a possibility for girls with Turner syndrome
• Few in U.S. see doctor or get medication for flu: study
• FDA seeks plans to reduce misuse of painkillers
• Booklet helps cancer patients navigate costly care
• Early study shows AIDS-fighting gel promising
• Marijuana Linked to Aggressive Testicular Cancer
• Pregnancy May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival
• Octuplets' grandmother criticizes daughter
• Japan scientists identify cancer-suppressing enzyme
• Study says pregnancy doesn't worsen breast cancer
Sunday, February 8
• Electronic health records to be protected
• Daschle apologizes for tax mistake
• Blue Cross' program to improve patient care
• ADA: health care reform needs shift towards prevention
• Program continues to combat childhood obesity
• Daschle withdraws from HHS nomination
• Obama on Daschle: I made a mistake
• Firm releases guidelines for PHR
• AP: stimulus plan will help recently laid-off, uninsured
• Blue Cross approves grants for obesity study
• Health care reform needed for service members
• Obama signs SCHIP expansion into law
• Cigna using social networks to educate public
• Kennedy: major health care bill will pass this year
• Editorial: health care reform should embrace CAM
• Brain Protein May Have Potential Against Alzheimer's
• Baby business: Octuplets row boosts demands for controls
• Official: Sebelius near top for health post
Saturday, February 7
• 1st US case of Marburg fever confirmed in Colo.
• Love Makes Kids Smarter
• FDA: Plant knew peanuts laced with salmonella
• California Medical Board probes octuplet birth
• FDA: Plant knowingly sold salmonella-laced food
Friday, February 6
• High cancer rates confirmed near oil sands
• For Preschoolers, Even 'Play' Tends to Be Sedentary
• Octuplets were product of six embryos, mother says
• Insecticide found in peanut plant during 2001 tour
• Ovaries can be saved in some endometrial cancers
• Measles cases up for third year in England
• Painkillers could ward off stomach cancer: study
• Octuplets' mom says she had 6 embryos implanted
• First US face transplant patient leaves hospital
• Octuplets' mother defends risky choices
• Atlanta hospital checking Legionnaire's cases
• FDA OKs 1st drug from genetically altered animals
• Nigeria child deaths from tainted syrup rise to 84
• Adding Erbitux to colon cancer drug mix not helpful
• Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Faces Tough Battle Against Pancreatic Cancer
• Octuplets' mother dreamed of having "huge family"
• Gates unleashes skeeters at technology conference
• Possibly tainted peanut butter sent to schools
• Recalled peanut butter was in meals sent to Ky.
• FBI takes sudden new interest in 'Tylenol Man'
• US Supreme Court's Ginsburg has cancer surgery
• Octuplets mother breaks silence in TV interview
Thursday, February 5
• Radiation benefits women with early breast cancer
• Few get surgery for grim pancreatic cancer
• Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg has cancer surgery
• Living near big power line may up Alzheimer's risk
• Blue the hue of creativity? Red for detail?
• Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg has cancer surgery
• Some workplaces may alter cancer risk
• Vitamin D deficiency may harm brain function: study
• Outdoor time may protect kids from nearsightedness
• Campaign warns against reusing plastic syringes
• Cancer survivors often forgo care due to cost
• C-section may raise kids' asthma risk: study
• Medical pot backers say L.A. raids betray Obama vow
• Two-Thirds of Hispanic Women Discover Breast Cancer Themselves
• Health Tip: Wean Your Child From Breast-Feeding
• Home of man linked to 1982 Tylenol deaths searched
• Halting Hormone Therapy Reduces Breast Cancer Risk Quickly
• Senate to hold first hearing on peanut outbreak
• Obama views children's health bill as step one
• Study: 9/11 lung problems persist years later
Wednesday, February 4
• Gene Mutation Tied to Majority of Cases of Mental Retardation
• China finds more fake diabetes medication
• Older cancer patients want empathy from providers
• Gum disease safely treated during pregnancy
• Hormone therapy doubles breast cancer risk: study
• Obama signs law expanding children's health care
• In colon cancer drug study, more wasn't better
• Artificial Light Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk
• Women's low sex drive tied to poor quality of life
• U.S. experts foresee more effective cancer radiation
• US Congress sends Obama children's health bill
• U.S. House approves children's health bill
• House set to pass kids' health insurance bill Wed.
• Methamphetamine Abuse Costs U.S. $23.4 Billion
Tuesday, February 3
• Beach vacations may increase kids' cancer risk
• How moms pass on experience without even trying
• Group opposes NYC health official for CDC job
• Firm tied to salmonella ran unlicensed Texas plant
• Home renovation may expose kids to lead: CDC
• Obesity can complicate teen pregnancy
• Mental illness alone not a trigger for violence
• Japanese longevity gene found in Europeans
• Childhood Beach Vacations Raise Risk of Deadly Skin Cancer
• Stool-Based Colon Cancer Tests Vary Widely in Accuracy
• Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer's
• Health Tip: Safe Use of Air Bags
• Octuplets Fallout: Should Fertility Doctors Set Limits?
• Cooing over US octuplets turns to anger
Monday, February 2
• Md. surgeons remove donated kidney through vagina
• Boosting protein protects against Parkinson's disease: study
• Education doesn't prevent cognitive decline
• Hormone linked to depression after pregnancy
• Stimulant drugs cause cocaine-like brain changes
• Obesity may increase risk of diverticulitis
• Octuplets mom gets TV, book offers to tell story
• New Clues to Stopping Colitis-Linked Cancer
• Education Doesn't Slow Alzheimer's Decline
• Doctors test latest attempt at artificial liver
• Mental illness alone is no trigger for violence
• Study finds one-third of US kids take vitamins
• Dope-smoking among teens down in many countries
• Cancer rates soaring in developing countries
• Appeals court rejects disclosure of Medicare data
• Erectile dysfunction predicts heart disease, study finds
• Calif. octuplets become longest-living set in US
• Study questions usefulness of animal-human embryos
• Flu off to slow start but don't get complacent yet
• Health Tip: Check Your Child's Car Seat
• More German children need measles jabs: WHO study
• Feds may make health insurance easier after layoff
• Octuplets Fallout: Should Fertility Specialists Set Limits?
Sunday, February 1
• Clues on how trace metal may be linked to Parkinsons: study
• Inspection reports from peanut plant varied widely
• New tool predicts women's outcome in breast cancer
• In Japan, you are what your blood type is
• Farmer in central China sick with bird flu
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