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          <title>Diabetes more serious than most realize</title>
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Ignorance can kill.
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ATLANTA (AP) - A government report says the United States ranks 30th in the world in infant mortality, mainly because of premature births.
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A new study suggests that men may be able to lower their risk of getting the most aggressive form of prostate cancer by keeping their cholesterol in a healthy range.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading government health figure says tests on millions of people who have received the H1N1 flu vaccine show that it&#8217;s safe and effective.           ]]></description>
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A new study is bringing some relief to expectant mothers this flu season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Getting enough sleep? They aren&#8217;t in West Virginia</title>
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ATLANTA (AP) - If you got a good night&#8217;s sleep last night, chances are you don&#8217;t live in West Virginia.           ]]></description>
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          <title>HEALTH REPORT: Smoking just one cigarette increases artery stiffness by 25 percent</title>
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According to a new report, smoking can hurt your health even with the very first puffs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Flu test results show transmission link from school children to rest of population</title>
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Results of tens of thousands of flu tests show what many already believed.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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          <title>H1N1 and asthma sufferers a growing concern</title>
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20 million asthma sufferers fall into the high risk group for the H1N1 virus.           ]]></description>
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          <title>New recommendations made on making school breakfast, lunches more nutritious</title>
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Just weeks before Congress is set to take up the expired Child Nutrition Act, there are new recommendations on how the nation&#8217;s schools can make breakfast and lunch programs more nutritious.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Panel recommends 2nd cervical cancer vaccine</title>
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ATLANTA (AP) - A federal vaccine advisory panel has voted to recommend a second vaccine against cervical cancer for girls and young women.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Global health officials are reporting a record 106 million infants were vaccinated last year against life-threatening diseases.           ]]></description>
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Most people think video games are for kids, but what about those who are kids at heart?           ]]></description>
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          <title>To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?</title>
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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate is a question that&#8217;s becoming all the more common.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Planting the seeds of good nutrition</title>
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It&#8217;s no secret that childhood obesity has become an epidemic in this country.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Giving babies Tylenol may blunt vaccines&#8217; effects</title>
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(AP) - A new study suggests that giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get vaccinated may make the shots a little less effective.
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          <title>Studies: Some nursing home elderly get futile care</title>
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two new federally funded studies reveal a surprising number of frail, elderly Americans in nursing homes receive futile care at the end of their lives.
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          <title>Report: Smoking bans protect nonsmokers&#8217; hearts</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A new report is suggesting major health benefits to snuffing out public smoking.
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          <title>SAfrica to limit trans fats as heart disease rises</title>
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa&#8217;s health department says it will draft regulations aimed at reducing the trans fats South Africans consume.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually</title>
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NEW YORK (AP) - Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide. But unsafe abortions kill 70,000 women a year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>H1N1 may be more potent than first thought</title>
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There&#8217;s new information that the H1N1 flu virus could be more potent than experts thought.           ]]></description>
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          <title>3 new H1N1 studies offer new treatment option</title>
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Three new studies on the H1N1 flu are giving doctors a new understanding of who the virus attacks.            ]]></description>
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A new kind of surgery may help people who&#8217;ve lost their hearing.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:58:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>H1N1 shot expected across the country this week</title>
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The first shipments of the shot version of the H1N1 vaccine are expected to arrive around the country this week.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Discovery heralded as breakthrough in fight against breast cancer</title>
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It&#8217;s a cancer that affects millions of Americans every year, but now canadian researchers say they&#8217;ve made a breakthrough discovery in the fight against breast cancer.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:00:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Interactive Web site to help quantify flu severity</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - So you think you&#8217;ve got swine flu? Now there&#8217;s help at the click of your computer mouse.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:32:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sebelius: Americans must get swine flu vaccination</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is urging people to get their swine flu vaccine, calling it &#8220;safe and secure.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>GSK reports heavy demand for swine flu vaccine</title>
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LONDON (AP) - GlaxoSmithKline PLC says that orders for its swine flu vaccine have increased by 51 percent in two months, with total orders now standing at 440 million doses.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Study: NYC calorie postings don&#8217;t change orders</title>
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NEW YORK (AP) - A new study finds New York City&#8217;s law requiring restaurant chains to post calories on menus doesn&#8217;t change the eating habits of low-income people.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Autism diagnoses becoming more and more common</title>
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The number of American children with autism may be much higher than first thought.
Two new government studies show one in every one hundred children may have it.
But some experts are questioning the findings.
Alexis Christoforous reports.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:16:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Ind., Tenn. to begin swine flu vaccinations</title>
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana and Tennessee are among the first states that will vaccinate people against the swine flu.           ]]></description>
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CHICAGO (AP) - Federal health officials say greater awareness, broader definitions and spotting autism in younger children may explain some of the increase in the proportion of children with disorders.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Report: 13 million babies worldwide born premature</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A March of Dimes official calls it the &#8220;13 million baby question.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. high school students get at least three servings of vegetables a day and just 32 percent get two servings of fruit.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Swine flu vaccine starts arriving the first week of October, and there will be more of it than officials originally thought - between 6 and 7 million doses.           ]]></description>
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LONDON (AP) - European researchers have a warning for western women about cancer and weight.           ]]></description>
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two new studies are showing that adults with a common form of leukemia had a better chance of remission if they got a double dose of a long-used cancer drug.           ]]></description>
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PARIS (AP) - The first doses of a French company&#8217;s new swine flu vaccine will be delivered to the United States by mid-October.
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LONDON (AP) - Researchers say it&#8217;s possible aspirin could be helpful for people with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer.
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The H1n1 vaccine will be distributed the first week of October and at first it&#8217;s going to be a nasal spray.           ]]></description>
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In this morning&#8217;s Healthwatch, we finish our healthy hearts series.            ]]></description>
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DERMATOLOGIST DR. JEANINE DOWNIE IS HERE WITH THE FACTS ON CHEMICAL PEELS.
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LONDON (AP) - Health authorities in the U.S. and Europe are bracing for a major spike in swine flu as schools open for the fall.           ]]></description>
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DALLAS (AP) - When it comes to getting their lumps of sugar, Americans are overdoing it, says the American Heart Association.           ]]></description>
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UNDATED (AP) - Two studies suggest a first-of-its-kind osteoporosis drug lowers the risk of bone fractures as well as or better than current medicines.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) - This year&#8217;s flu season is shaping up to be very different from last year&#8217;s, and so are this year&#8217;s flu shots.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - If you&#8217;ve got an itch to scratch, then this may interest you: Scientists have pinpointed a key group of cells that sends &#8220;itch-alerts&#8221; to the brain.           ]]></description>
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CHICAGO (AP) - A movement encouraging more vigorous exercise in schools could be tempered by a new study that says injuries to American children during physical education classes have jumped.           ]]></description>
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CHICAGO (AP) - A new study says a chemical used in many plastic products may be raising the risk of liver problems in premature babies.           ]]></description>
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GENEVA (AP) - The WHO&#8217;s flu chief says the swine flu will likely mutate over a long period of time as it spreads across the globe. And Keiji Fukuda says its impossible to predict what shape the virus may take.           ]]></description>
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Hot dogs may be as American as baseball and apple pie, but a national cancer-awareness group says they&#8217;re hazardous to your health and should carry warning labels.           ]]></description>
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TORONTO (AP) - Canada has recorded its first case of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus in a man who had been given the drug to prevent infection.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Food and Drug Administration scientists are questioning whether study results are reliable enough to warrant approval for a new cancer drug from Johnson &amp; Johnson.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Could eating less extend your life?           ]]></description>
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A study of a prescription drug plan in Pennsylvania finds that many seniors benefiting from Medicare&#8217;s new drug program are ending up with lower hospital costs.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A government analysis of toxic air pollutants finds the average national cancer risk has declined since the last time it was done.           ]]></description>
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A consulting firm estimates employers who offer health insurance coverage could see a 9 percent cost increase next year.           ]]></description>
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BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - A Swiss drug company says it&#8217;s succeeded in producing a first batch of swine flu vaccine, weeks ahead of expectations.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say the swine flu virus may have jumped from pigs to people as early as last August.           ]]></description>
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GENEVA (AP) - Officials say the World Health Organization is likely to declare the first flu pandemic in 41 years as swine flu infections continued to climb in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Some key senators think the idea of non-profit, health-care co-ops might be the bridge they&#8217;ve been searching for to satisfy both Republicans and Democrats on health-care.           ]]></description>
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UNDATED (AP) - Millions of Americans take vitamin, herbal or other dietary supplements.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer health advocates and a patent holder on a highly anticipated blood thinner from Eli Lilly want the Food and Drug Administration to halt its review of the drug, which they say may be unsafe at the suggested dose.           ]]></description>
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - New research finds that people who had radiation treatments for cancer as children are less likely than the general public or even their healthy siblings to get recommended screening tests.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Eating for two? New guidelines are setting how much weight women should gain during pregnancy - not too much if women already are overweight or obese when they conceive.           ]]></description>
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LONDON (AP) - A new study says special stockings commonly given to stroke patients to prevent blood clots cause problems of their own and don&#8217;t work as intended.           ]]></description>
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CHICAGO (AP) - A new study suggests children not vaccinated for whooping cough are much more likely to get the disease than kids who are protected.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - New census data shows that just before the earliest stages of the recession, there was a steep decline in the population growth of children less than a year old in the U.S.           ]]></description>
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LONDON (AP) - New research suggests delaying retirement could help stave off Alzheimer&#8217;s.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago - at least in the U.S.           ]]></description>
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