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Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come (Reuters) (Nov-20, 17:45 EDT )-- Reuters - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
Moderate Democrat boosts Senate health bill (Reuters) (Nov-20, 17:22 EDT )-- Reuters - One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber's healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad reform bill one day before its first crucial test.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP) (Nov-20, 17:18 EDT )-- AP - Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
Funeral workers risk cancer from formaldehyde (Reuters) (Nov-20, 16:58 EDT )-- Reuters - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday.
Pa. university students upset about fitness class (AP) (Nov-20, 16:52 EDT )-- AP - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
Los Angeles gets tough on medical marijuana shops (Reuters) (Nov-20, 16:48 EDT )-- Reuters - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.
Swine flu may be peaking in U.S. (Reuters) (Nov-20, 16:27 EDT )-- Reuters - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday.
Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group (AP) (Nov-20, 16:24 EDT )-- AP - Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued...
Eat and drink your way to a healthy colon? (Reuters) (Nov-20, 15:55 EDT )-- Reuters - Eating fruits and vegetables, and drinking tea and red wine may offer overweight men and normal weight women some protection from colon and rectal cancers, hint study findings from the Netherlands.
US sees fall in swine flu rate (AFP) (Nov-20, 15:43 EDT )-- AFP - US officials Friday said infections from A(H1N1) virus had slowed in the United States this week, raising hopes the early roll-out of vaccines may be bringing the disease under control.
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