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3 hrs ago | BBC

Drug resistant swine flu hits UK

Health officials say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medicine, Medication, Influenza

7 hrs ago | KPLR-11

San Francisco's 'public option' - a city-run ...

This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program - seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Long Term Care

11 hrs ago | KSDK NewsChannel 5

Report: 20-somethings can go two years between Paps

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

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Related Topix: Cervical Cancer, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Breast Cancer

Thu Nov 19, 2009

CBS4

Fla. Jury Awards $300 Million In Ex-smoker's Suit

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Related Topix: Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro, Smoking, Medicine

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Merry maintenance from Metro Health

There are ways to indulge in the spirit of the holidays without adding a pound or feeling deprived.

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This Is Lancashire

Healthy children to receive flu jab

Healthy children aged under five are to be given the swine flu jab. Currently people in priority groups - including young children with asthma or diabetes - are being vaccinated.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

Fox Charlotte

Soldiers Given Onions, Garlic to Fight H

Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

ABC News

Radical Measures Won't Stop Swine Flu

Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms - have failed to contain the disease.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The West Australian

Santas fear swine flu

The thought of kids with runny noses sitting in Santa's lap sharing their deepest desires and germs this holiday season isn't eliciting the usual "Ho, ho, ho!" It's more of an "Oh, no, no!" As in, "Oh no, don't give Santa swine flu". Santas everywhere are saying they should be first in line to get the H1N1 vaccine.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Kids, Family, Offbeat

WALA - Mobile, Pensacola

Sen. Reid's bill to cover 31 million

Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor this week would extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade, a Democratic leadership aide said Wednesday, citing a report from congressional budget experts.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Senator Ben Nelson

WTHI-TV Terre Haute

HHS secretary: Mammograms still vital

Federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Breast Cancer, Medicare

KBCI CBS 2

Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women

"I thought, 'It's a nodule, I'm a guy, I don't think it's anything more than that,'" he said.

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Related Topix: Breast Cancer, Medicine, Kiss, Pop/Rock, Prostate Cancer

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Better Watch Out: Santas Want the Swine Flu Shot

Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine not just to protect themselves, but also the millions of children who will come visit this holiday season.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Medicine, Influenza, Video

Times Union

Govt report: Over $98B wasted in improper payments

More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits, representing an increase of $26 billion from the previous year.

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Related Topix: Medicare

Tue Nov 17, 2009

KARE 11 TV

Judge drops case against Minn. teen who refused chemo

A Brown County judge has closed the case on a teenager whom the court forced to undergo chemotherapy against his family's wishes.

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Related Topix: Brown County, MN, Sleepy Eye, MN, Lymphoma

The Globe and Mail

Adverse reactions seen in 36 Canadians after H1N1 shot: official

Adverse reactions seen in 36 Canadians after H1N1 shot: official Public health officer Dr.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Canada, Medicine, Influenza

WNOL-TV New Orleans

FDA warns that heartburn drug Prilosec can block benefits of blood thinner Plavix

Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular heartburn medication can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Plavix, Clopidogrel (generic), Medication, Heartburn, Food and Drug Administration, Stroke, Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Healthcare Industry

6 ABC

Mass. judge tosses lawsuit against Hasselbeck

A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit accusing television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck of plagiarism.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, The View, Entertainment, Television, Celiac Disease

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H1N1 Question: Fever Associated With H1N1

What is the fever that is associated with the H1N1 flu? Is it a low-grade fever around 100-101 or a higher temperature?

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Video

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Epoch Times

New Mammography Guidelines Raise Questions

A digital mammogram machine. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued new mammography guidelines on Monday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Breast Cancer, Charitable Organizations, Prostate Cancer

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