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Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
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. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S.

 
Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health vote
With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama’s signature issue.

 
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

 
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that’s resistant to the drug Tamiflu.

 
White House at odds with bishops over abortion
The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

 
Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps
First mammograms. Now _ in an apparent coincidence _ Pap smears.

 
Correction: Plavix story
In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson’s Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid.

 
Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved
Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.

 
AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound
When the nation’s swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

 
China to punish those concealing swine flu info
China’s health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.

 
US survey shows southern counties most obese
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 
FDA panel backs safety, benefits of Spiriva
Federal health experts on Thursday brushed off lingering safety questions about a popular inhaler drug and suggested it carry bolder benefit claims.

 
Experts say 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.

 
Task force doctor stands by mammogram advice
A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force’s report, saying Thursday that it was based on the most up-to-date, accurate information available.

 
1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China
China’s health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world’s most populous country by year’s end.

 
1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery
A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally after being woken Thursday from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.

 
FDA panel backs Pfizer’s enhanced vaccine for kids
Federal health experts said Wednesday an updated version of Pfizer’s best-selling anti-infection vaccine is safe and effective for infants and toddlers, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.

 
Michelle Obama visits Va. school, tours garden
First Lady Michelle Obama received a few gardening tips from students Wednesday as she toured a Virginia elementary school’s vegetable garden.

 
Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster
A CT scan _ a kind of super X-ray _ provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.

 
Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women
Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast.

 
Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women
Former Kiss drummer Peter Criss is speaking out about his recent bout with breast cancer.

 
Study: New device boosts heart failure survival
For the first time, a miniature heart pump shows the potential to become a widely used, permanent treatment for many older people with severe heart failure. But can we afford it?

 
Don’t blame fast food: Mummies had heart disease
You can’t blame this one on McDonald’s: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies.

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

 
Going high-tech to track Alzheimer’s patients
Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it’s a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer’s get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls?

 

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