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Four cases of H1N1 Tamiflu resistant

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:35:46 -0500

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Four patients with H1N1 influenza at Duke University Hospital in Durham,N.C., were resistant to Tamiflu, university officials confirmed Friday.

Flu tests: H1N1 may have peaked in Oct.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:36 -0500

MADISON, N.J., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Data from a laboratory testing company suggests the H1N1 flu may have peaked in October in the United States, company officials said.

Study: A little anxiety, not so bad

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:26 -0500

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- British and Norwegian researchers said depression is as big of a mortality risk factor as smoking.

'Heartburn' damage or GERD not acid burn

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:17 -0500

DALLAS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Reflux damage to the esophagus may be an immune response, not acid burn, U.S. researchers say.

Thanksgiving: Time to discuss end-of-life

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:59:49 -0500

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Thanksgiving is a perfect time to talk to family members about end-of-life wishes, a U.S. group of doctors who specialize in end-of-life issues says.

Giant snails could help fight hunger

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:04 -0500

UYO, Nigeria, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A readily available giant land snail could help reduce malnutrition and iron deficiency in African countries, a Nigerian researcher says.

Budget cuts hurting STD control

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:39:55 -0500

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- State and local government budget cuts are impacting health departments in controlling the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. researchers said.

New guidelines issued for Pap smears

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:09:04 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A test for cervical cancer is needed less frequently than previously recommended, regardless of a woman's age, a doctors' group says.

Making shopping less 'germy' during H1N1

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:40:52 -0500

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- As shoppers prepare for Black Friday retail sales, a U.S. infectious disease expert warns stores can be an H1N1 virus petri dish.

Child asthma, mother's depression linked

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:08:21 -0500

BALTIMORE, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Maternal depression may aggravate a child's asthma but how often a child had symptoms did not seem to affect the mother's symptoms, U.S. researchers said.

Most know salt is bad, few shake habit

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:23:14 -0500

EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Most Canadians say they know too much salt isn't healthy, but many don't do anything to reduce their salt intake, researchers say.

Smoked salmon recalled for Listeria

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:45:20 -0500

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Some lots of "Brooklyn's Best Brand" smoked salmon are being recalled because of a potentially deadly bacteria found in some packages, U.S. authorities said.

Do doctor's neckties spread swine flu?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:04:22 -0500

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Doctors' neckties may be vectors of communicable diseases, including swine flu, U.S. infectious disease experts say.

Prescription drugs, abortions linked

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:03:27 -0500

MONTREAL, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Half of expectant mothers taking prescription drugs that may harm the fetus terminate their pregnancies, Canadian researchers found.

Study: Few pregnancy complications with MS

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:57:33 -0500

STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are slightly more likely to have Caesarean deliveries and babies with poor prenatal growth rate, U.S. researchers say.

Bird flu human-to-human spread unlikely

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:52:10 -0500

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Bird flu would need two simultaneous mutations to spread from human to human, British and U.S. researchers say.

2008 typhus outbreak in Texas atypical

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:06:23 -0500

ATLANTA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- An outbreak of murine typhus was confirmed in Travis County, Texas, last year, federal health officials said.

Niacin may not help arteries

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:40:10 -0500

BALTIMORE, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Prescribing niacin -- a B vitamin -- may not help open arteries, U.S. researchers said.

Most middle-age adults don't get screened

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:53:41 -0500

ATLANTA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Seventy-five percent of U.S. adults ages 50-64 do not get recommended preventive screenings and immunizations, federal health officials said.

Movie popcorn can pack on the pounds

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:37:07 -0500

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A medium popcorn and soda at the Regal movie theater chain has the calories of three McDonald's Quarter Pounders and 12 pats of butter, a U.S. food group says.

Obesity, diabetes rates highest in South

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:14:25 -0500

ATLANTA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Areas of the Southeast, Appalachia and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the highest U.S. rates of obesity and diabetes, officials say.

CDC: West Nile can be in blood

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:01:29 -0500

ATLANTA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Despite blood donor screening, healthcare providers should be aware transfusion transmission of West Nile virus can occur, federal health officials said.

Immune system involved in schizophrenia

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:47:16 -0500

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Researchers in Sweden discovered patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains.

Study: Teen brain wired differently

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:04:32 -0500

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say magnetic resonance imaging scans in mice show teen brains do differ from adult brains.

CDC tells travelers to 'Stop, Wash and Go'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:49:35 -0500

ATLANTA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Holiday get-togethers and traveling itself provide an ideal way for illness to spread, especially H1N1 flu, U.S. health officials said.