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Jackson kids face hurdles to coping with his death (AP)
Jul 04, 2009 5:12:34 AM | Yahoo

A card signed by fans is shown at the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent.




Calif. regulators warn of pot's cancer capability (AP)
Jul 04, 2009 4:18:53 AM | Yahoo
AP - It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law. The same marijuana smoke that doctors can recommend to ease cancer patients' suffering must soon come with a warning saying it causes the disease.

Mexico wins praise for swine flu response (AP)
Jul 03, 2009 11:23:54 PM | Yahoo

Pan American Health Organization Director Mirta Roses Periag speaks during the 'Lessons Learned and Preparedness of Swine Flu' summit in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health.




Health Tip: Understanding Pre-Diabetes (HealthDay)
Jul 03, 2009 10:49:15 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Before some people develop full-blown diabetes, their blood sugar is above normal, but not high enough to qualify for a diagnosis of diabetes.

New Weapons in Fight Against TB? (HealthDay)
Jul 03, 2009 10:49:13 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis might someday meet its match in two drugs now used to treat Parkinson's disease, suggests a new study.

Fertility drug combo promising in older women (Reuters)
Jul 03, 2009 12:27:52 PM | Yahoo
Reuters - The combination of two drugs -- Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) -- could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate.

Botched circumcisions leave 31 dead in S.Africa (AFP)
Jul 03, 2009 10:52:59 AM | Yahoo

A mother comforts her son as a doctor performs a circumcision in 2007. Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)AFP - Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said on Friday.




Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea (Reuters)
Jul 03, 2009 9:44:10 AM | Yahoo
Reuters - Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report.

Uganda to outlaw female circumcision (AFP)
Jul 03, 2009 6:45:26 AM | Yahoo

A woman who performs genital cutting displays a knife she uses to perform the procedure. Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)AFP - Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region, the president said in a statement Friday.




Health Tip: Controlling Asthma (HealthDay)
Jul 02, 2009 10:49:07 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Medication used to control asthma may be used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, the American Academy of Family Physicians says.

 
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