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News: Health News</a></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_he_me/us_med_prenatal_testing_down_syndrome" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Comfort or conflict: Earlier Down syndrome test <br /> (AP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_he_me/us_med_prenatal_testing_down_syndrome"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110611/capt.cc75c421e57e4b6d8b03134f32b2653e-cc75c421e57e4b6d8b03134f32b2653e-0.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=tXxSlAI4SLnBLxHjiIPr9Q--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="HOLD FOR NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION 12:01 a.m. June 12; graphic shows how a new prenatal blood test determines Down syndrome in a fetus" border="0" /></a>AP - The results of the blood test revealed only a risk, but when she saw them, she still threw up. Now she had to find out for sure.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_sc/eu_contaminated_vegetables" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Germany still seeking reason for E. coli outbreak <br /> (AP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_sc/eu_contaminated_vegetables"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110610/capt.e4d047e58bc04fe8a2be8134c08dd019-79a037606b8b4f3fb105ee14dc740d03-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Sshjz0eQokARQAa_D0z8Yg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 5, 2011 file picture greenhouses at an organic farm that grows bean sprouts are photographed in the Uelzen district, northern Germany, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Investigators have determined that German-grown vegetable sprouts are the cause of the E. coli outbreak that has killed 29 people and sickened nearly 3,000, the head of Germany's national disease control center said Friday, June 10, 2011. Reinhard Burger, president of the Robert Koch Institute, said even though no tests of the sprouts from an organic farm in Lower Saxony had come back positive for the E. coli strain behind the outbreak, an investigation into the pattern of the outbreak had produced enough evidence to draw the conclusion. (AP Photo/dapd, Axel Heimken,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - German authorities say they haven't yet been able to resolve how sprouts at a farm became contaminated with an aggressive strain of E. coli that has been blamed for 33 deaths.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_he_me/us_med_obesity_surgery" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Obesity surgery fails to extend life in older men <br /> (AP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">AP - Very obese older men hoping to live longer may be let down by a new long-term study that found weight-loss surgery didn't increase survival for people like them — at least during the first seven years.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110611/ap_on_sc/us_cancer_chemicals" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Government lists formaldehyde as cancer causer <br /> (AP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">AP - The strong-smelling chemical formaldehyde causes cancer, while styrene, a second industrial chemical that's used worldwide in the manufacture of fiberglass and food containers, may cause cancer, the National Institutes of Health says.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110611/hl_nm/us_usa_health_cancer" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">U.S. adds formaldehyde to list of carcinogens <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Reuters - The government on Friday added formaldehyde, a substance found in plastics and other commonly used products, to a list of known carcinogens and warned that the chemical styrene might cause cancer.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20110611/hl_hsn/drugsforenlargedprostatemayraiseriskofaggressivecancer" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Drugs for Enlarged Prostate May Raise Risk of Aggressive <br /> Cancer <br /> (HealthDay)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug <br /> Administration is calling for new warning labels on a class of drugs used <br /> primarily to treat enlarged prostates, because the medications may raise <br /> the risk of developing an aggressive form of prostate cancer.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20110612/hl_hsn/weightlosssurgerymaynotlowerdeathriskstudy" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Weight-Loss Surgery May Not Lower Death Risk: Study <br /> (HealthDay)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">HealthDay - SUNDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss surgery doesn't <br /> decrease the risk of death among severely obese middle-aged adults, a new <br /> study says.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110609/sc_livescience/keytobettersexrevealedinnewstudy" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Key to Better Sex Revealed in New Study <br /> (LiveScience.com)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">LiveScience.com - People who can better communicate and understand another person's emotions are more likely to have a satisfying sex life, new research finds.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110611/hl_afp/healthtaiwanfrancebritainsafetydrug" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Taiwan orders recall of Glaxo children's drug: report <br /> (AFP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110611/hl_afp/healthtaiwanfrancebritainsafetydrug"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20110611/capt.photo_1307816884620-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=U0SeauP6vA.NUKXgho.pLA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This picture shows the headquarter of multinational pharmaceutical company Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) in west London 2002. Taiwan has ordered pharmaceutical giant GSK to recall an antibiotic used to treat infections in children for containing a chemical additive, a report said Saturday.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Taiwan has ordered pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to recall an antibiotic used to treat infections in children for containing a chemical additive, a report said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110612/ts_nm/us_china_lead" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">China lead pollution outbreak poisons 103 children <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Reuters - Lead pollution from workshops in eastern China seriously poisoned 103 children and has affected hundreds of other residents in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20110611/hl_hsn/emotionalabuseinchildhoodmaydisruptsleepdecadeslater" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Emotional Abuse in Childhood May Disrupt Sleep Decades <br /> Later <br /> (HealthDay)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Emotional abuse in childhood <br /> can lead to sleep disruption in old age, a new study finds.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20110610/hl_hsn/mothersplayimportantroleinrecoveryfrommentalillness" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Mothers Play Important Role in Recovery From Mental Illness <br /> (HealthDay)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) - Negative family attitudes can <br /> have an adverse effect on recovery from mental illness, according to a new <br /> study.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20110610/hl_hsn/chemoforlatestagecancerpatientsmaybeunjustified" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Chemo for Late-Stage Cancer Patients May Be Unjustified <br /> (HealthDay)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Some patients with advanced <br /> cancer receive drugs that won't help them but could cause them harm, a <br /> U.S. study suggests.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110612/lf_afp/philippinesguinnessrecordshortest" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Filipino declared world's shortest man <br /> (AFP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110612/lf_afp/philippinesguinnessrecordshortest"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20110612/capt.photo_1307850960231-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=pcBuOEokosZTB3z7Gagg4Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Filipino Junrey Balawing, who measures just 59.93 centimetres, or 23.5 inches, poses for photographs with his family at a health centre in Sindangan town Zamboanga Del Norte in the southern Philippines on June 11, 2011. Junrey Balawing was declared the world's shortest man Sunday as he celebrated his 18th birthday(AFP/Jay Directo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Filipino blacksmith's son who stopped growing when he was a toddler was declared the world's shortest man Sunday as he celebrated his 18th birthday.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110611/hl_afp/healthaidsun" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">UN summit adopts AIDS targets amid condom storm <br /> (AFP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110611/hl_afp/healthaidsun"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20110611/capt.photo_1307792893416-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=LBS43shVAejV649PchZyVw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Condom packets on display. A new condom home delivery service in India and the production of billions of extra contraceptives around the world highlight the breakthrough of condoms in helping put a brake on the AIDS pandemic, experts say.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A UN summit ordered a huge expansion in AIDS treatment, but sparked protests by the Vatican and some Muslim nations over its endorsement of condoms and calls to help prostitutes, gays and drug users.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110610/hl_nm/us_takeda_germany" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Germany joins France in suspending top Takeda drug <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110610/hl_nm/us_takeda_germany"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110610/i/r3464047654.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=j.t0BFaE0FKjC9ub7x0IDA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The head office of Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is seen in Tokyo July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Germany has joined France in suspending the use of Takeda Pharmaceutical's Actos diabetes drug, due to worries about a possible link to cancer.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110602/hl_nm/us_baked_goods" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Baked goods may improve milk allergy symptoms <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Reuters - Eating baked goods that contain milk may help children get over milk allergies, a new study suggests.</td></tr> </table>
