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Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle (AP)
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:20:53 GMT

AP - Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:24:03 GMT

AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care (AP)
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:59:04 GMT

AP - Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.

Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group (AP)
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:24:25 GMT

AP - Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.

Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps (AP)
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:26 GMT

AP - First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP)
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:24 GMT

AP - 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.

Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk (Reuters)
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:23 GMT

Reuters - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.

Spray May Delay Ejaculation (HealthDay)
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:42 GMT

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it.

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