HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said department policy remains unchanged after a task force advised women to wait until 50 for mammograms, screen every two years to age 74 and skip self-exams. She said the panel does not set policy or decide what the government covers.
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One More Reason to Ban Artificial Sweeteners from Your Diet
Research presented at the American Society of Nephrology meeting followed about 3,000 women in the Nurses' Health Study and found two or more daily servings of artificially sweetened soda carried twice the odds of faster kidney function decline. Sugar-sweetened drinks showed no link.
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What the Inventor of the Flu Shot NOW Thinks of the Vaccine...
Dr. Mercola relays a Global Research piece by Richard Gale and Gary Null arguing the government's swine flu vaccination push rests on scare tactics and a poorly tested vaccine, and disputing official projections that H1N1 could kill some 90,000 Americans.
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US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate (press release)
For a second straight year the United States scored a 'D' on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. The preliminary 2007 preterm birth rate was 12.7 percent against a 7.6 percent target. Seven states gained a letter grade, two slipped, and only Vermont earned a 'B.'
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View Hi-def videos on YouTube soon
Rumour has it YouTube will support 1080p, above the current 780p ceiling, though bigger HD files will need more storage and delivery capacity. The 10-minute length limit stays, and adding &fmt=6 or &fmt=18 to a video URL can already play an HD version where one exists.
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Most wanted now: Carrie Prejean sex tapes
The piece rounds up online gossip and search activity about alleged Carrie Prejean sex tapes, noting conflicting claims over how many exist and whether the former Miss California USA was 17 or over 18 when they were made.
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Doctors taking more time with their patients: study
Analyzing 46,250 primary care visits from 1997 to 2005, Lena Chen and colleagues found the average visit grew from 18 to 20.8 minutes while quality improved on several counseling and medication measures. They attribute the extra time to an older, sicker patient population.
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When should the American flag fly at half-staff?
An explainer on Eisenhower's proclamation: the president directs how the executive branch flies the flag, federal law does not bind anyone else, and the simple rule is half-staff when the nation mourns, as declared by the president or a governor.
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Dietitian Says Eating Right Is Best Way to Optimize Good Gut Bacteria
Dietitian Gail Cresci says food, not supplements, is the better way to look after gut bacteria, blaming too little fiber, too much unhealthy fat, and broad-spectrum antibiotics that wipe out good and bad bacteria alike. Mercola adds that about 100 trillion bacteria line the intestinal tract.
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Women living longer, not necessarily healthier: WHO
A WHO report names HIV, pregnancy-related conditions and tuberculosis the leading killers of women aged 15 to 45, and heart attack and stroke the top causes of death in women of any age. Director-General Margaret Chan says society has failed women at key moments.
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Lawsuit Challenges Prohibition of Bone Marrow Compensation
The Institute for Justice sued Attorney General Eric Holder over the ban on compensating bone marrow donors, arguing marrow resembles renewable donations like blood and plasma. The piece also lays out the objections, from dishonest donors to extortion and unequal access.
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Medical marijuana: Do state laws matter?
California's 1996 Compassionate Use Act lets residents possess and grow marijuana on a doctor's recommendation, yet federal law still bans it. A 2007 federal appeals court rejected an Oakland woman's claim to a constitutional right to use it medically despite her doctor's support.
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US jobless rate hits 10.2 percent
The Labor Department reported unemployment hit 10.2 percent in October, the highest in 26 and a half years, with employers cutting 190,000 jobs, fewer than September's 219,000. President Obama said his administration was weighing infrastructure spending and a business tax cut.
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An Email from President Obama: Making History
A fundraising email sent under President Obama's name by Organizing for America, thanking supporters after the House passed its health insurance reform bill and asking for donations for the Senate fight ahead.
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The Ft. Hood Tragedy: What can We Learn?
The Fort Hood shooting renews questions about PTSD among returning troops. The piece notes Guard members sent to Iraq psychologically unready and repeated tours even after injury, and argues psychiatrists are not immune: they are the physicians most likely to attempt suicide.
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Discord Within the AMA
President Obama announced AARP and AMA endorsements of his health care bill, but Senator Bob Corker accused the administration of buying the AMA's with a Medicare payment adjustment, and some AMA members object that the House of Delegates never agreed to it.
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National Native American Heritage Month
A history of American Indian Day, from Arthur C. Parker's push through the Boy Scouts and the first observance in New York in May 1916, to Congress designating November 1990 as National American Indian Heritage Month, with proclamations issued every November since 1994.
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Clotheslines Are Back--and So Are Their Problems
A wry look at line-drying's downsides: sandpaper-stiff towels, sun-bleached shirts, clothes that never dry in humid air or that pick up musty basement odors, and the family's underwear hung out for the neighbors to judge.
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