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Teens Exposed to Less Secondhand Smoke in Cars - WebMD
6 Feb 2012 at 12:17pm

ABC News
Teens Exposed to Less Secondhand Smoke in Cars
WebMD
By Cari Nierenberg Feb. 6, 2012 -- Secondhand smoke exposure in cars declined among US middle and high school students between 2000 and 2009. The number of young people who reported riding in a car with someone who was smoking cigarettes "within the ...
Too Many Kids Breathe Others' Smoke in Cars: CDCABC News
Less Smoke Exposure in Teens' CarsMedPage Today
Teen Secondhand Smoke Exposure Down, But Not EnoughMedical News Today
CBS News -USA TODAY -Reuters
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For some Komen supporters, no forgiveness - New York Daily News
6 Feb 2012 at 12:13pm

New York Daily News
For some Komen supporters, no forgiveness
New York Daily News
By AP An estimated 45000 people participated in the recent Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure in Little Rock, Ark. Many longtime Komen supporters were feeling conflicted after the Komen organization announced a plan to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, ...
Rick Santorum Says Komen Shouldn't Fund Planned Parenthood?Because They Cause ...BlissTree
Planned Parenthood releases statement on Susan G. Kommen Foundation decisionAlexandria Echo Press
Why Komen is small potatoesHuffington Post (blog)
Bloomberg -Red and Black -msnbc.com
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Sloan-Kettering, Celgene Sued Over Cancer Research Deal - BusinessWeek
6 Feb 2012 at 12:28pm

Sloan-Kettering, Celgene Sued Over Cancer Research Deal
BusinessWeek
By Bob Van Voris Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The head of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was accused along with biotechnology company Celgene Corp. of using research he helped develop at another cancer institute to start his own company.
Sloan-Kettering Chief Is Accused of Taking ResearchNew York Times
Will $1B cancer IP theft suit trigger tighter vigilance on researchers' work?FierceBiotech
UPenn Cancer Institute's Suit Against Ex-Director Reflects Greater Focus on IP ...Genetic Engineering News
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Raw milk from Pa. farm causes 35 to fall ill - CBS News
3 Feb 2012 at 11:00am

New York Daily News
Raw milk from Pa. farm causes 35 to fall ill
CBS News
(CBS/AP) After consuming raw milk from the same dairy in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 35 people have been struck with illness, health officials say. The confirmed cases of campylobacter bacterial infection include 28 people in Pennsylvania, ...
Raw Milk Sold in Pennsylvania From Family Cow Farm Causes 35 to Become IllZ6Mag
Latest illnesses point to raw milk's popularityUSA TODAY
Raw Milk Popularity Remains Despite IllnessesThirdAge
Examiner.com
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Green tea could be secret to healthy old age, study suggests - msnbc.com
6 Feb 2012 at 11:23am

Indian Express
Green tea could be secret to healthy old age, study suggests
msnbc.com
Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a Japanese study that covered thousands of people. Matt, Al, Ann and Natalie starred with more than 100 other NBC personalities in ...
Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: studyReuters
Green tea helps elderly stay more agile, Japanese study claimsDaily Mail
Green Tea Drinkers More Independent in Old AgeAllMediaNY
Press TV -Food Business News (registration) -CalorieLab Calorie Counter News
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Transplant jaw made by 3D printer - BBC News
6 Feb 2012 at 8:09am

BBC News
Transplant jaw made by 3D printer
BBC News
A 3D printer-created lower jaw has been fitted to an 83-year-old woman's face in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind. The transplant was carried out in June in the Netherlands, but is only now being publicised.
83-Year-Old Woman Gets the World's First 3-D Printed Jaw TransplantPopular Science
Science Has Achieved the 3D-Printed JawThe Atlantic Wire
Woman Receives World's First Complete 3D Printed Lower Jaw ImplantDailyTech
Daily Mail -The Verge -msnbc.com (blog) (subscription)
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DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe - Reuters
6 Feb 2012 at 12:05pm

DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe
Reuters
(Reuters) - Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration raided two CVS pharmacies in Florida as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances. The action on Saturday came one day after ...
DEA expected to announce Sanford CVS stores blocked from selling controlled ...Orlando Sentinel
DEA says 'pill mill' crackdown working in FloridaMiamiHerald.com (blog)
DEA cracks down on painkiller salesFlorida Today
WKMG Orlando -Investor's Business Daily
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Medical Mystery Leads To Contentious Meeting - WCTI12.com
4 Feb 2012 at 8:51pm

WISC Madison
Medical Mystery Leads To Contentious Meeting
WCTI12.com
By From Jim SpellmanCNN LE ROY, New York (CNN) -- A community meeting Saturday at a school where over a dozen children have developed tic-like symptoms quickly became contentious, further dividing an already-polarized community.
Contentious meeting reflects NY community divided by medical mysteryCNN
Focus on teens' mystery ailments puts New York town in uncomfortable spotlightLivingston Daily
New York Mystery Illness Destroying Girls' LivesGather.com

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3 cruise ships disinfected after norovirus - Atlanta Journal Constitution
6 Feb 2012 at 9:38am

Myjoyonline.com
3 cruise ships disinfected after norovirus
Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ? A third US-based cruise ship with an outbreak of stomach illness has sailed again after being decontaminated in South Florida. The vessel Ruby Princess sailed Sunday from Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades.
Carnival cruise ship passengers struck with virusReuters
3rd US cruise ship sails after virus outbreakThe Associated Press

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FDA questions benefit of Amgen's bone drug for new use in prostate cancer pat...
6 Feb 2012 at 11:25am

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FDA questions benefit of Amgen's bone drug for new use in prostate cancer patients
Washington Post
WASHINGTON ? Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and carried significant side effects.
Dendreon shares climb on critical review for AmgenCBS News
FDA Staff Questions Merit of Expanding Use of Amgen's XgevaBusinessWeek
FDA Questions Benefit of Amgen Bone Drug in Certain CasesWall Street Journal (blog)
Reuters
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"Malaria cure" claim sparks Vienna probe
6 Feb 2012 at 12:08pm
VIENNA (Reuters) - A Vienna hospital is searching for long-retired staff who might hold clues to a man's claim that he was deliberately infected with malaria when he was a psychiatric patient nearly half a century ago.
Many kids still exposed to secondhand smoke in cars
6 Feb 2012 at 10:32am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new government study reports that while fewer kids and teens are getting exposed to secondhand smoke while riding in the car, rates of exposure are still high enough to warrant concern.
DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe
6 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm
(Reuters) - Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration raided two CVS pharmacies in Florida as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances.
Marathoners who go the distance 100 times or more
6 Feb 2012 at 10:46am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For most people running one marathon is a daunting prospect but research scientist Leslie Miller belongs to group of runners who have completed 100 or more marathons, many of them just for the fun of it.
Child abuse experts calls for U.S. campaign
6 Feb 2012 at 2:14am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly 4,600 U.S. children were hospitalized with broken bones, traumatic brain injury and other serious damage caused by physical abuse in 2006, according to a new report.
FDA staff unsure about new use for Amgen's Xgeva
6 Feb 2012 at 9:18am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reviewers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that they were not sure whether Amgen Inc's Xgeva bone drug should be approved for a wider use of delaying the spread of cancer to the bone.
Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study
5 Feb 2012 at 7:14pm
(Reuters) - Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a Japanese study that covered thousands of people.
Orexigen, FDA agree on trial design for obesity drug
6 Feb 2012 at 9:28am
(Reuters) - Orexigen Therapeutics Inc said it reached an agreement with U.S. health regulators on the design of a heart-safety trial required for the approval of its experimental obesity drug.
Carnival cruise ship passengers struck with virus
5 Feb 2012 at 5:14pm
(Reuters) - More than 100 people on board a cruise ship operated by a unit of Carnival Corp have fallen ill with a stomach virus, the latest setback facing the world's biggest cruise company, which came under scrutiny last month for the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in Italy.
Cancer survivors line up as opponents in Super Bowl
4 Feb 2012 at 6:17pm
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - There can only be one winner in Sunday's Super Bowl but for two opposing players, a bigger battle has already been won, victory over cancer.

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