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Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group 24 minutes ago 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 ye  Read Story.

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC about 2 hours ago ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu....  Read Story.

CDC: Swine flu cases seem to be dropping in US about 4 hours ago ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say swine flu cases appear to declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings next week makes it hard to predict what will happen  Read Story.

Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health vote about 5 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) -- With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democratic leaders pushed ahead Friday toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications the rank-and-f  Read Story.

Correction: Plavix story about 6 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part  Read Story.

White House at odds with bishops over abortion about 9 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack  Read Story.

Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved about 10 hours ago HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reacti  Read Story.

China to punish those concealing swine flu info about 15 hours ago BEIJING (AP) -- China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes th  Read Story.

Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps about 15 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer....  Read Story.

Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD about 15 hours ago TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse  Read Story.

AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound about 20 hours ago ATLANTA (AP) -- When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right. The program has been plagued with pr  Read Story.

FDA panel backs safety, benefits of Spiriva about 20 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health experts on Thursday brushed off lingering safety questions about a popular inhaler drug and suggested it carry bolder benefit claims....  Read Story.

US survey shows southern counties most obese November 19, 2009 ATLANTA (AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia....  Read Story.

Task force doctor stands by mammogram advice November 19, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A member of the panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion is defending the task force's report....  Read Story.

Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu November 19, 2009 LONDON (AP) -- Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symp  Read Story.

1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery November 19, 2009 MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally after being woken Thursday from a medically induced coma, th  Read Story.

1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China November 18, 2009 HAVANA (AP) -- China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of th  Read Story.

Sebelius: Women should get mammograms by age 40 November 18, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a   Read Story.

FDA panel backs Pfizer's enhanced vaccine for kids November 18, 2009 BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Federal health experts say an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine is safe and effective for infants and toddlers, despite company studies that fai  Read Story.

Sebelius: mammograms still vital in saving lives November 18, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday....  Read Story.

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