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- US smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults
By MIKE STOBBE 2010-09-07T20:35:03Z ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly, frustrated health officials reported Tuesday....
- Judge won't let stem cell money keep flowing
By JESSE J. HOLLAND 2010-09-07T22:46:48Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday refused to lift his order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, saying that a "parade of horribles" predicted by federal officials would not happen....
- FDA relents from midodrine withdrawal plan
By 2010-09-06T16:47:59Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal regulators have backed off a plan to remove a Shire PLC low blood-pressure treatment from the market after warning in August that the drug has not been proven effective....
- FDA cites claims on 2 green tea beverages
By MATTHEW PERRONE 2010-09-07T18:43:29Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health regulators have issued warnings to the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea for making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages....
- Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
By SHINO YUASA 2010-09-07T11:29:15Z TOKYO (AP) -- Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday....
- Picking right blood pressure medicine challenging
By LAURAN NEERGAARD 2010-09-07T07:04:37Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure, but researchers are hunting ways to better personalize therapy - perhaps even using a blood test....
- Cholera kills 41 in Central African nation of Chad
By 2010-09-04T10:35:32Z N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Health officials in Chad say an outbreak of cholera in the Central African nation has killed at least 41 people....
- Expert warns of complacency after swine flu fizzle
By MIN LEE 2010-09-05T13:10:52Z HONG KONG (AP) -- A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak....
- WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production
By MIN LEE 2010-09-06T10:13:05Z HONG KONG (AP) -- The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday....
- Cholera outbreak in Cameroon 'worst in 20 years'
By 2010-09-06T10:35:00Z YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) -- UNICEF says more than 300 people have died in the West African nation of Cameroon from the country's worst cholera outbreak in 20 years....
