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	FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's Enhanced Vaccine for Kids Last Updated: 5:30 PM 11/18/09 - 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 failed to meet certain goals. (Full Story)
	HHS Secretary says Mammograms Still Vital Last Updated: 5:04 PM 11/18/09 - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed. (Full Story)
	FDA Finds Bits of Steel and Rubber in Genzyme Drugs Last Updated: 5:01 PM 11/13/09 - Federal health regulators say they have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme. (Full Story)
	FDA Approves New Drug for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Last Updated: 4:58 PM 11/13/09 - Federal health officials have approved a new drug as the first non-hormonal treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding. (Full Story)
	Mrs. Obama: Health Overhaul Will Help Older Women Last Updated: 4:54 PM 11/13/09 - First lady Michelle Obama is assuring older women they won't be lose Medicare benefits through a health care overhaul and the legislation is designed to bring down their health care costs. (Full Story)
	Army Says Morale Down Among Troops in Afghanistan Last Updated: 4:44 PM 11/13/09 - The army says morale has fallen among its forces in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war. (Full Story)
	Bay County Health Department Continues School H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinics 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:24 PM 11/13/09 - Bay County Health Department Continues School H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinics (Full Story)
	Gene Found that Seems Key in Evolution of Speech Last Updated: 4:45 PM 11/11/09 - Scientists have pinpointed a gene mutation that might help explain why humans are able to talk but our closest relatives, chimpanzees, are not. (Full Story)
	Nearly 200 Million Children are Undernourished and have Stunted Growth Last Updated: 2:51 PM 11/11/09 - A new U.N. report says there are nearly 200 million children around the world who have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat. (Full Story)
	Pentagon says 300 doses of H1N1 Vaccine at Guantanamo Last Updated: 8:40 PM 11/10/09 - The Pentagon says a small shipment of swine flu vaccine has arrived at the Guantanamo Bay military prison. It's unlikely any of the terror detainees held there will get any of the sought-after vaccine now. (Full Story)
	Only One-third can Find and Get Swine Flu Vaccine Last Updated: 3:43 PM 11/06/09 - Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll. (Full Story)
	Study links some antibiotics with birth defects 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:41 PM 11/02/09 - Researchers say they've found a surprising link between some common antibiotics used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. (Full Story)
	Q & A Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, M.D., about Sickle Cell Last Updated: 11:32 AM 10/29/09 - Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, M.D., a pediatric hematologist at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, talks about a less toxic form of bone marrow transplantation for sickle cell disease. (Full Story)
	FDA panel backs first non-drug asthma treatment 0 Comments Last Updated: 5:35 PM 10/28/09 - Federal health advisers are recommending a novel technology from Asthmatx be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma. (Full Story)
	Former NFL Players to Testify about Brain Injuries Last Updated: 5:30 AM 10/28/09 - Three former pro football players make their way to Capitol Hill today as a congressional hearing focuses on brain injuries suffered in the game. (Full Story)
	Alarming Weight Gain Seen in Kids on Psych Drugs Last Updated: 5:24 AM 10/28/09 - A worrisome effect is emerging for children on widely used psychiatric drugs -- major weight gain and obesity. (Full Story)
	Alabama county health departments will start H1N1 shots 0 Comments Last Updated: 5:59 PM 10/27/09 - Alabama county health departments will start administering a limited number of doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine to individuals in targeted high-risk groups (Full Story)
	Q & A with Dr. Bryan Wall, M.D on shoulders 0 Comments Last Updated: 5:30 PM 10/26/09 - Bryan Wall, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at the Core Institute in Phoenix, Ariz., explains how a new surgery that reverses the anatomy of the shoulder is easing pain for patients with rotator cuff tears with arthritis. (Full Story)
	Q & A with Susan Whitney, Ph.D about Vertigo Last Updated: 10:37 AM 10/26/09 - Susan Whitney, Ph.D., a physical therapist at UPMC Department of Otolarynogology in Pittsburgh, Penn., talks about using a virtual grocery store to treat chronic dizziness. (Full Story)
	Report: FDA Fails to Follow-up on Unproven Drugs Last Updated: 6:54 AM 10/26/09 - Congressional investigators say the Food and Drug Administration has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend patients' lives. (Full Story)
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