- "Medical Breakthrough of the Week"

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Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit (AP, 8/28/10)

Omega-3 margarines fail to help in heart study: Too little too late? (European Society of Cardiology, 8/29/10)

New Migraine Gene Discovered: Study finds first genetic link to common migraine (Nature, 8/29/10)

Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. recalls ground beef after E. coli reports (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 8/28/10)

Heart Failure Mortality Benefit Seen With Ivabradine (Procoralan) (European Society of Cardiology, 8/29/10)

'Mama's Boys' Have Better Mental Health (annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, 8/27/10)

Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers (Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 9/10)

Fruits, vegetables cut cancer risk for smokers (Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 8/30/10)

Inspectors find unsanitary conditions at egg recall farms (FDA, 8/30/10)

Pediatric Group Issues New Flu Shot Guidelines (American Academy of Pediatrics, 8/30/10; Pediatrics, 10/10)

C-section rate will keep rising: Almost 1 in 3 First-Time Deliveries Now Via C-Section (American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 8/30/10)

Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal: Gene Test, Preventive Surgery Save Women's Lives (Journal of the American Medical Association, 9/1/10)

Low Vitamin D Linked to Heart Failure Deaths (European Society of Cardiology Congress, 8/31/10)

Selenium May Protect Against Bladder Cancer (Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 9/10)

'DASH Diet' Shown to Lower Heart Attack Risk Almost 20% ( Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 8/31)

Garlic breath? Drink some milk (Journal of Food Science, 9/10)

Insomnia is deadly for men (Sleep, 9/1/10)

New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB (New England Journal of Medicine, 9/2/10)

Diet Pill Meridia Ups Heart Attack Risk (New England Journal of Medicine, 9/2/10)

Mental "exercise" linked to faster dementia progression (Neurology, 9/1/10)

Michael Douglas and Throat Cancer: Michael Douglas Says He Has Stage Four Throat Cancer (Multiple sources)

Sleep-Deprived Teens Eat More Fat (Sleep, 9/1/10)

Coffee May Combat High Blood Pressure (European Society of Cardiology Congress, 9/1/10)

Vets With Stress Disorder More Likely to Develop Dementia (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 9/10)

Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9/3/10)

Bone drugs may raise risk of throat cancer (BMJ, 9/3/10)

Starting Menstruation Young Could Increase Asthma Risk (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 9/10)