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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)



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Every week, Kenneth D. Kronhaus M.D., Ph. D., delves into the world's medical literature and emerges with an easy to understand, practical overview of the latest medical news about prevention, diagnosis & treatment!