AP – Mexico’s top medical officer voiced optimism Thursday that swine flu has slowed in the nation hardest hit by the virus, but the World Health Organization cautioned there is no evidence the worst of the global outbreak is over.
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AFP – Australia ordered an investigation into a nursing home where elderly and bed-ridden residents were gnawed by a swarming plague of mice.
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Reuters – Mexico started to get a better picture of its outbreak of a dangerous new flu strain on Friday, widening testing as a conveniently timed long holiday gave people a chance to ride out the epidemic at home.
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HealthDay – THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — People who have suffered a
stroke can significantly reduce the odds of a second stroke or a heart
attack by controlling their blood pressure and cholesterol, new research
shows.
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HealthDay – THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Women were 10 times more likely
to do breast self-examinations if they took part in an brief intervention
program that included one counseling session and two follow-up phone
calls, a U.S. study has found.
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AFP – Mexico was approved for three billion dollars in international loans to fight the swine flu crisis, as the country began a five-day shutdown Friday to try to halt the spread of the virus.
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HealthDay – THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Using a steroid drug in
combination with a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug may give patients more
relief from symptoms than using the MS drug alone, suggests a new
study.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com:
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AFP – The United States will purchase an additional 13 million antiviral treatments to help ward off swine flu and plans to send 400,000 of the treatments to Mexico, officials said Thursday.
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HealthDay – THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — In the face of a possible
swine flu pandemic, U.S. health officials are already collecting
information and ingredients with an eye to creating a swine flu
vaccine.
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HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — While you’re grieving because of a major
life change or loss, you need time to cope.
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AP – Mexico’s top medical officer voiced optimism Thursday that swine flu has slowed in the nation hardest hit by the virus, but the World Health Organization cautioned there is no evidence the worst of the global outbreak is over.
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HealthDay – THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Although the American public
feels a little better about the job the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
is doing now than a year ago, about half still believes the agency isn’t
doing enough to safeguard the country’s food and drugs, a new Harris
Interactive/HealthDay poll finds.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top medical officer voiced optimism Thursday that swine flu has slowed in the nation hardest hit by the virus, but the World Health Organization cautioned there is no evidence the worst of the global outbreak is over….
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AP – Oh, Joe. Vice President Joe Biden with a well-deserved reputation as someone who shoots from the lip made it through the first 100 days of the Obama administration without any major gaffes. But on Day 101 the vice president, well, took a nosedive when it came to the government’s talking points [...]
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Sleep disturbances — including trouble
getting to sleep or waking frequently throughout the night — are common
in elderly people.
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AFP – The United States will purchase an additional 13 million antiviral treatments to help ward off swine flu and plans to send 400,000 of the treatments to Mexico, officials said.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A hundred cases of swine flu in the U.S.? Health officials say there are likely more. Just how many is not important, they say. As the world faces a potential pandemic, swamped labs are not testing all possible cases. Getting an exact tally has taken a back seat [...]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top medical officer voiced optimism Thursday that swine flu has slowed in the nation hardest hit by the virus, but the World Health Organization cautioned there is no evidence the worst of the global outbreak is over….
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AP – Mexico’s top health official said Thursday the number of new swine flu cases is stabilizing in the nation at the epicenter of the outbreak. Health secretary Jose Angel Cordova told a news conference he hoped the trend will continue and that a vaccine would be available in six months. European health ministers said [...]
Reuters – U.S. schools with vending machines that sell candy and soda to students could soon find the government requiring healthier options to combat childhood obesity under a bill introduced on Thursday by two senators.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — No matter what you call it, leading experts say the virus that is scaring the world is pretty much all pig. So while the U.S. government and now the World Health Organization are taking the swine out of “swine flu,” the experts who track the genetic heritage of [...]
AFP – EU health ministers on Thursday shot down a French proposal to halt flights to swine flu hit Mexico as they struggled to overcome divisions on how to contain the fast-spreading virus.
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