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AP - The Senate struck a historic blow against smoking in America Thursday, voting overwhelmingly to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in the cigarettes that kill nearly a half-million people a year, to drastically curtail ads that glorify tobacco and to ban flavored products aimed at spreading the habit to young people.

AP - Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. Thursday’s announcement by the World Health Organization doesn’t mean the virus is any more lethal — only that its spread is considered unstoppable.

AFP - Canada is investigating possible outbreaks of the swine flu in its aboriginal communities, officials said, while downplaying fears that natives are falling more seriously ill than others.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. Food and Drug
Administration advisory panel voted overwhelmingly Wednesday that
Seroquel and Zyprexa, two powerful antipsychotic drugs, be approved to
treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in children aged 13 to 17.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) — Forget about joining a gym.
If you want to get into shape, all you need is a four-legged pal.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Many skin products that claim to help sun
damage, wrinkles and other hallmarks of age include a class of chemical
compound called alpha hydroxy acids.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Everyone has days when they eat too much.
But if you always seem to be hungry, there may be a medical
explanation.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) — Sleep is good for your memory,
but the sleeping brain seems to store only the most useful information,
researchers have found.

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: