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AFP - Egypt has confirmed the first swine flu case in an Egyptian returning from Saudi Arabia after performing the Muslim pilgrimage, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

AP - A bipartisan group of senators at work on health care reported progress Thursday in holding the cost of legislation to their $1 trillion target, but Republicans quickly added there was no agreement on even the outlines of a bill.

Reuters - The World Health Organization said on Thursday that the H1N1 virus was stable and there was no sign of it mixing with avian flu or other influenza viruses.

AFP - China’s crackdown on Internet pornography will be extended to health-related sex information, according to new regulations that tighten supervision of such content.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Hyperglycemia, the medical name for high
blood sugar, affects just about every person with diabetes at one time or
another, the American Diabetes Association says.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — While migraines and their causes vary from
person to person, researchers have identified some common triggers.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — A 54-million-year-old skull
has yielded the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — Despite having one of the
highest rates of obesity in America, the poor are less likely to undergo
weight loss surgery than obese people who are better off financially, new
research shows.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — As if expectant mothers don’t
have enough to worry about, new research suggests that a woman’s exposure
to phthalates, a chemical compound found in many plastics, may be linked
to low birth weight in infants.

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