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AFP - The World Health Organisation said Friday that the swine flu pandemic is moving around the globe at an “unprecedented” speed as it stopped giving figures on numbers affected.

AP - The World Health Organization says it will stop counting individual cases of swine flu.

AP - The nation’s first double hand transplant patient can wriggle his new fingers a litte bit now and grab a tennis ball, but what he really wants to do is be able to feel his wife’s hands when he holds them.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) affects a child’s ability to perform in school and form
relationships.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — When a dear friend or family member has been
diagnosed with cancer, you’ll want to offer your love, support and
sympathy.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) — As a child, Daniel Alter
had blazing headaches that doctors explained away as lazy eye or
asthma.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) — The oral cancer drug
sunitinib (Sutent) has shown promising results in advanced kidney cancer
patients who have a poor prognosis, new research says.

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:

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) — Nearsighted people who can’t have
laser-assisted eye surgery may benefit from implantable lenses made of a
collagen-like substance, say Japanese researchers.