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AP - President Barack Obama’s push to overhaul health care needs Republican votes, lawmakers from both parties say.

AP - A chemical used in many plastic products and already under scrutiny for potential health risks is suspected of raising the risk of liver problems in premature babies, according to a new study.

AFP - Governments are scrambling to buy up hundreds of millions of doses of swine flu vaccine but health experts warn the poor may lose out as wealthy countries corner strictly limited supplies.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) — Whether cholesterol-lowering
drugs called statins should be given to children apparently depends on who
you ask.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) — Scientists may be closer to
solving a medical mystery with huge implications for personal and public
health: Why obese people are prone to developing type 2 diabetes.

AFP - Anxiously eyeing the approach of winter, US health officials are urgently gearing up for a huge vaccine campaign hoping Americans will swing behind efforts to protect them from swine flu.

AFP - Medical researchers on Sunday said they had used over-the-counter allergy drugs to ease Type 2 diabetes in obese mice, in a study that strengthens theories that inflammation plays a role in this disorder.

AFP - Medical researchers on Sunday said they had used over-the-counter allergy drugs to ease Type 2 diabetes in obese mice, in a study that strengthens theories that inflammation plays a role in this disorder.

AP - In a drive to inoculate people against swine flu before winter, many European governments say they will fast-track the testing of a vaccine, arousing concern among some experts about safety and proper doses.

AP - She was sociable and happy in high school. But in college that changed abruptly: Depressed and withdrawn, some days she couldn’t get out of bed.