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AFP - British prison inmates are better fed than hospital patients, researchers said Monday.

Reuters - Democrats heading the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee widened their probe of the health insurance industry on Monday, seeking information on companies’ policies for small businesses.

Reuters - Adding a clinical breast exam to screening mammography increases breast cancer detection rates, but it also increases rates of falsely positive results, Canadian researchers report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Reuters - A low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean-style diet is more effective than a typical low-fat, calorie-restricted diet for diabetes management, according to a study released Monday.

Reuters - If you want to dramatically lower the odds that you’ll die of heart disease, go live someplace where public smoking is banned.

Reuters - Smoking cigarettes increases the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), but the substance that makes cigarettes addictive, nicotine, doesn’t seem to be at fault, Swedish researchers say.

Reuters - Clinics in drug stores provide care for minor ailments on par with, or better than, other medical facilities at significantly lower costs, according to a study released on Monday.

Reuters - The day after U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy’s burial, leading Democratic and Republican senators on Sunday seized on his reputation for compromise to call for cooperation in the healthcare debate but showed little give in their own positions.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) — Young football players and
other athletes face the risk of major heat injury and illness if they push
themselves too hard in hot weather, warn sports medicine experts.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) — A new anti-clotting drug,
ticagrelor (Brilinta), was better than than clopidogrel (Plavix) in
preventing new heart attacks and in reducing deaths among patients who
have had a heart attack, a new study finds.