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AP - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said Friday it has started testing its swine flu vaccine in humans.

AFP - British leaders united Friday to defend the country’s state-funded National Health Service, as it comes under fire in an increasingly heated debate in the United States over healthcare reform.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) — Gays, lesbians and
bisexuals are about twice as likely as heterosexuals to seek treatment for
mental health issues or substance abuse, a U.S. study finds.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) — The composition of a
woman’s contraceptive pill influences her risk of developing blood clots
of the leg and lung, European researchers say.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — The end of summer signals back to school.
And preparing for the school-year routine means getting into a
back-to-school sleep schedule.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — If you’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes,
it may be difficult to separate fact from fiction.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Parents who try to battle the
childhood obesity epidemic by forbidding their kids to eat certain foods
are not going to keep them from gaining weight and may actually be making
the situation worse, researchers say.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Closing the heart’s left
atrial appendage could offer an alternative to long-term warfarin
treatment for people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation who are at risk
for stroke, according to a new study.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — Students returning to school this
year have another worry besides homework and lunchroom bullies: swine
flu.

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