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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)

Yahoo! News : Health: 24 hours ago
AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot. ...read article

WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination (AP)

Yahoo! News : Health: 5 days ago
AP - The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio. ...read article

Senators: Lift ban on gays donating blood (AP)

Yahoo! News : Health: 5 days ago
AP - The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday. ...read article

Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut (AP)

Yahoo! News : Health: 5 days ago
AP - Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria. ...read article

Gene test claims to show what diet works best (AP)

Yahoo! News : Health: 5 days ago
AP - Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan. ...read article

Should men be tested for prostate cancer? (AP)

Yahoo! News : Health: 6 days ago
AP - The American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for prostate cancer screening on Wednesday. The advocacy group is one of many organizations that make such recommendations. Some questions and answers: ...read article

Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests (AP)

Yahoo! News : Health: 6 days ago
AP - Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can ... ...read article