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  1. Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)
    Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:30 PM ETSent 2,428 times

    BRUSSELS - Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.

  2. Q&A: Dennis Sewell on Charles Darwin's Dark Legacy Time.com - Tue Nov 24, 11:50 AM ETSent 775 times

    On the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, political journalist Dennis Sewell talks to TIME about how the naturalist's big idea has been harnessed for sinister ends

  3. City workers walk through London's Canary Wharf. Men who bottle up frustrations about unfair treatment at work are twice as likely to have a heart attack, a study suggests.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)
    Stifled Anger at Work Doubles Men's Risk for Heart Attack HealthDay - 2 hours, 16 minutes agoSent 651 times

    MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Men who bottle up their anger over unfair treatment at work could be hurting their hearts, a new Swedish study indicates.

  4. One in Four Teen Girls Have STDs HealthDay - Mon Nov 23, 11:48 PM ETSent 251 times

    MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- As many as one in four U.S. teenage girls have had a sexually transmitted disease (STD), many infected soon after their first sexual encounter, a new government report shows.

  5. Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare AP - Mon Nov 23, 6:35 AM ETSent 152 times

    SEATTLE - Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday.

  6. GlaxoSmithKline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada AP - Tue Nov 24, 10:16 AM ETSent 145 times

    LONDON - Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions among recipients, but there are no similar reports from other countries, pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday.

  7. A traveler wheels luggage past one of many hand sanitizer dispensers hung on walls at Logan International Airport in Boston Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Thanksgiving is typically followed by at least a modest bump in early seasonal flu cases, according to reports from the past few years. But this, of course, is not a typical year. Swine flu is a new virus that accounts for nearly all flu cases right now. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
    CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:14 PM ETSent 122 times

    ATLANTA - Let us give thanks — and pass the Purell.

  8. MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria strain is seen in a petri dish containing agar jelly for bacterial culture in a microbiological laboratory in Berlin March 1, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
    Drug-resistant bacteria on increase in U.S.: study Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 12:41 AM ETSent 118 times

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 percent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, researchers reported on Tuesday.

  9. Teacher Kinzi Blair poses in her classroom at an elementary school in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
    Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair? AP - Mon Nov 23, 4:17 PM ETSent 83 times

    Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers.

  10. An ampulla containing the flu vaccine Pandemrix at a chemist in Berlin. A leading association of clinicians has accused an "anti-vaccination movement" of breeding suspicion about the (A)H1N1 swine flu vaccine in Europe and declared public health and lives were at risk.(DDP/AFP/Philipp Guelland)
    Trying last-ditch lung bypass for worst swine flu AP - Tue Nov 24, 8:57 AM ETSent 79 times

    WASHINGTON - A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest.

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  1. Q&A: Dennis Sewell on Charles Darwin's Dark Legacy Time.com - Tue Nov 24, 11:50 AM ET

    On the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, political journalist Dennis Sewell talks to TIME about how the naturalist's big idea has been harnessed for sinister ends

  2. Josephine Nicolaas-Houben, mother of Rom Houben, giving him something to drink. Houben, a Belgian man thought to have been in a coma for 23 years has told of his "second birth" after doctors realised he was in fact conscious. The story revives the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Belga/File/Michel Krakowski)
    Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:30 PM ET

    BRUSSELS - Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.

  3. Swine flu shots are advertised outside of Airport MD at Miami International Airport in Miami Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
    CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:14 PM ET

    ATLANTA - Let us give thanks — and pass the Purell.

  4. Stifled Anger at Work Doubles Men's Risk for Heart Attack HealthDay - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

    MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Men who bottle up their anger over unfair treatment at work could be hurting their hearts, a new Swedish study indicates.

  5. One in Four Teen Girls Have STDs HealthDay - Mon Nov 23, 11:48 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- As many as one in four U.S. teenage girls have had a sexually transmitted disease (STD), many infected soon after their first sexual encounter, a new government report shows.

  6. GlaxoSmithKline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada AP - Tue Nov 24, 10:16 AM ET

    LONDON - Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions among recipients, but there are no similar reports from other countries, pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday.

  7. Trying last-ditch lung bypass for worst swine flu AP - Tue Nov 24, 8:57 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest.

  8. UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China AP - 58 minutes ago

    SHANGHAI - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.

  9. Antioxidants could help preserve muscle strength Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 4:16 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study in older adults, dietary intake of vitamins C and E was linked with muscle strength, leading the researchers to suggest at a meeting in Atlanta this past weekend that a diet high in antioxidants could play an important role in preserving muscle function in older adults

  10. Smokers Double Their Risk for Heart Disease HealthDay - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

    TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- A new study offers yet more proof that smoking is a major risk factor for death from heart disease and cancer.

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  1. Consumer ads pump up prescription drug costs Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 12:22 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medicaid pharmacy costs for the blood-thinning drug Plavix jumped at around the same time the drug's maker started advertising it to consumers -- even though the number of people prescribed the drug didn't change, new research shows.

  2. UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China AP - 58 minutes ago

    SHANGHAI - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.

  3. GlaxoSmithKline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada AP - Tue Nov 24, 10:16 AM ET

    LONDON - Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions among recipients, but there are no similar reports from other countries, pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday.

  4. University students carry large red ribbons on a street during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS day in Shenyang, Liaoning province November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer
    Over 33 million infected with AIDS virus: U.N. Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 6:40 AM ET

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, up from 33 million in 2007, but more people are living longer due to the availability of drugs, according to a United Nations report.

  5. Nurse Marcel Giguere, right, gives a swine flu shot to Yoanet Ramirez of Miami, left, at Airport MD at Miami International Airport in Miami Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
    CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:14 PM ET

    ATLANTA - Let us give thanks — and pass the Purell.

  6. UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996 AP - Tue Nov 24, 10:14 AM ET

    GENEVA - The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS — about 33 million — has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.

  7. A boy crosses a flowing stream of raw sewage in front of his home in the Mbare neighbourhood of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
    Zimbabwe child mortality up 20 percent, U.N. says Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 12:21 PM ET

    HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's infant mortality rate has risen by 20 percent over the past two decades as children under five succumb to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and pneumonia, a joint government and United Nations survey showed on Tuesday.

  8. Childbirth May Slow Progression of Multiple Sclerosis HealthDay - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

    TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Having children may slow the progression of multiple sclerosis, new research suggests.

  9. A Zimbabwean orphan displays the anti-retroviral drugs he obtained by walking across a mountain range and crossing into Mozambique. AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said in an annual report on the crisis that mixed hope with a warning against complacency.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)
    AIDS deaths top 25 mln but infections slow AFP - Tue Nov 24, 12:10 PM ET

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said in an annual report on the crisis Tuesday that mixed hope with a warning against complacency.

  10. Family Financial Status Affects Child-Care Injury Rates HealthDay - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

    TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Although children from poorer families who have child care may suffer from a higher rate of accidental injuries, child care could actually protect kids from affluent families, new research suggests.

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