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Wednesday, 7 January 2009 at 4:19 pm Posted by smp

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C-sections best for baby when close to due date (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:54 PM CST

In this photo provided by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Shannon Eubanks, left, her new baby Kathleen Conley Eubanks, and husband Gaston Eubanks share a moment in the hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009. Eubanks waited until she reached the 39th week of her pregnancy to schedule a Caesarean section to deliver her daughter. A study in the Jan. 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that babies have fewer health problems if planned C-sections are done during the week before the due date. (AP Photo/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Stephanie Crayton)AP - Babies do better after a scheduled Caesarean section if they're born no sooner than seven days before their due date, a new large study of U.S. births shows. Those delivered earlier had more complications, including breathing problems, even though they were full term, the researchers reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. Even just a few days made a difference, they said.

Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:08 PM CST

CHANGES all percentages to rates per thousand; map shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2006 by state ; 1 c x 3 1/4 in; 46.5 mm x 82.55 mm; 2 c x 3 1/4 in; 96.3 mm x 82.55 mmAP - Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal report says. Mississippi's rate was more than 60 percent higher than the national average in 2006, according to new state statistics released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The teen birth rate for that year in Texas and New Mexico was more than 50 percent higher.

Drug made from genetically engineered goats may become scientific first (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:01 PM CST

AP - You've heard of making cheese from goats' milk, but prescription drugs? In what would be a scientific first, an anti-clotting drug made from the milk of genetically engineered goats moved closer to government approval Wednesday after experts at the Food and Drug Administration reported that the medication works and its safety is acceptable.

Salmonella outbreak spreads to 42 states, CDC says (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:06 PM CST

AP - Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak that reportedly has sickened nearly 400 people in 42 states, but they do not yet know exactly how the bacteria has been spreading.

Study raises hope for obesity treatment (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 06:11 PM CST

A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. U.S. researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks the fat-fighting promise of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone once hailed as the answer to the battle of the bulge. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks the fat-fighting promise of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone once hailed as the answer to the battle of the bulge.

Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 7, 2009 (HealthDay)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

Health Tip: Help Stop Thumbsucking (HealthDay)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Many children suck their thumbs, but it can cause dental problems if children continue to suck their thumb beyond age 4.

'Snowbirds' Beware the Climate Changes (HealthDay)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) --- Seniors who head south each winter to escape the cold often feel better just thinking about the warmer climes.

Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter (HealthDay)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Digoxin, a drug used for many years to treat irregular heart rhythms and heart failure, may also be a cancer-fighting agent, researchers report.

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