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Monday, 12 January 2009 at 4:19 pm Posted by smp

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Minn. officials trace salmonella to peanut butter (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 05:07 PM CST

Salmonella is seen under high magnification in a colorized scanning electron micrograph. (CDC/Handout/Reuters)AP - The salmonella bacteria that has sickened nearly 400 people in 42 states has been conclusively linked to peanut butter, Minnesota health officials announced Monday.

Preventing colds may be as easy as vitamin ZZZ (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 04:01 PM CST

A customer leans against a pharmacy counter in a file photo. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)AP - Fluff up the pillows and pull up the covers. Preventing the common cold may be as easy as getting more sleep. Researchers paid healthy adults $800 to have cold viruses sprayed up their noses, then wait five days in a hotel to see if they got sick. Habitual eight-hour sleepers were much less likely to get sick than those who slept less than seven hours or slept fitfully.

Govt pushes electronic family tree for good health (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:28 PM CST

AP - It happens all the time: Filling out that clipboard at the doctor's office, you can't remember what cancer killed Aunt Sally or when Dad had his heart attack.

Top Army recruiter weighs fat camp for recruits (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 08:08 AM CST

Pvt. Idalia Halley,19 left, of Columbia, S.C. stands with her 'battle buddy' Pvt. Katrina Thompkins, 19 of Greenville, S.C. during rifle training at a shooting range Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at Fort Jackson, S.C. Both women had issues with their weight but with five weeks of training behind them and doing daily push-ups, sit-ups and working on running a two-minute mile they are confident they are ready to pass basic training. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - The Army has been dismissing so many overweight applicants that its top recruiter, trying to keep troop numbers up in wartime, is considering starting a fat farm to transform chubby trainees into svelte soldiers.

Health Tip: Losing Your Hair? (HealthDay)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hair loss can be triggered by many things, including hormonal changes, medications, radiation or your genetic makeup.

No health risk for kids from mobile phones: German study (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:50 PM CST

A young toddler, seen here in 2005, using a mobile phone in London. Radiation from mobile phones has no short-term health impact on children and teenagers, a new German government study showed on Monday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Radiation from mobile phones has no short-term health impact on children and teenagers, a new German government study showed on Monday.

Gene Variant May Hike Women's Risk of Alzheimer's (HealthDay)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have discovered a gene variant on the X chromosome that appears to increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Gene Fusions May Drive Certain Cancers (HealthDay)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have discovered genes in prostate cancer cells that fuse when their chromosomes trade places with each other, an occurrence that may initiate the development of some cancers.

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