FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is warning several companies it says are still selling banned flavored cigarettes to U. 20 hours ago | San Jose Mercury News |  
Study shows rate of diabetes may be reduced with lifestyle changes
Research shows 34 percent drop in new cases November 4, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
Chinese syphilis outbreak blamed on economic boom
GENEVA — A senior Chinese public health official says the tenfold growth in the number of syphilis cases over the past decade in China has been driven by the country's rapid... November 3, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
Reid indicates timetable for health care may slip
Reid says legislators not bound by year-end timetable November 3, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
New vaccine offers hope in Africa's malaria battle
SIAYA, Kenya (AP) — A mother watched with dread as a nurse inserted a tube in her baby's head. Blood streamed into the anemic 4-month-old who already has malaria, the mosquito-... November 3, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
Report links obesity to swine flu complications
Being overweight proves significant risk factor in H1N1 November 3, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
Lupus drug on track for FDA approval
NEW YORK — Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline said Monday their experimental lupus treatment passed another key goal on its path to potentially becoming the first new drug... November 2, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
Half of U.S. kids will get food stamps, study says
CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could... November 2, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
Majority leader: House will pass health bill
WASHINGTON — Majority Leader Steny Hoyer predicts the House will pass historic health care overhaul legislation Saturday to extend coverage to tens of millions of uninsured... November 5, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
Swine Vaccine Clinic at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Saturday Open to Public in High Risk Groups
With 4,400 doses available, supply expected to run out by day's end. November 6, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
Obesity, poor education are obstacles to military readiness
WASHINGTON — It's tough enough selling military service to teen-agers who might not be so keen on getting their heads shaved or buy the whole "we do more by 9 a. November 6, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  
Older heart bypass method is best, a study shows
For decades, bypass surgery, in which surgeons improve blood flow to the heart by sewing new blood vessels to get around blocked ones, was done the same way. November 6, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News |  

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