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• AP IMPACT: Zicam not alone in side effect reports

• Man who lost sense of smell assumed Zicam safe

• False test results seen in maternal screening

• $196 billion; little proof UN health programs work

• Group disputes cancer claims on One-A-Day vitamins

• Florida confirms state's 1st swine flu death

• Sebelius says kids may get swine flu shots 1st

• FDA says Zicam nasal spray can cause loss of smell

• Sebelius says insurers won't succeed

• Health dept. advises of steps to avoid West Nile virus

• AMA adopts new policy against anti-aging hormones

• PE requirement isn't enough to fight obesity

• Obesity surgery thins bones, but enough to break?

• FDA urges caution in weighing risks of ADHD drugs

• Hearing to air VA explanation of hospital mistakes

• PROMISES, PROMISES: Indian health care needs unmet

• Australia tries tough love to heal Aboriginal woes

• US swine flu cases grow to nearly 18,000

• Guatemala urges 2 swine flu-hit towns to shut down

• Drugmakers rush to produce a swine flu vaccine

• FDA flags psychiatric risks of asthma drugs

• State public health director encourages precautions as H1N1 influenza continues to circulate
  Clean your hands, cover your cough and contain your germs by staying home if you are sick

• WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun, 1st in 41 years

• Swine flu may have been spreading in August

• Novartis says produces 1st batch of H1N1 vaccine

• WHO raises influenza H1N1 to pandemic alert
  Local plans in place

  • US response to H1N1 announcement

• WHO likely to declare swine flu pandemic

• Study suggests drug is safe for morning sickness

• AP IMPACT: $2.5B spent, no alternative med cures

• FDA panel backs 3 psychiatric drugs for kids

• Government probes chelation-heart disease study

• Possible compromise emerges in health care debate

• WHO says it may declare swine flu pandemic soon

• Herbal sales dominated by sizable companies

• Tests show many supplements have quality problems

• 60 pct of cancer patients try nontraditional med

• 'You'll try anything,' says cancer patient

• Cancer patient learns herbals can interfere

•  'A sad case': She chose herbals over surgery

• Pulling malaria from mosquitoes to fight disease

• May food inspection scores

• 2 US soldiers in Germany have swine flu

• Alternative medicine goes mainstream

• 1st bird in Illinois tests positive for West Nile virus

• WA officials: 2nd person with swine flu dies

• Kennedy bill would make employers provide care

• New CDC chief to target smoking; led charge in NYC

• FDA weighs approval of psychiatric drugs for kids

• Merck's heart failure drug misses trial goals

For reference

• May food inspection scores

• School and athletic physicals available on HOPE Mobile

• Swine flu fact sheet

• Up-to-date CDC information on H1N1 flu (swine flu)

• HOPE June schedule

• Health department offers free information on diabetes

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