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Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill

In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., left, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, appear on 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman) MANDATORY CREDIT: WILLIAM B. PLOWMAN, MEET THE PRESS NO SALES
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WASHINGTON - Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.

Weight Loss News

  • Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 11:15 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.

  • A resident is photographed Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 walking around downtown Lexington, Miss., in Holmes County. The first national statistics that look at obesity on the county level show that Mississippi has three counties among the worst in the nation, Humphreys, Jefferson and Holmes. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than in about 75 percent of counties in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
    US survey shows southern counties most obese AP - Thu Nov 19, 9:31 PM ET

    ATLANTA - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes HealthDay - Thu Nov 19, 7:25 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey.

Sexual Health News

  • Spray May Delay Ejaculation HealthDay - Thu Nov 19, 7:25 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it.

  • Spray can prevent premature ejaculation: study Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 1:18 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spray that numbs the penis can help prevent premature ejaculation, doctors reported on Thursday, and drug maker Sciele Pharma Inc, a division of Japan's Shionogi, plans to file for U.S. approval next year.

  • Genital Herpes May Never Go Dormant HealthDay - Wed Nov 18, 11:48 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Herpes, the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital lesions, never truly goes into a dormant state, new research suggests.

Medications/Drugs News

  • Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 20, 2009 HealthDay - 42 minutes ago

    (HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Los Angeles gets tough on medical marijuana shops Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 9:29 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.

  • Correction: Plavix story AP - Fri Nov 20, 10:32 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid.

Parenting/Kids News

  • Health Tip: Determining Migraines in Children HealthDay - 42 minutes ago

    (HealthDay News) -- Migraines are common in kids, affecting up to 5 percent of grade-school children, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.

  • Discovery Boosts Boys' Prospects for Post-Cancer Fertility HealthDay - 43 minutes ago

    FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests it may become possible for pre-pubescent boys stricken by cancer to prepare for the future when they may be infertile but still want to become natural fathers.

  • This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.(AFP/HO/File)
    Child abuse may shorten cell lifeline: study AFP - Fri Nov 20, 2:31 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.

Seniors/Aging News

  • Diet, Cognitive Ability May Play Role in Heart Disease HealthDay - Thu Nov 19, 7:25 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and who have good cognitive function are much less likely to die from heart disease than those who have poorer cognitive function and eat fewer fruits and vegetables, a new study has found.

  • U.S. House votes to boost Medicare pay to doctors Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 5:28 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to boost Medicare payments to physicians in a move that could help shore up support from doctors for a sweeping Democratic-backed healthcare overhaul.

  • Niacin Adds No Benefit for Statin Patients: Study HealthDay - Wed Nov 18, 11:48 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Taking the B vitamin niacin offers no additional benefit to seniors with coronary artery disease who are already prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S. researchers say.

Diseases/Conditions

  • Discovery Boosts Boys' Prospects for Post-Cancer Fertility HealthDay - 43 minutes ago

    FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests it may become possible for pre-pubescent boys stricken by cancer to prepare for the future when they may be infertile but still want to become natural fathers.

  • Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline AP - Sun Nov 22, 9:43 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.

  • An Afghan man walks in a poppy field in a village outside Balkh province, about 500 km (310 miles) north of Kabul May 6, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
    The depressed are more apt to get opioids for pain Reuters - Wed Nov 18, 1:22 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer from depression are much more likely to be prescribed powerful opioid painkillers like morphine and codeine and to stay on the drugs long-term, new research shows.

Most Popular Health News

  • When Sleep Suffers, So Does Decisiveness HealthDay - Sun Nov 22, 12:43 AM ET

    SATURDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep-deprived people may put themselves and others at risk when they need to make split-second decisions, U.S. researchers have found.

  • Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline AP - Sun Nov 22, 9:43 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.

  • Spray May Delay Ejaculation HealthDay - Thu Nov 19, 7:25 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it.