UN urges nations to lift HIV travel ban (AFP)

AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon hailed US President Barack Obama’s removal of a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, and urged other countries to do the same.

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House calls as cost-saver in health care reform? (AP)

AP - The doctor doesn’t look like much of a crusader, bent over the frail frame of 90-year-old Alberta Scott.

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Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Oct.

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Obama lifts ban on US entry for those with HIV (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year

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Study finds stroke risk from anemia drug Aranesp (AP)

AP - A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick enough to need dialysis.

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Children swine flu deaths spike in US amid vaccine shortage (AFP)

AFP - The United States will release its entire stock of children’s Tamiflu antivirals, a top health official said, as the pediatric swine flu toll spiked well above the annual toll for kids from seasonal flu.

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Side effects not always due to swine flu shot (AP)

AP - Hundreds of people on any given day will die, develop the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome or have spontaneous abortions, and that doesn’t necessarily mean that their swine flu vaccination shot was to blame, a new study says.

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Treating mild iodine deficiency boosts brain power (Reuters)

Reuters - Iodine supplements may improve mental function in children with even mild deficiencies in the nutrient, a small study suggests.

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Coffee may lower endometrial cancer risk (Reuters)

Reuters - Women dread a diagnosis of endometrial cancer, but those who drink at least two cups of caffeinated coffee a day may have a lower risk for this cancer of cells lining the uterus.

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Pregnancy complications tied to kids’ poor thinking (Reuters)

Reuters - Could high blood pressure-related complications during pregnancy be tied to thinking skills in children years later?

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