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A British man weighing 22 stone (139 kilograms, 306 pounds) launched a court appeal Monday against a decision to refuse him state-funded obesity surgery because he is not fat enough. http://phys.org/news229597592.html Medicine & Health 2011-07-11T10:06:44-07:00 The financial crisis that began to hit Europe in mid-2008 reversed a steady, years-long fall in suicides among people of working age, according to a letter published on Friday by The Lancet. http://phys.org/news229322605.html Medicine & Health 2011-07-08T05:43:39-07:00 A groundbreaking deal on compulsory new food labels Wednesday is set to give Europeans clear information on the nutritional and energy content of products, as well as country of origin. http://phys.org/news229181205.html Medicine & Health 2011-07-06T14:26:54-07:00 Australia introduced world-first plain packaging laws for cigarettes into parliament Wednesday, vowing not to bow to big tobacco's "intimidation tactics" and legal threats. http://phys.org/news229142016.html Medicine & Health 2011-07-06T04:10:01-07:00 Overweight or obese men, like their female counterparts, have a lower chance of becoming a parent, according to a comparison of sperm quality presented at a European fertility meeting Monday. http://phys.org/news229013738.html Medicine & Health 2011-07-04T15:55:56-07:00 Taller women who become pregnant after receiving two embryos through in-vitro fertilisation have more chance of giving birth to twins, a Dutch study presented Monday found. http://phys.org/news229013618.html Medicine & Health 2011-07-04T15:53:51-07:00 Swedish doctors on Monday presented a new method they said dramatically reduces the risk of multiple births from in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) without affecting chances of having a baby. http://phys.org/news229004956.html Medicine & Health 2011-07-04T13:29:37-07:00 A second global tobacco giant has flagged legal action over Australia's plain packaging plan for cigarettes, warning of violations of its intellectual property rights, a report said Saturday. http://phys.org/news228821369.html Medicine & Health 2011-07-02T12:00:01-07:00 Scientific evidence goes increasingly against the theory that mobile phones cause cancer, a new study has concluded. http://phys.org/news228821254.html Medicine & Health 2011-07-02T10:27:44-07:00 The death toll from a killer E. coli outbreak centred in Germany has risen to 50 with another death in Germany and one in the United States, health authorities said Thursday. http://phys.org/news228666230.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-30T15:24:07-07:00 (AP) -- At least 17 infants have died in the last 48 hours at a government-run hospital in eastern India and the state is investigating, media reported Thursday. http://phys.org/news228652109.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-30T11:28:38-07:00 Eight people endured an anxious wait Thursday after being exposed to the potentially deadly Hendra virus, which is spread to humans from horses and believed to be unique to Australia. http://phys.org/news228630130.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-30T05:22:28-07:00 (AP) -- A billion-dollar "technical revision" added to a patent bill passed by the House last week could provide huge financial benefits to one pharmaceutical company and a law firm. http://phys.org/news228628295.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-30T05:17:40-07:00 (AP) -- Older adults of the same age and income with similar medical histories would pay sharply different amounts for private health insurance due to what appears to be an unintended consequence of the new health care law. http://phys.org/news228627957.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-30T04:46:14-07:00 (AP) -- European food and disease prevention authorities said Wednesday they are investigating whether the E. coli outbreak in Germany and France may be traced back to fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt either in 2009 or last year. http://phys.org/news228627763.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-30T04:42:55-07:00 (AP) -- Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says. http://phys.org/news228627715.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-30T04:42:06-07:00 Canada will fund clinical trials for a controversial multiple sclerosis treatment that targets blocked neck veins, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Wednesday. http://phys.org/news228588033.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-29T17:40:44-07:00 (AP) -- Full results of a big study that showed some smokers' lives could be saved by screening with lung scans now reveal more clearly what the risks are: There's a good chance of a false alarm. http://phys.org/news228587934.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-29T17:39:04-07:00 An expert panel urged the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to strip the Roche-made drug Avastin of its label for use against breast cancer because it is neither safe nor effective. http://phys.org/news228584209.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-29T16:37:14-07:00 A US federal appeals court in Ohio upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's controversial health care law Wednesday in the first rejection of several challenges at the appeals court level. http://phys.org/news228574798.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-29T14:00:48-07:00 (AP) -- At least 116 million U.S. adults experience long-lasting pain - the kind that lingers for weeks to months - and too often feel stigma rather than relief from a health care system poorly prepared to treat them, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news228572037.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-29T13:14:22-07:00 An outbreak of salmonella poisoning in salad sprouts has sickened 21 people in the United States but is not connected to the German E. coli outbreak, health authorities said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news228489862.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-28T14:24:38-07:00 Swedish health authorities said Tuesday they had detected a case of infection with the E. coli strain that caused a deadly outbreak in Germany, in a man who had not been to that country. http://phys.org/news228489541.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-28T14:24:12-07:00 (AP) -- Cash-strapped Swaziland's state hospitals have only two months' supplies of AIDS drugs, the country's health minister has told parliament in an assessment that AIDS patients and activists took as a death sentence. http://phys.org/news228484135.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-28T12:49:15-07:00 Nurses, occupational and physical therapists, case managers and education staff, all working together at a 300-bed Nebraska rehabilitation hospital, have successfully implemented a team approach to dramatically reduce infections from urinary catheters, the most prevalent type of infection acquired in healthcare settings. http://phys.org/news228475923.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-28T10:32:12-07:00 (AP) -- A panel of cancer experts has ruled for a second time that Avastin, the best-selling cancer drug in the world, should no longer be used in breast cancer patients, clearing the way for the government to remove its endorsement from the drug. http://phys.org/news228474114.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-28T10:02:15-07:00 (AP) -- Clean. Cook. Chill. Separate. That's the message of a new U.S. government campaign to raise awareness of safe food handling in the wake of a European E. coli outbreak that has killed almost 50 people. http://phys.org/news228465809.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-28T07:43:39-07:00 (AP) -- Russia is ending a blanket ban on vegetable imports from the European Union put in place over fears of E. coli infection, starting with the Netherlands and Belgium, the nation's top consumer rights watchdog said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news228462065.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-28T06:43:35-07:00 Can a blog by an overweight, depressed American introvert who reinvented himself as an Ironman and public speaker start a grassroots campaign that leads to lasting lifestyle changes in a country known for excess? http://phys.org/news228450753.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-28T03:32:55-07:00 It is more celebrity than respiratory, but botox could prove a breath of fresh air for asthmatics if an Australian trial of the toxin launched Tuesday is successful. http://phys.org/news228450432.html Medicine & Health 2011-06-28T03:28:36-07:00