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  1. An obese child steps on a scale. The recent sharp rise in child obesity may be about to level off, according to research released by the National Heart Forum (NHF).(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)
    Teen Obesity: Lack of Exercise May Not Be to Blame Time.com - Tue Nov 10, 10:25 AM ET

    New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they've gotten increasingly heavier over the same period

  2. Patrick Rosario displays a new security system panel in his home Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Bellevue, Wash. Rosario was home when a pair of burglars broke down his front door in February. He snuck out the back and drove away in the idling get-away van--forcing the burglars to drop their loot and leave the suburban neighborhood on foot. In big cities and small towns across the United States, the number of burglaries has plummeted--in part because the swelling ranks of the unemployed are home where they can protect what they have. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
    Recession's good news: Cities see burglaries fall AP - Mon Nov 9, 5:15 PM ET

    CHICAGO - Ever since he was laid off in March, Frank Beil has been on the lookout.

  3. UK starts study on using human DNA in animals AP - Tue Nov 10, 7:29 AM ET

    LONDON - British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.

  4. Dense breasts linked to return of breast cancer Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 5:22 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with dense breasts who have had lumpectomies for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a recurrence, according to a new study.

  5. Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts AP - Tue Nov 10, 3:02 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries — signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

  6. Handwriting Skills May Lag in Kids With Autism HealthDay - Mon Nov 9, 11:49 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Autistic children are more likely to have handwriting problems, including trouble forming letters, than those without autism, researchers say.

  7. A young carer holds the hands of an elderly woman in a residential home for the elderly in Planegg near Munich June 19, 2007. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
    Lack of health care worsens women's life quality: WHO Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 5:24 PM ET

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Despite living six to eight years longer than men, women lack essential health care throughout their lives, particularly as teenagers and elderly people, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

  8. Scientists Grow New Penile Tissue in the Lab HealthDay - Mon Nov 9, 11:49 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers were able to restore sexual function to rabbits with damaged penises by growing new penile tissue in the lab and implanting it, a new study reports.

  9. To Feel Better, Low-Fat Diet May Be Best HealthDay - Mon Nov 9, 11:49 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Both a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet such as the popular Atkins program and a low-fat, high-carb diet appear to help people lose pounds over the course of a year.

  10. Kenyans take part in a parade dubbed "Yes We Can" as part of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) conference in Nairobi November 4, 2009. Participants called on U.S. President Barack Obama and other donor agencies to continue funding the treatment of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA POLITICS HEALTH)
    WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women AP - Mon Nov 9, 3:39 PM ET

    GENEVA - In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.

  11. Ants Save Mates Trapped in Sand LiveScience.com - Sun Nov 8, 6:22 PM ET

    Helpful acts, such as grooming or foster parenting, are common throughout the animal kingdom, but accounts of animals rescuing one another from danger are exceedingly rare, having been reported in the scientific literature only for dolphins, capuchin monkeys, and ants. New research shows that in the ant Cataglyphis cursor, the behavior is surprisingly sophisticated.

  12. A picture of E.coli bacteria is seen in this undated file photo from the USDA.A New Hampshire resident reportedly died after consuming ground beef that may have been tainted by bacteria that can cause diarrhea, dehydration and kidney failure.The U.S. Agriculture Department said it became aware the meat might be tainted by E. coli O157:H7 bacteria during an investigation of a cluster of food-borne illnesses in New England. REUTERS/USDA/Handout
    Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches AP - Mon Nov 9, 11:46 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

  13. Elderly Russian women chat in front of a hen house in the village of Oktyabrskoe in the Ural mountains. Women are often deprived of health care in the crucial years of puberty and old age due to social inequalities with men, the World Health Organisation has said.(AFP/File/Yuri Tutov)
    Women deprived of health care at key times in life: WHO AFP - Mon Nov 9, 9:52 AM ET

    GENEVA (AFP) - Women are often deprived of health care in the crucial years of adolescence and old age due to social inequalities and neglect in male dominated decision-making, the World Health Organisation said Monday.

  14. New York residents walk on the sidewalk in Manahattan in New York, in 2007. US pressure groups joined forces Monday to urge authorities to spend more to improve Americans' health, a call for state and local authorities to spend more to make US streets safe for pedestrians and cyclists.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)
    Path to good health, less pollution is the sidewalk: report AFP - Mon Nov 9, 12:38 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US pressure groups joined forces Monday to urge authorities to spend more to improve Americans' health and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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