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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1769 Most Recommended Health en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:27 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1769 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthussciencecancer afp/20091106/healthussciencecancer AFP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_flu_pets nm/20091106/us_flu_pets Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:56:30 GMT Reuters - People who think they may have H1N1 flu need to stay away from work, avoid sneezing on their spouses and children and now, they have someone else to worry about infecting too -- their pets. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_what_weight nm/20091106/us_what_weight Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:24:57 GMT Reuters - Parents may be setting their daughters up for weight problems simply by allowing them to drink two or more sweetened drinks daily while young, study findings hint. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/singinginpregnancymaybeharderwork hsn/20091107/singinginpregnancymaybeharderwork HealthDay health Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:27 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Hormonal fluctuations make it harder for women to sing during pregnancy, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_rental nm/20091106/us_rental Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_rental"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2041420812.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=0o0nWTjACD27AhI6vvPy5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="Jason Sadler, 26, who founded www.iwearyourshirt.com, is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/iwearyourshirt.com/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_rental"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2041420812.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=0o0nWTjACD27AhI6vvPy5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="Jason Sadler, 26, who founded www.iwearyourshirt.com, is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/iwearyourshirt.com/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_med_swine_flu ap/20091106/us_med_swine_flu AP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:29:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_med_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.43205b451c4d466caf1cedab8b7c30e8.swine_flu_vaccines_2_gfx880.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=Aoormudzhxa4.CRdcm9t7w--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="UPDATES with most recent information; graphic shows the weekly number of swine flu vaccine shipments since Oct. 14; includes state-by-state breakdown for most recent week" border="0" /></a>AP - Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_med_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.43205b451c4d466caf1cedab8b7c30e8.swine_flu_vaccines_2_gfx880.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=Aoormudzhxa4.CRdcm9t7w--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="photo" title="UPDATES with most recent information; graphic shows the weekly number of swine flu vaccine shipments since Oct. 14; includes state-by-state breakdown for most recent week" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_med_europe_swine_flu ap/20091106/eu_med_europe_swine_flu AP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_med_europe_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.efd12c9081e2417c92c4bf812e8c579b.europe_swine_flu_ny137.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=FCvCYPfNRUHfJ0CA0ObJEw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 file photo, a nurse prepares an injection with the vaccine Pandemrix in Bremen, Germany. In Germany, doctors have also been contacting high-priority patients to come in for their swine flu shot, though other people who have asked for one have not been turned away. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)" border="0" /></a>AP - In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_med_europe_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.efd12c9081e2417c92c4bf812e8c579b.europe_swine_flu_ny137.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=FCvCYPfNRUHfJ0CA0ObJEw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 file photo, a nurse prepares an injection with the vaccine Pandemrix in Bremen, Germany. In Germany, doctors have also been contacting high-priority patients to come in for their swine flu shot, though other people who have asked for one have not been turned away. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cancer_obesity nm/20091106/us_cancer_obesity Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cancer_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3927443627.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3UzDgjeg8S1QLXzI422Mag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cancer_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3927443627.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3UzDgjeg8S1QLXzI422Mag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/greenteamayhelppreventoralcancer hsn/20091106/greenteamayhelppreventoralcancer HealthDay health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:49:00 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new study appears to add to growing evidence that green tea might help protect against cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/genetherapyforfatalbraindisorderjustthebeginning hsn/20091106/genetherapyforfatalbraindisorderjustthebeginning HealthDay health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:48:51 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The reported success of gene therapy in treating two children with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) brings hope to patients with the potentially crippling and fatal brain disorder and their families, says a nonprofit group that supports ALD research. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_flu_who nm/20091106/us_flu_who Reuters science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:07:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_flu_who"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2224437989.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ccNtExvwfbsdu.JE03lWOQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A man wears a protective mask as he takes the escalator in a subway in Kiev November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich" border="0" /></a>Reuters - H1N1 swine flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the World Health Organization said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_flu_who"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2224437989.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ccNtExvwfbsdu.JE03lWOQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man wears a protective mask as he takes the escalator in a subway in Kiev November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_health_prostate nm/20091106/us_health_prostate Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:25:51 GMT Reuters - Men who regularly get moderate exercise may have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer -- including aggressive, fast-growing tumors, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_genome_cheap nm/20091106/us_genome_cheap Reuters topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:24:11 GMT Reuters - Want to know your entire DNA sequence? A California company has done it for as little as $1,700. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/geneslinkedtopotbelly hsn/20091106/geneslinkedtopotbelly HealthDay health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:48:46 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research sheds light on the possible link between the genes you inherit and the size of your belly. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/deadlyintestinalinfectionspreadingoutsidehospitals hsn/20091106/deadlyintestinalinfectionspreadingoutsidehospitals HealthDay health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:49:03 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A potentially deadly intestinal infection is on the rise outside of hospital settings, especially among the elderly, researchers warn.