Daily Health Headlines for Friday Feb. 19, 2010

HEADLINES

Screens, Vaccine for HPV Less Beneficial in Older Women http://bit.ly/9E0MVI

Small Liquid Sensor Could Detect Cancer Instantly From Home http://bit.ly/9qKrVv

New Test Genetically Fingerprints Tumors http://bit.ly/9LcQY7

Want a Healthy Heart? Look on the Bright Side http://bit.ly/9T4yyB

Premiums jump 14 percent on Medicare private plans http://bit.ly/aeamWJ

Obama keeps all-Democratic health care option open http://bit.ly/arSBgv

Birth weight on the decline in the U.S. http://bit.ly/b8pCrT

You Do Not Need To Give A Placebo To Create A Placebo Effect http://bit.ly/blToVk

FDA Approves Rituxan to Treat CLL Patients http://bit.ly/c9cl4Q

Glaxo to remove zinc from denture cream http://bit.ly/bs9XS0

Next Year, Just 1 Flu Shot http://bit.ly/aKxYhA

INTERESTING

Early On, Hormone Therapy May Raise Women’s Heart Risks http://bit.ly/8YViAF

‘Dead’ woman moves arm as embalming begins http://bit.ly/dw64MP

Long-Distance Runners May Have Endurance in Their Genes http://bit.ly/aF0kgK

Changing Our Disease Care System To A Health Care System http://bit.ly/avry4R

Oxycontin Abusers Often Rely on ‘Leftover’ Meds From Friends http://bit.ly/9dstbv

GOOD ADVICE

Green Tea: The Eyes Have It http://bit.ly/9kzVjT

Birth control during perimenopause http://bit.ly/b6jLmp

How Exercise Can Alleviate the Pain of Fibromyalgia http://bit.ly/7igpm1