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Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest

Last Updated: 5:33 AM 07/02/09 - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. (Full Story)
FDA experts say a common medicine may actually be dangerous

Last Updated: 7:40 PM 07/01/09 - Tylenol is a common remedy for aches and pains. But health experts say too much of the drug can actually be harmful, or even deadly. (Full Story)
Obesity rates rise; Medicare girding for influx of portly baby boomers

Last Updated: 9:58 AM 07/01/09 - That middle-age girth among baby boomers appears to be following them into retirement. (Full Story)
Obama takes health care pitch to Virginia

Last Updated: 9:02 AM 07/01/09 - President Barack Obama is taking his pitch for health care revisions to Virginia, holding a town hall forum and fielding questions via the Internet. (Full Story)
Grocer recalls beef in some seven states

Last Updated: 7:11 AM 07/01/09 - The Kroger Co. has recalled ground beef sold in some of its grocery stores. (Full Story)
Bone agent linked to problems in neck surgeries

Last Updated: 5:27 AM 07/01/09 - A bone growth agent used in thousands of spinal fusion surgeries for neck pain has been linked to complications and higher cost, according to the first nationwide study of the product. Safety questions arose last year about the protein product, BMP, when used in fusion surgeries in the neck region, a use not approved by federal regulators. (Full Story)
Study charts swine flu's spread through air travel

Last Updated: 5:25 AM 07/01/09 - In a startling measure of just how widely a new disease can spread, researchers accurately plotted swine flu's course around the world by tracking air travel from Mexico. (Full Story)
FDA panel recommends banning Vicodin, Percocet; lowering top Tylenol dose

Last Updated: 11:59 PM 06/30/09 - Concerned over potentially deadly overdoses of acetaminophen, government experts are proposing new restrictions on the most widely-used painkiller. (Full Story)
Surprising number of teens think they'll die young

Last Updated: 10:04 AM 06/29/09 - New research suggests a surprising number of teenagers -- nearly 15 percent -- think they're going to die young, leading many to drug use, suicide attempts and other unsafe behavior. (Full Story)
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