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Reuters - Forty five children living in the
Australian mining town of Mount Isa, where Xstrata Plc produces
4 percent of the world’s lead, have blood lead levels above
World Health Organization standards, a report said on Thursday.

Reuters - A flood of new “brain-boosting” drugs
will emerge in coming decades for diseases like Alzheimer’s,
putting pressure on authorities over the drugs potential misuse
for non-medical purposes — such as helping students cram for
exams, scientists said on Thursday.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — Metabolic syndrome
increases the risk of diabetes, but not cardiovascular disease, in the
elderly, a new British study finds.

AP - President Bush on Wednesday signed legislation to protect people from losing their jobs or health insurance when genetic testing reveals they are susceptible to costly diseases.

AP - The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did.

Reuters - Malignant brain tumors remain one of
the deadliest types of cancer, but new treatments have extended
the lives of patients a bit in the past decade, and researchers
say further advances may be on the horizon.

AP - Merck & Co. has halted a study of an experimental drug it had touted as key to energizing its sagging cholesterol franchise, barely three weeks after U.S. regulators refused to allow sales of the drug.

AP - President Bush on Wednesday signed legislation to protect people from losing their jobs or health insurance when genetic testing reveals they are susceptible to costly diseases.

Reuters - Babies younger than six months
old should never be given water to drink, physicians at Johns
Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore remind parents.
Consuming too much water can put babies at risk of a
potentially life-threatening condition known as water
intoxication.

AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy gave a thumbs up to well-wishers and kisses to relatives as he walked out of the hospital Wednesday, a day after learning he has a cancerous brain tumor.

Reuters - Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
in children younger than 3 years of age may strain the heart
and cause inflammation, according to research discussed today
at the American Thoracic Society’s annual meeting in Toronto.

AP - Sen. Edward Kennedy’s diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor left Congress this week without its best dealmaker as well as its boldest liberal, a politician known simultaneously for his staunch left-wing positions and for his willingness to work with right-wing lawmakers to get legislation passed.

AFP - Scientists experimenting with genetically-modified mice said on Wednesday they had unveiled a molecular pathway that helps explain drug addiction and appetite.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — Heavy smoking and drinking,
especially beer, may hasten the onset of pancreatic cancer, according to
researchers who presented their data Tuesday at the Digestive Disease Week
2008 conference in San Diego.