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AFP - The medication Ritalin (methylphenidate), often prescribed to treat hyperactive children, may also be used to prevent elderly people from falling, according to a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

AP - The government warned consumers Monday not to eat the soft, green substance found in the body cavity of lobsters, saying it may be contaminated with a toxin.

Reuters - Walking a bit more each day can help
people control their Type 2 diabetes but obese people trying to
keep weight off may need to exercise harder than they had
thought, according to a studies published on Monday.

AP - Deaths from medication mistakes at home, like actor Heath Ledger’s accidental overdose, rose dramatically during the past two decades, an analysis of U.S. death certificates finds.

Reuters - Diabetics who take insulin plus a
diabetes pill have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s
disease than diabetics who take insulin alone, U.S. researchers
said on Monday.

Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain, who has suffered from skin cancer in the
past, said on Monday his doctor has removed a spot from his
face during a routine checkup in Phoenix earlier in the day.

AP - Could food producers literally squeeze the salmonella out of a jalapeno? Or zap the E. coli from lettuce without it going limp?

AP - New research shows that a milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer’s disease is much more common than thought.

Reuters - A nasal spray made by Allon
Therapeutics Inc significantly improved memory in patients with
mild cognitive impairment — a precursor to Alzheimer’s
disease, researchers reported on Monday.

Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain, who has suffered from skin cancer in the
past, had a spot removed from his face on Monday during a
routine checkup by a doctor in Phoenix, an aide said.

Reuters - Impotence drugs may help carry
cancer-fighting drugs through the brain to treat malignant
tumors, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

AFP - Lung cancer has become the deadliest form of cancer among women in Sweden, overtaking breast cancer, Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare said in a report published Monday.

Reuters - A woman’s bone mineral density
may help doctors more accurately gauge a woman’s risk of
developing breast cancer, according to a new study.

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

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) — Calculating a woman’s bone
mineral density appears to shed light on her risk for breast cancer.