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  Australian study supports gastric surgery for obese teens AFP - 41 minutes ago

  MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australian researchers Wednesday said a new study supported the use of lap-band surgery for severely overweight teenagers after it found the procedure helped them lose 80 percent of their excess fat.

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  Michelle Obama rallies US to push back child obesity AFP - 41 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors, the food industry and media to take on the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.

• Canadians gravitate toward meals that are convenient, claim to be nutritious The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 6:19 PM

  TORONTO - When Canadians eat at home, they're gravitating toward convenience foods and their meals don't have a made-from-scratch component as often as in the past, a new report suggests.

• Republicans doubt Obama's sincerity in health summit, which could put them at disadvantage The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 5:55 PM

  WASHINGTON - Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan summit on health care reform, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy.

• ER victim's family, aboriginal groups want full inquiry into Man. health care The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 5:20 PM

  WINNIPEG - Aboriginal groups and the family of a homeless man who died during a long wait in an emergency room want Manitoba to hold a public inquiry into how natives are treated when they need medical care.

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• US First Lady leads push against childhood obesity
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• India halts release of world's first genetically modified eggplant over safety concerns
  The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 10:57 AM
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  The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 9:38 AM
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  AFP - Tue Feb 9, 5:23 AM
• Sugary soft drinks linked to pancreatic cancer: study
  AFP - Mon Feb 8, 10:35 PM
• Guidelines could cut unnecessary CT scans for kids with head injury: study
  The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 7:32 PM
• Mood drug inhibits breast cancer medication: study
  AFP - Mon Feb 8, 7:30 PM
• Antidepressant blocks tamoxifen benefit, may raise cancer death risk: study
  The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 7:21 PM
• U.S. first lady tackles child obesity, out to change how millions eat, look
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• Physician assistants to take growing role in health care across Canada
  The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 7:14 PM
• B.C. reaches deal with 47,000 health workers, but they won't get wage hikes
  The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 6:06 PM
• Anti-doping forces suspect experimental anemia drug may be in used by dopers
  The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 5:13 PM
• Conference Board says new heart health strategy could save billions of dollars
  The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 5:01 PM
• N.L. Premier Danny Williams recovering well from heart surgery, office says
  The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 1:52 PM
• China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder that should have been destroyed by was reused
  The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 12:52 PM
• Errant gene may make some people age faster: study
  AFP - Mon Feb 8, 12:35 PM
• Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa
  AFP - Mon Feb 8, 12:34 PM
• Study confirms link between maternal age and autism
  AFP - Mon Feb 8, 12:34 PM

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