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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Health News Surgery makes artificial arms easier to control February 10, 2009 at 6:51 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new type of surgery may give amputees better control over their artificial arms, allowing them to point a finger, grasp a baseball bat or even give someone a pinch, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. System peers under skin to reveal muscle actions February 10, 2009 at 6:46 pm AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch researchers have developed a system they say could help people learn to walk and balance sooner after an injury or stroke by displaying a virtual image of their body and moving muscles on a screen in real time. Peanut Corp shuts Texas plant in salmonella scare February 10, 2009 at 5:45 pm DALLAS (Reuters) - Peanut Corp of America, at the center of a nationwide salmonella scare, has shut its Texas plant after tests showed possible contamination in some of its products, health officials said on Tuesday. Black-white gap mars endometrial cancer survival February 10, 2009 at 5:15 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African-American women with endometrial cancer continue to be more likely to die from the disease than their white counterparts, according to a new report. Perfluorinated chemicals may impair fertility February 10, 2009 at 5:15 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study points a finger at perfluorinated chemicals as a cause of reduced fertility in women. Study shows long-term benefits of Rituxan February 10, 2009 at 4:42 pm LONDON (Reuters) - Lymphoma patients who continue regular infusions of Genentech Inc and Biogen Idec's Rituxan after chemotherapy may live longer than patients who stop, Israeli researchers said on Tuesday. Aspirin may curb precancerous colon polyps' return February 10, 2009 at 4:32 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taking aspirin daily may cut one's chances of developing the polyps that can lead to colorectal cancer, giving people at high risk for the disease a useful preventive tool, researchers said on Tuesday. Researchers link obesity to birth defects February 10, 2009 at 4:22 pm LONDON (Reuters) - Obese women are more likely to give birth to children with spina bifida, heart problems, cleft palate and a number of other defects, British researchers said on Tuesday. Cash-strapped U.S. patients may be skipping drugs February 10, 2009 at 3:59 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans with financial worries because of the ailing economy may be skipping needed prescription drugs in a wrong-headed attempt to save money, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Financial crisis must not eclipse AIDS fight: U.N. February 10, 2009 at 10:10 am KHAYELITSHA, South Africa (Reuters) - World leaders must not let the global financial crisis distract them from a "moral responsibility" to fight HIV/AIDS, the United Nations' top AIDS official said Tuesday.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.