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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 Audit urged for FDA-state pacts after peanut scare February 13, 2009 at 10:01 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Health and Human Services Department should audit the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of state inspection contracts after the salmonella outbreak involving peanuts, a Democratic lawmaker said on Friday. Kids problems related to drinking in pregnancy February 13, 2009 at 7:59 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Looking at the overall pattern of alcohol consumption during pregnancy is better at predicting problems in the offspring than are individual alcohol-related risk factors, researchers have found. Bone cell injection helps fractures heal February 13, 2009 at 7:58 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An injection of a patient's own bone-forming cells or "osteoblasts" can speed the healing of fractures, according to a new report. Sea sponge shows promise as superbug antidote February 13, 2009 at 7:21 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - A compound from a sea sponge was able to reverse antibiotic resistance in several strains of bacteria, making once-resistant strains succumb to readily available antibiotics, U.S. researchers said on Friday. Audit urged for FDA-state pacts after peanut scare February 13, 2009 at 5:59 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Health and Human Services Department should audit the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of state inspection contracts after the salmonella outbreak involving peanuts, a Democratic lawmaker said on Friday. Beaches may harbor staph bacteria: U.S. study February 13, 2009 at 5:56 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - Swimmers at crowded public beaches are likely to bring home more than a bit of sand in their bathing suits, according to U.S. researchers, who said as many as one in three swimmers may be exposed to contagious staph bacteria. Study links organic solvents to lymphoma risk February 13, 2009 at 4:12 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women exposed to organic solvents on the job face an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), according to new research in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Estrogen tied to restless legs during pregnancy February 13, 2009 at 2:26 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study indicates that estrogen plays an important role in triggering restless legs syndrome (RLS) during pregnancy, researchers from Germany report in the journal Sleep. High strain, low strength up knee arthritis risk February 13, 2009 at 2:25 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain activities may be more likely than others to increase older people's risk of developing osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, Dutch researchers report. Loss of height linked to breathlessness in elderly February 13, 2009 at 2:24 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among seniors, an increase in the ratio of their arm span to their height -- indicating a probable loss of height -- is strongly associated with shortness of breath and reduced lung capacity, according to a new study. No spread of cancer for Supreme Court's Ginsburg February 13, 2009 at 2:24 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's pancreatic cancer had not spread and she was released from the hospital. Youth mental illness costs U.S. billions February 13, 2009 at 1:19 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mental illness, substance abuse and behavioral problems among children and young adults, costs the United States $247 billion a year in treatment and lost productivity alone, an expert panel said on Friday. Depression, anxiety major factors in neck pain February 13, 2009 at 12:19 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The cause of neck pain is not just physical, doctors in Germany have shown. They say that psychological distress -- particularly depression and anxiety -- are closely linked to persistent neck pain. Wal-Mart says more U.S. employees have health coverage February 13, 2009 at 12:15 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday that the number of U.S. employees who have health care coverage through its plans or another source has risen to 94.5 percent from 92.7 percent a year ago. Texas orders peanut recall from company's 2nd plant February 13, 2009 at 8:03 am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas state health officials said on Thursday they had ordered the recall of products made at a plant operated by a company at the center of a big salmonella outbreak.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.