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AP – U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years.

AP – Weary of being stuck with what they call the false label of America’s unhealthiest city, Huntington residents are offering a wary welcome to a celebrity TV chef who hopes to help them shape up.

AP – One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests. That’s a little higher than with ordinary seasonal flu, several experts said.

AFP – Out with the red wine and foie gras: half the French cabinet are fighting the fat to please their clean-living boss President Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife, a top nutritionist said Thursday.

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) — Human stem cells may
provide a means of creating a vaccine against colon cancer and other types
of cancers, say American and Chinese scientists.

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) — The weakened immune systems of
people with HIV puts them at increased risk for at least seven types of
cancer, but early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection could help
delay the onset of some of these cancers, a new study suggests.

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — Parents’ worry lists are typically
long — and get longer when their children become teenagers. And high on
many lists, it seems, are fears about hearing loss.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Gestational diabetes occurs only during
pregnancy, and affects about 4 percent of pregnant women, says the
American Diabetes Association.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — If you’re thinking about starting a family,
it’s a good idea to practice healthy habits before you become
pregnant.

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — Want cheaper health care? Consider
moving across the state line.