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Reuters – The United States spends more on healthcare than any other nation but the most expensive healthcare is not always the best, the OECD said Tuesday.

Reuters – Zhu Zhu toy hamsters do not violate U.S. standards for levels of the chemical antimony, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

Reuters – Pharmaceutical companies defended themselves on Tuesday against complaints of rising medicine prices that could re-establish the drug industry as a political target in the U.S. health reform debate.

AP – The United States ranks near the bottom in life expectancy among wealthy nations despite spending more than double per person on health care than the industrialized world’s average, an economic group said Tuesday.

HealthDay – MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) — Could the music of the 18th
century classical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart help tiny infants born
today?

HealthDay – MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) — Better screening, healthier
living and new treatments have all continued to help cut the annual number
of cancer cases and deaths in the United States, a new report says.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Any new parent is concerned about caring for
the newborn baby. Premature babies — often called preemies — usually
require even more care and attention.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Gastritis occurs when the stomach lining
becomes swollen and irritated, causing common symptoms including stomach
pain and indigestion.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) — Certain dietary supplements
appear to affect the development of colorectal cancer or its recurrence,
two new studies suggest.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) — A new joint American-British
study suggests that the impact of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic during the
autumn-winter flu season will be less severe than had been feared.