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Type 2 Diabetes Study: Drugs Don't Cut Heart Disease Risk (Time.com)

Time.com - New data suggest that aggressive drug treatments to reduce known heart-disease risk factors don't actually help Type 2 diabetes patients. Why? And what now?

Swine Flu in Pregnancy Leads Some to ICU (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with the H1N1 (swine) flu were 13 times more likely to become critically ill than non-pregnant women infected with H1N1, according to a report from researchers in Australia and New Zealand.

Clinical Trials Update: March 19, 2010 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

Rising Drug Prices Slam Some Medicare Recipients (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare Part D Plan coverage gap prices for widely used brand name drugs rose in 2010, and price increases since 2006 have far exceeded the rate of inflation, a new study finds.

Mediterranean diet tied to fertility treatment success (Reuters)

Reuters - Women who closely adhere to a Mediterranean-style diet rich in vegetables, vegetable oils and fish may have a higher likelihood of becoming pregnant after infertility treatment, a new study suggests.

Cultural Outreach Boosts Cancer Care in Asian Americans (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Death and disease rates vary widely among distinct groups of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, but these groups can benefit from culturally appropriate prevention and care programs, new studies show.

Review Faults Usefulness of Gene Expression Signatures (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- A review of research on gene expression-based prognostic signatures in lung cancer contends that the signatures aren't ready for prime time.

More Kids Now Extremely Obese (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity epidemic is hitting children harder than ever, with 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls classified as extremely obese in a California study, researchers from Kaiser Permanente report.

What Is the Organic Liaison Diet? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - "Fat Actress" star Kirstie Alley - following a well-publicized failure as spokeswoman for weight loss company Jenny Craig - has developed a new diet system called Organic Liaison. So if you want to look like Kirstie Alley, here's your chance. But Organic Liaison is not just a diet, since diets per se cannot be trademarked or copyrighted. ...