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Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer (HealthDay) April 20, 2009 at 7:04 pm HealthDay - SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the drug dasatinib to a standard, two-drug chemotherapy regimen for treating ovarian cancer boosted the effectiveness of the drugs in laboratory tests, new research shows. Kids and Veggies: Offer Them and They Will Eat (HealthDay) April 20, 2009 at 7:04 pm HealthDay - MONDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Good nutrition may be more an issue of supply than demand in the poorest parts of the lower Mississippi Delta. Clinical Trials Update: April 20, 2009 (HealthDay) April 20, 2009 at 7:04 pm HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: Study paints picture of collegiate mental health (AP) April 20, 2009 at 5:09 pm AP - Ever since campus counseling centers were established in the 1940s, college officials have known that the prevalence and severity of students' mental health problems were rising. They just didn't know by how much. Broader Medicare could reduce disparities (Reuters) April 20, 2009 at 5:04 pm Reuters - Lowering the eligibility age for the federal Medicare health insurance plan for the elderly could reduce racial health disparities and help blacks and Hispanics live as long as whites, U.S. researchers said on Monday. When unhealthy foods hijack overeaters' brains (AP) April 20, 2009 at 4:57 pm AP - Food hijacked Dr. David Kessler's brain. Not apples or carrots. Hospital label no guarantee of better weight surgery (Reuters) April 20, 2009 at 4:20 pm Reuters - Despite the fancy label, hospitals designated bariatric surgery "centers of excellence" have as many deaths and complications from the weight-loss procedure as others, U.S. researchers said on Monday.