Sunday, March 15, 2009

3/15 Yahoo! News: Health News




Obama focuses on food safety, picks FDA new chief (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 11:15 am

US President Barack Obama speaks to attendees at the Business Roundtable March 12, 2009 at a hotel in Washington, DC. Obama will travel to Trinidad and Tobago between April 17 and 19 for the Summit of the Americas, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - The nation's food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he focused on that task by filling the top job at the Food and Drug Administration.


Second-Generation Female Condom Approved (HealthDay)
March 14, 2009 at 2:25 am

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The Female Health Co.'s FC2 Female Condom has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company said Wednesday. The product helps protect women against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Overweight Preschoolers Raise Their Heart Disease Risk (HealthDay)
March 14, 2009 at 2:25 am

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- In yet another sign that obesity poses health risks at any age, new research shows that overweight children as young as age 3 can begin to show signs of cardiovascular disease risk factors.


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