Obesity now a 'lifestyle' choice for Americans, expert says (AFP) 
AFP - As adult obesity balloons in the United States, being overweight has become less of a health hazard and more of a lifestyle choice, the author of a new book argues.
Source: news.yahoo.comClinical Trials Update: Jan. 10, 2008 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (
HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
Source: news.yahoo.comNew breast cancer screening test would use saliva (Reuters) 
Reuters - Scientists in the United States are developing a screening test for breast cancer that checks a woman's saliva for evidence of the disease to help find tumors early, when they are most treatable.
Source: news.yahoo.comWomen of childbearing age don't take folic acid (Reuters) Reuters - Although all women of childbearing age are recommended to take 400 micrograms of folic acid daily to prevent possible birth defects should they become pregnant, findings from two new studies indicate that most eligible women, especially those between 18 and 24 years of age, do not.
Source: news.yahoo.comObesity now a 'lifestyle' choice for Americans, expert says (AFP) AFP - As adult obesity balloons in the United States, being overweight has become less of a health hazard and more of a lifestyle choice, the author of a new book argues.
Source: news.yahoo.comEx-reps say Amgen used patient records (AP) AP - Two former sales representatives for Amgen Inc. are suing the biotech company, alleging it pushed its sales force to search doctor's confidential medical records for potential patients to boost sales of a drug used to treat psoriasis.
Source: news.yahoo.comBritain eyes Swedish law on sex workers (The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - Britain is seriously considering adopting a controversial approach to prostitution pioneered in Sweden that targets the customer instead of the sex worker, making it a crime to
buy ? but not to sell ? sex.
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