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Illness takes Grand Haven 6th-grader WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:04 PM PST A Grand Haven 6th-grader died after a brief illness that, according to the Ottawa County Health Department, is not contagious. Fake Avastin had salt, starch, chemicals: Roche Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:03 PM PST (Reuters) - Counterfeit versions of the cancer drug Avastin found in Europe and the United States earlier this month contained salt, starch and a variety of chemicals, but none of the life extending medicine or any other biotech drug, Roche said. The Swiss drugmaker said on Monday that British health regulators sent it a small number of vials of the counterfeit Avastin to it for analysis. Roche ... UPDATE: Public Health's Mangilao dental clinic closed today, tomorrow Pacific Daily News Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:59 PM PST The Department of Public Health and Social Services’ Dental Clinic in Mangilao will be closed today and tomorrow due to the use of the dental clinic for the Dental Board Exam, according to a press release from Public Health. Lawmakers learn Texans with health insurance to rise to 91% El Paso Times Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:57 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - State officials told lawmakers that the percentage of Texans with health insurance would rise from 74 percent to 91 percent under new federal health care rules. Early signs vitamin D might ease menstrual cramps Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:56 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small study suggests women plagued by menstrual cramps may find relief with vitamin D3, raising hopes that the dietary supplement could one day be an alternative to the painkillers and birth control pills that doctors now recommend. But the treatment involves a mega-dose of vitamin D -- 300,000 IUs -- which made one expert add a don't-try-this-at-home warning. "This ... Measles cases in Indiana rise to 17 for month 22 WSBT South Bend Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:55 PM PST INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The number of people with measles in Indiana this month has grown to 17 with a fresh case linked to an unvaccinated person who travelled to a country where the disease is prevalent, state health officials said on Monday. Coalition continues work toward health, recreation center Huron Daily Tribune Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:54 PM PST By Kate HesslingAssistant News Editor House votes to create health care oversight panel Idaho Press-Tribune Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:52 PM PST BOISE, Idaho (AP) â€" House Republicans voted for a panel to scrutinize how the 2010 federal health care overhaul is adopted in Idaho. Paul Greenberg: GOP Yoga Poses of Strong Resolve The Huffington Post Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:51 PM PST C.O.B.R.A. Expiration Pose: Ignoring your liberal partner's pleas that his health insurance has been cancelled, firmly grasp his left arm and wrench it from its socket. Vitamin D3 may cut fat mass, boost heart health markers Nutraingredients.com Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:51 PM PST A daily dose of 1,000 International Units (25 micrograms) was also associated with increases in LDL cholesterol, but the data suggested that the form of LDL became ‘less atherogenic’, compared with the placebo group, Iranian researchers report in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Nutrition.

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