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Shootings expose cracks in US mental health system Associated Press via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:58 PM PDT Last week's fatal shooting at a Minneapolis sign company may be just the latest example of a family that fell through the cracks in the U.S. mental health system. Patients like reading their doctors' notes: study Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:21 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Both doctors and patients gave high marks to a program allowing patients to access their primary care physicians' office notes online, in a new study. Researchers at three U.S. practices found doctors' initial concerns about the extra time it would take to write out notes and answer patients' related questions didn't pan out. And almost everyone who got access to ... HPV vaccine found safe in large study Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:26 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of nearly 190,000 young women injected with Merck & Co's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil found no new safety concerns. Researchers said the only side effects they observed - rare cases of skin infections and fainting - were benign and expected. "This analysis was very reassuring," said lead researcher Dr. Nicola Klein of the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine ... Do seniors turn to the right places at end of life? Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:23 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study says almost one third of Medicare's beneficiaries use the program to pay for end-of-life care at nursing homes, which may not be equipped to treat or prevent pain and suffering. Those palliative care services are usually associated with hospice care, while nursing homes are typically for rehabilitation and long-term care. The study's researchers, who ... Hundreds sickened in Dutch-US salmonella outbreak AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT Hundreds of consumers in the Netherlands and the United States have been sickened by salmonella after eating smoked salmon produced at a Dutch fish factory, health authorities said Monday. Saudis say virus does not pose threat to pilgrims Associated Press via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:26 AM PDT Saudi Arabia's health minister says a new respiratory virus related to SARS that has infected two people does not pose a threat to the more than 1 million Muslims set to embark on the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia says new virus related to SARS does not pose threat to pilgrims on Islam's Hajj The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:26 AM PDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's health minister says a new respiratory virus related to SARS that has infected two people does not pose a threat to the more than 1 million Muslims set to embark on the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the kingdom. 'Active' video games get some kids off the couch Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:06 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids may spend too much time in front of the TV, but "active" video games are getting some of them on their feet and moving, according to a study out Monday. Of more than 1,200 Canadian high schoolers researchers surveyed, one-quarter said they played "exergames." And on average, that translated to almost an hour of exercise on two days out of the week. That ...

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