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31. Seniors spend hundreds unnecessarily on Medicare: study
    Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    (The writer is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. For more from Mark Miller, see link.reuters.com/qyk97s)
32. Britain blocks hacker's extradition to United States
    Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    LONDON (Reuters) - A British computer hacker accused by the United States of causing more than $700,000 damage to U.S. military systems will not be extradited because of the high risk he could kill himself, Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said on Tuesday.
33. Chefs fight flab with small portions, healthy snacks
    Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top chefs who spend long, late hours preparing meals for others, face greater temptation than most mortals to over-eat but they say small portions, healthy snacks and drinking plenty of water can help to keep the weight off.
34. California city bans smoking in multi-family homes
    Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - A San Francisco suburb on Monday banned smoking in duplexes, condominiums and other multi-family homes, with city leaders saying they hoped to lead a wave of such regulations across California and ultimately the country.
35. Russia launches anti-smoking crackdown
    Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia launched a crackdown on smoking on Tuesday with a bill to ban tobacco advertising and raise taxes on cigarettes to help tackle a public health crisis in the world's second largest tobacco market after China.
36. Yosemite workers will be studied for disease clues
    Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Public health officials plan to interview and collect blood samples from up to 2,500 Yosemite National Park workers as they hunt for clues in the biggest outbreak of the deadly hantavirus in nearly two decades, a state health official said on Monday.
37. Big tobacco companies resist admissions of wrongdoing
    Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. tobacco companies told a federal judge on Monday they should not be required to tell the public they manipulated nicotine levels to make cigarettes more addictive, or that they repeatedly lied about the health effects of light cigarettes.
38. How compounding pharmacies rallied patients to fight regulation
    Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - When senators met nearly a decade ago to consider the dangers of pharmacies that mix or alter drugs with little federal oversight, health officials briefed them on some alarming findings about the safety and efficacy of drugs made by these "compounding pharmacies."
39. Americans' heart devices reused safely in India
    Monday, October 15, 2012
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. patients' used heart devices can be safely implanted in seriously ill heart disease patients in the developing world, a study out Monday suggests.
40. Indoor tanning still common in Germany
    Monday, October 15, 2012
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Four in ten Germans ages 14 to 45 say they have tried indoor tanning and one in seven are current users, according to a survey out today.
41. REFILE: Weight loss surgery tied to increase in drinking
    Monday, October 15, 2012
    [Refile of 20151015elin006, posted Oct 15, 2012, for transmission error preventing some clients from receiving first few paragraphs.]
42. Kids with ADHD have dimmer prospects: study
    Monday, October 15, 2012
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with ADHD symptoms tend to fare worse as adults than do kids without problems in school, according to the longest follow-up study of the disorder to date.
43. Local govts take knife to retiree health plans
    Monday, October 15, 2012
    (Reuters) - As cash-strapped U.S. cities and states struggle to address gaping budget holes, a long-honored benefit for public-sector workers has come into the cross-hairs of budget cutters: retiree health insurance.
44. Meningitis outbreak expands to 15 states
    Monday, October 15, 2012
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections expanded to 15 states on Monday as Pennsylvania reported its first case of the disease that has killed 15 people nationwide.
45. Meningitis-linked co. sold drugs without prescriptions
    Monday, October 15, 2012
    BOSTON (Reuters) - The drug-mixing company at the heart of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak solicited bulk orders from physicians and failed to require proof of individual patient prescriptions as required under state regulations, emails to a customer show.

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