http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top Health News At 2 a.m. EST &copy; 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <a href="http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_WOMENS_TESTS?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MARINES_MENTAL_HEALTH?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REL_CATHOLIC_BISHOPS?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BALTIMORE (AP) -- Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTA (AP) -- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEC_LAWSUIT_MANTRIA?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DENVER (AP) -- Federal regulators have accused four people and two companies of fraud in an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme that lured 300 investors nationwide in purported eco-friendly investments.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU_VACCINE_MESS?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTA (AP) -- When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_OBESITY_COUNTIES?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTA (AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_SWINE_FLU?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BEIJING (AP) -- China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up....