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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:16 GMT By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_OVERHAUL_ABORTION?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_CANCER_SCREENING_LIST?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:24:32 GMT By The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_CANCER_SCREENING_LIST?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_PREDICTING_PTSD?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:15 GMT By ALICIA CHANG http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_PREDICTING_PTSD?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU_CORRECTION?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:09 GMT By MIKE STOBBE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU_CORRECTION?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PLAVIX_PRILOSEC_FDA_CORRECTIVE?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson &amp; Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:45 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PLAVIX_PRILOSEC_FDA_CORRECTIVE?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MED_VACCINE_PRICE_DROP?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:26 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MED_VACCINE_PRICE_DROP?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU_VACCINE_MESS?SITE=NCASH&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.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:16 GMT By MIKE STOBBE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SWINE_FLU_VACCINE_MESS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NCASH&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.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:44:33 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_OBESITY_COUNTIES?SITE=NCASH&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.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:31:09 GMT By MIKE STOBBE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_OBESITY_COUNTIES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_INHALER_DRUG_FDA_PANEL?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health experts on Thursday brushed off lingering safety questions about a popular inhaler drug and suggested it carry bolder benefit claims.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:45:32 GMT By MATTHEW PERRONE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_INHALER_DRUG_FDA_PANEL?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_SWINE_FLU_TOUGH_MEASURES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms - have failed to contain the disease.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:28 GMT By MARIA CHENG http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_SWINE_FLU_TOUGH_MEASURES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_MAMMOGRAM_ADVICE?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force's report, saying Thursday that it was based on the most up-to-date, accurate information available.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:52:17 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_MAMMOGRAM_ADVICE?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTHY_SCHOOLS_MICHELLE_OBAMA?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- First Lady Michelle Obama received a few gardening tips from students Wednesday as she toured a Virginia elementary school's vegetable garden.... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:58:17 GMT By MATTHEW BARAKAT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTHY_SCHOOLS_MICHELLE_OBAMA?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEART_SCANS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A CT scan - a kind of super X-ray - provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:51:29 GMT By MARILYNN MARCHIONE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEART_SCANS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CRISS_MALE_BREAST_CANCER?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) -- Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast.... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:32:38 GMT By WAYNE PARRY http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CRISS_MALE_BREAST_CANCER?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_PERMANENT_HEART_PUMPS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- For the first time, a miniature heart pump shows the potential to become a widely used, permanent treatment for many older people with severe heart failure. But can we afford it?... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:55:29 GMT By MARILYNN MARCHIONE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_PERMANENT_HEART_PUMPS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_MUMMIES_HEART_DISEASE?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies.... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:32:53 GMT By MARILYNN MARCHIONE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_MUMMIES_HEART_DISEASE?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PLAVIX_PRILOSEC_FDA?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular variety of heartburn medications can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke.... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:23:47 GMT By MATTHEW PERRONE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PLAVIX_PRILOSEC_FDA?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEALTHBEAT_ALZHEIMERS_TRACKING?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls?... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:06:53 GMT By LAURAN NEERGAARD http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEALTHBEAT_ALZHEIMERS_TRACKING?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_INJURED_AND_UNINSURED?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CHICAGO (AP) -- Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study.... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:00:43 GMT By CARLA K. JOHNSON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_INJURED_AND_UNINSURED?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_STD_CASES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTA (AP) -- Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Monday.... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:00 GMT By MIKE STOBBE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_STD_CASES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_CHOLESTEROL_DRUGS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin - drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:20:53 GMT By MARILYNN MARCHIONE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_CHOLESTEROL_DRUGS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_SWINE_FLU_VACCINE_DEATHS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BEIJING (AP) -- Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated.... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:47:03 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_SWINE_FLU_VACCINE_DEATHS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GENZYME_DRUG_CONTAMINATION?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by Genzyme, the second time this year the biotechnology company has been cited for contamination issues.... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:54:50 GMT By MATTHEW PERRONE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GENZYME_DRUG_CONTAMINATION?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MENSTRUAL_BLEEDING_DRUG_FDA?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials have approved a new drug as the first non-hormonal treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding.... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:53:13 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MENSTRUAL_BLEEDING_DRUG_FDA?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ALCOHOL_ENERGY_DRINKS_FDA?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing complaints that the products can cause risky behavior and injury.... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:16:17 GMT By MATTHEW PERRONE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ALCOHOL_ENERGY_DRINKS_FDA?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_SWINE_FLU_MASS_GATHERINGS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GENEVA (AP) -- Organizers of big sporting and cultural events should take steps to prevent the spread of swine flu, especially if local health systems aren't prepared to handle mass gatherings, the World Health Organization said Friday.... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:35:07 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_SWINE_FLU_MASS_GATHERINGS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SMOKING_RATES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTA (AP) -- Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:41:55 GMT By MIKE STOBBE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SMOKING_RATES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_MUMPS_OUTBREAK?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials say the largest U.S. outbreak of mumps in three years is occurring in New York and New Jersey.... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:39:43 GMT By MIKE STOBBE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_MUMPS_OUTBREAK?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_WHO_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GENEVA (AP) -- Doctors should give anti-viral drugs to pregnant women, young children and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them developing serious complications, the World Health Organization said Thursday.... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:20:53 GMT By FRANK JORDANS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_WHO_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_PFIZER_RESEARCH_FLAP?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc. epilepsy drug found that reporting of the results was often misleading, indicating the medicine worked better than internal company documents showed.... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:54:19 GMT By LINDA A. JOHNSON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_PFIZER_RESEARCH_FLAP?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_NUTRITION_REPORT?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ROME (AP) -- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:29:48 GMT By ARIEL DAVID and MARIA CHENG http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_NUTRITION_REPORT?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_CLOGGED_ARTERIES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT If you're among the hundreds of thousands of Americans with clogged kidney arteries, you might want to consider trying medicines before rushing into angioplasty to open them up. The pricey procedure is no more effective and carries surprisingly big risks, a study found.... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:00:16 GMT By LINDA A. JOHNSON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_CLOGGED_ARTERIES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEALTH_CARE_GREENHOUSE_GASES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CHICAGO (AP) -- Health care, a giant in the U.S. economy, may be a gentle giant when it comes to greenhouse gases.... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:08:07 GMT By CARLA K. JOHNSON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEALTH_CARE_GREENHOUSE_GASES?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_DOCTORS_GAYS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CHICAGO (AP) -- The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities.... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:20:17 GMT By LINDSEY TANNER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_DOCTORS_GAYS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MED_UNPROVEN_REMEDIES_PLACEBO?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks.... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:16:11 GMT By MARILYNN MARCHIONE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MED_UNPROVEN_REMEDIES_PLACEBO?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_ANIMAL_HUMAN_EXPERIMENTS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:29:24 GMT By MARIA CHENG http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_ANIMAL_HUMAN_EXPERIMENTS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEALTHBEAT_BRAIN__WAR?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:02:45 GMT By LAURAN NEERGAARD http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEALTHBEAT_BRAIN__WAR?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_WOMENS_HEALTH?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GENEVA (AP) -- In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:39:35 GMT By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_WOMENS_HEALTH?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCHOOL_LUNCH_SAFETY?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:46:05 GMT By LIBBY QUAID http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCHOOL_LUNCH_SAFETY?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_SWINE_FLU_VACCINATIONS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BERLIN (AP) -- A debate over two different swine flu vaccines overshadowed Germany's launch of a public inoculation program against the pandemic on Monday.... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:10:09 GMT By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_SWINE_FLU_VACCINATIONS?SITE=NCASH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT