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• Santa Claus needs sanitizer, too
  Not deemed worthy of early H1N1 flu vaccination, mall Santas are counting on hand sanitizers and the kindness of strangers (to keep their sick children at home).
  
• Keeping holiday weight gain at bay
  It's the most fattening time of the year - but only if we let it be.
  
• H1N1 cases decline again in Minn.; 6 deaths confirmed
  Cases dropped for the fourth week in a row, health officials said Tuesday, and they made more people eligible for flu shots as vaccine becomes more plentiful.
  
• More Minnesotans are eligible for H1N1 flu shots
  In a sign that vaccine shortages might be easing, the Minnesota Department of Health is expected to announce Tuesday that it is expanding the number of high-risk target groups eligible for H1N1 immunizations.
  
• Air-pollution levels ease in Twin Cities, Rochester
  Air-pollution levels ease in Twin Cities, Rochester
  
• $75M verdict unsealed in Prempro-cancer case
  A jury in Philadelphia has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug.
  
• Debate comes down to the public option
  The health care bill's fate in the Senate seems to hinge on whether to offer a government-run insurance plan.
  
• A 'national crisis' of student suicide touches Minnesota
  Colleges are straining to help young people who are struggling with depression and mental health issues.
  
• Mind, body & bike
  Athletic consultations range from bike fittings to neuromuscular massage at the Fix Studio, where tools often reserved for Olympians are available to anyone.
  
• Car insurance scofflaws raise health mandate doubt
  Thousands of drivers on the nation's roads don't carry auto insurance, despite laws in all but two states requiring it. Critics of President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan ask: What are the chances scofflaws will treat a requirement to carry health insurance any differently?
  
• Thailand looks to limit sex change surgery
  Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult — including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year — over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday.
  
• WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu
  The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease.
  
• Muslim pilgrims pray under scorching sun at hajj
  Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, following a day of deadly torrential rains.
  
• CDC: Swine flu vaccine safe; no big problems seen
  There's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, in their first report on the safety of the new vaccine.
  
• Curbing global warming saves lives, studies say
  Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests.
  
• China reports 8 cases of mutated swine flu virus
  China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it.
  
• CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu
  Let us give thanks — and pass the Purell.
  
• UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China
  The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.
  
• CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu
  Let us give thanks — and pass the Purell.
  
• Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn
  Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.
  
• Your arteries will thank you
  Small changes in diet and exercise can make a big difference in your cholesterol level.
  
• Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill
  Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.
  
• Batch of swine flu vaccines studied in Canada
  Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 doses of swine flu vaccine while authorities investigate reports of allergic reactions among recipients, drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday.
  
• GlaxoSmithKline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada
  Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions among recipients, but there are no similar reports from other countries, pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday.
  
• UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996
  The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS — about 33 million — has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.
  

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