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By ALEX CUKAN UPI Health Correspondent
ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 12 (UPI) — Florida researchers are trying to determine if dried plums can help reverse bone loss in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or osteoarthritis.
Previous studies conducted by Bahram H. Arjmandi of Florida State University found that dried plums — better known as prunes — restored lost […]

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Scientists say the risk factors for adult heart disease are already impacting U.S. children, starting to clog their arteries as early as age 12.
“We could probably eliminate 90 percent of heart attacks if we'd make sure our kids were eating right and getting enough exercise from the […]

By STEVE MITCHELL UPI Senior Medical Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Consumer groups are objecting to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's proposal for a new Prescription Drug User Fee Act, which, set to expire this year, is likely to be reauthorized by Congress.
But the Consumers Union and Public Citizen want Congress to […]

By TODD ZWILLICH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to lift the ban on government from negotiations with the drug industry for lower Medicare prices.
The bill repeals language in the 2003 law creating the Medicare Part D prescription plan that explicitly excludes the government from bargaining with drug […]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. government announced more than $23 million in grants Friday to help 17 states improve their Medicaid long-term-care programs.
The $23 million in fiscal year 2007, which will go to demonstration programs, could increase to as much as $900 million over the next five years if the programs are […]