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Women Regret One-Night Stands More Than Men - June 27, 2008

Women still regret one night stands far more than men, according to a recent study, which explains that women have negative feelings after a fling and remain unhappy with fleeting sexual encounters.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/women.sex.men.2.758882.html

Feds Look Beyond Tomatoes For Source Of Salmonella - June 27, 2008

As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak - or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/salmonella.tomatoes.ingredients.2.758876.html

Panel Approves 2 New Combination Vaccines - June 27, 2008

A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. The panel gave its nod to a four-in-one shot made by GlaxoSmithKline and a five-in-one shot by Sanofi Pasteur.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/vaccines.children.GlaxoSmithKline.2.758667.html

'Pregnancy Pact' Principal Stands By His Story - June 27, 2008

Gloucester High School Principal Joseph Sullivan is standing by his claim that there was an agreement among a group of girls to get pregnant and raise their kids together.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/pregnancy.pact.gloucester.2.758444.html

Senate Passes Iraq War Spending Plan - June 27, 2008

The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/senate.medicare.bill.2.758331.html

Tot Uses Song To Call 911, Get Mom Help - June 26, 2008

A 3-year-old girl used a simple song her mom made up to teach her how to call 911 to summon help when the woman fainted.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/911.song.saves.2.757693.html

Study: Many Teens Get Booze From Parents - June 26, 2008

Many of the nation's estimated 10.8 million underage drinkers are turning to their parents or other adults for free alcohol. A government survey of teens from 2002 to 2006 said slightly more than half had engaged in underage drinking.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/underage.drinking.study.2.757456.html

Scientists Identify Possible Alzheimer's Gene - June 25, 2008

Scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer's disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a certain form of it.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/possible.alzheimers.gene.2.756975.html

New Screening Successful At Finding Ovarian Cancer - June 25, 2008

Ovarian cancer is one of the hardest diseases to detect at an early and curable stage. Now a simple, new screening is finding the cancer more than 80 percent of the time -- before it spreads.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/ovarian.cancer.screening.2.756681.html

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Heart Disease Death - June 25, 2008

Research now links low vitamin D levels with death from heart disease. "Vitamin D has major anti-inflammatory effects that we're now finding out," explained Dr. Susan Thys-Jacobs from St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in NYC. "We're finding that it has major effects on cytokines. And cytokines affect the heart."
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/low.vitamin.d.2.756589.html