AP - It could be three more weeks before residents of a southern Colorado town can drink water straight from the tap after dozens of cases of salmonella poisoning were linked to municipal water, putting seven people in the hospital.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) — Mutations in a gene called
GIGYF2 may be directly linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease in
families with a history of the neurodegenerative condition, U.S.
researchers report.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) — The willingness of relatives
to discuss a family’s cancer history has a major impact on the awareness
of genetic counseling and testing among women at moderate risk for breast
cancer, according to a preliminary U.S. study.

Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) — There is little debate that obesity
presents a public health issue in North America — obesity
rates have more than doubled over a generation in the United
States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. But the causes of obesity — and therefore, the
solutions — are not as obvious, according to research
presented this week at a media workshop run by the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research.

AP - It’s an intriguing and provocative name that translates to Web hits, phone calls and tour tickets: the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.

AP - At least 15 military service members or their relatives are believed to have been infected with hepatitis by a nurse suspected of stealing their painkillers during surgery.

AP - In a reversal of its earlier stance, China’s drug safety agency is ordering local authorities to tighten controls on production of heparin, a blood-thinner linked to 19 deaths in the United States and hundreds of allergic reactions.

AP - A transplant surgeon accused of hastening the death of a man so his organs could be harvested has been ordered to trial on one count of felony dependent adult abuse, but two other felony charges involving administration of drugs to the dying man were dismissed.

AP - The number of confirmed salmonella cases rose in a southern Colorado city on Thursday, as health officials investigated whether the outbreak was caused by tainted tap water.