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Updated: 7:11 PM Nov 3, 2009 What's the Cure? No matter where you look these days health care reform is in the news. As lawmakers search for the best remedy for our ailing health care system, the people most affected by the cost of it all have plenty to say. Posted: 11:32 PM Nov 2, 2009 Reporter: Gene Birk Email Address: gene.birk@wbko.com

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)
AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care (AP)
AP - Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.
Report: Homosexuality no factor in abusive priests (AP)
AP - A preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP)
AP - Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
SEC accuses 4 people in alleged Ponzi scheme (AP)
AP - Federal regulators have accused four people and two companies of fraud in an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme that lured 300 investors nationwide in purported eco-friendly investments.
AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound (AP)
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.
Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk (Reuters)
Reuters - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.
Spray May Delay Ejaculation (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it.