Health Care

• Movies companies snuff on-screen smoking
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  ATLANTA (AP) - A new study shows three film companies have drastically reduced smoking from their movies aimed at children and teens.
   
  
• TPG Capital buying Immucor for $1.97B in cash
  AP (July 05, 2011)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Blood-testing equipment maker Immucor Inc. said Tuesday it agreed to be acquired by TPG Capital in a deal worth $1.97 billion, or $27 per share in cash.
   
  
• Colon cancer deaths down except in Mississippi
  AP (July 05, 2011)
  ATLANTA (AP) - Colon cancer deaths continue to drop across America - except in Mississippi, health officials said Tuesday.
   
  
• Home birth on the rise by a dramatic 20 percent
  AP (July 05, 2011)
  NEW YORK (AP) - One mother chose home birth because it was cheaper than going to a hospital. Another gave birth at home because she has multiple sclerosis and feared unnecessary medical intervention. And some choose home births after cesarean sections with their first babies.
   
  
• APNewsBreak: FDA issues graphic cigarette labels
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Rotting teeth. Diseased lungs. A corpse of a smoker.