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DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Four patients with H1N1 influenza at Duke University Hospital in Durham,N.C., were resistant to Tamiflu, university officials confirmed Friday.

MADISON, N.J., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Data from a laboratory testing company suggests the H1N1 flu may have peaked in October in the United States, company officials said.

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- British and Norwegian researchers said depression is as big of a mortality risk factor as smoking.

DALLAS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Reflux damage to the esophagus may be an immune response, not acid burn, U.S. researchers say.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Thanksgiving is a perfect time to talk to family members about end-of-life wishes, a U.S. group of doctors who specialize in end-of-life issues says.

UYO, Nigeria, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A readily available giant land snail could help reduce malnutrition and iron deficiency in African countries, a Nigerian researcher says.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- State and local government budget cuts are impacting health departments in controlling the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. researchers said.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A test for cervical cancer is needed less frequently than previously recommended, regardless of a woman's age, a doctors' group says.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- As shoppers prepare for Black Friday retail sales, a U.S. infectious disease expert warns stores can be an H1N1 virus petri dish.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Maternal depression may aggravate a child's asthma but how often a child had symptoms did not seem to affect the mother's symptoms, U.S. researchers said.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Most Canadians say they know too much salt isn't healthy, but many don't do anything to reduce their salt intake, researchers say.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Some lots of "Brooklyn's Best Brand" smoked salmon are being recalled because of a potentially deadly bacteria found in some packages, U.S. authorities said.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Doctors' neckties may be vectors of communicable diseases, including swine flu, U.S. infectious disease experts say.

MONTREAL, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Half of expectant mothers taking prescription drugs that may harm the fetus terminate their pregnancies, Canadian researchers found.

STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are slightly more likely to have Caesarean deliveries and babies with poor prenatal growth rate, U.S. researchers say.