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An average 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need about $215,000 for health care costs for the rest of their lives, according to a Fidelity Investments estimate released on Tuesday, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. [click link for full article]

The White House on Tuesday formally threatened to veto a $121.7 billion Senate supplemental appropriations bill for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that includes provisions related to Medicaid and other health care programs, CongressDaily reports (Cohn, CongressDaily, 3/27). [click link for full article]

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It's not a license to pig out, but a recent study found that women considered overweight by some measures had lower mortality than their skinnier counterparts. A study of more than 8,000 women ages 65 and older participating in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures found those with body mass indexes (BMI) ranging from 24.6-29.8 kg/m2 had the lowest mortality. BMI charts typically place women with a BMI of 25-29.9 kg/m2 as overweight. [click link for full article]

HALIFAX (CP) - A government-funded website that suggested Nova Scotians living in Calgary are delusional was taken down and revised Friday after complaints from the mental-health community.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The number of people in Asia infected with the AIDS virus may more than double over the next five years unless governments do more to stop the spread of HIV, officials said Friday. About 8.6 million people in Asia are currently infected with HIV.

TORONTO (CP) - A massive North American pet food recall got even bigger Friday as Hills Pet Nutrition recalled one of its brands of dry cat kibble for fear it contained melamine, the same toxin that forced Menu Foods to pull "cuts and gravy" products from shelves across the continent.