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HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Correcting lazy eye in adultsis supposed to be impossible, but researchers report they have been ableto do that -- at least partially and temporarily -- by beaming magneticpulses into the brain.

The Black Infant health Practice Initiative in Miami-Dade County, Fla., on Wednesday held a town hall meeting to examine why the rate of infant mortality among blacks in the county is twice as high as that of whites, the Miami Herald reports.

The Senate on Wednesday voted 80-16 to approve legislation that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at almost $50 billion over the next five years, 'rejecting efforts to pare down the bill's' spending levels, the Washington Post reports (Kane, Washington Post, 7/17).

The new Medicare law that passed on Tuesday not only delays for 18 months a 10.6% reduction to physician fees, it also contains provisions that directly affect beneficiaries, the Wall Street Journal reports. The law reduces the copayment for mental health services from 50% to 20%, which is consistent with copays for other health services. It will be phased in through 2014.

Cigarette companies in recent years adjusted the level of menthol in different brands of cigarettes to attract younger smokers and maintain the business of older smokers, according to a report published Wednesday in the American Journal of Public health, the New York Times reports (Saul, New York Times, 7/17).

General Motors will contract with benefits consultant firm Extend health to provide guidance to retirees in choosing appropriate Medicare plans to replace benefits previously offered by GM, the Detroit Free Press reports. The automaker on Tuesday

At least a quarter of U.S. adults are obese, and adult obesity is most common in Mississippi and rarest in Colorado, the CDC reports.

The U.S. spends twice as much on health care per capita than most other industrialized nations but ranks lower than those nations on a number of criteria, according to a report released on Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund, the New York Times reports (Abelson, New York Times, 7/17).

Louisiana Department of health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine on Tuesday announced the formation of a 10-member panel to help the department revamp its health care delivery system for low-income and uninsured residents, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports.

The Arkansas HIV/AIDS Minority Task Force on Monday considered recommending to state lawmakers that insurers be required to provide coverage for people living with the disease, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (Frago, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 7/15). The 19-member task force was formed in January by Gov.