Archive for May, 2009

Why Are We Fatter? We Eat More – 321th Edition

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Exercise is good for you, but if you want to lose weight you just have to take in fewer calories, researchers say.
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WHO To Consider Severity Of ‘Sneaky’ Swine Flu – 320th Edition

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The World Health Organization says it will change the rules for declaring a swine flu pandemic, a virus the agency’s chief calls “sneaky” because of its ability to spread quickly from person to person and potentially mutate into a deadlier form.
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Interpol Joins Search For Mom, Son Fleeing Chemo – 319th Edition

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Minnesota authorities said Friday they were turning to an international law enforcement agency for help finding a woman and her 13-year-old son on the run from court-ordered cancer treatment for the boy.
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Wash. State Has First Death Under New Suicide Law – 318th Edition

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

A 66-year-old woman with terminal cancer has become the first person to die under Washington state’s new assisted suicide law, an advocacy group said Friday.
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US Sets Aside $1B For Swine Flu Vaccine – 317th Edition

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The government commits big money to fight a novel strain of influenza that caused fear of a pandemic.
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BPA Found In People In Harvard Study – 316th Edition

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

A chemical in some plastic containers can quickly get into the liquid it holds and then into your body, a study finds.
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Diabetes Drug May Lower Amputation Risk – 315th Edition

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Patients with diabetes sometimes lose a limb to complications. But medicine originally meant to lower cholesterol shows promise.
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Doctors Offices Can Be Germ Havens – 314th Edition

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Health experts say that emergency rooms and family practice offices may be the among the best places to catch a bug.
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Older People More Immune To Swine Flu – 313th Edition

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

New test results show that people in their 60s and older have signs of greater immunity to the new swine flu virus.
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Hospitals Expect Hurricane Ike Baby Boom – 312th Edition

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

It’s been nearly nine months after the winds from Hurricane Ike blew through, leaving thousands in the dark for days, now another storm is brewing.
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