Speaking as a mother, daughter and first lady — but not as a policy-maker like one of her predecessors — Michelle Obama urged women on Friday to join her husband’s fight to overhaul health care.
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Archive for September, 2009
First Lady Says US Health Care Is Unacceptable – 897th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Arena Obesity Drug Falls Short Against Other Meds – 896th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Friday that its obesity drug candidate lorcaserin succeeded in a clinical study, but the drug did not appear to be as effective as other treatments competitors have in development.
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Birth Control Could Fight Climate Change – 895th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts say.
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Obama In Media Blitz To Push Health Care Overhaul – 894th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009President Barack Obama is sitting down for interviews with five television networks this afternoon, a highly unusual schedule even for a president who regularly uses the media to get his message across.
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Woman Catches Fire During Surgery, Dies – 893th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009A southern Illinois woman dies after being severely burned in a flash fire while undergoing surgery, a rare but vexing problem in operating rooms.
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‘Chemobrain’ Makes Life Harder After Cancer – 892th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Surviving breast cancer is a victory, but it can come with costs, including weakened thinking skills, former cancer patients say.
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WHO: Swine Flu Vaccine Doses To Fall Short – 891th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Global production of swine flu vaccines will be “substantially less” than the previous forecast of 94 million doses a week, the WHO says.
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AP IMPACT: Gov’t Stands By As Mercury Taints Water – 890th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California’s rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state’s major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people.
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Seniors Largely Spared Of Swine Flu – 889th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Seniors who for years have made flu shots a fall ritual are being sent to the end of the line for the swine flu vaccine. And the reason — their age group seems to have a bit of immunity — appears to have warded off most potential grumbling.
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Treating Health Like Car Can Save Money – 888th Edition
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Most people don’t question their health care costs, but some doctors are willing to make deals.
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