Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Sebelius: Americans Must Get Swine Flu Vaccine – 1004th Edition

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeals anew for widespread inoculation against a surging swine flu threat.
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4 Sisters Share Breast Cancer Battle – 992th Edition

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Fighting breast cancer has become a family’s mission after four of five sisters were diagnosed with the disease.
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Studies: Autism Rates Higher Than Thought – 993th Edition

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

A pair of new studies indicate that about 1 in 100 children have autism disorders.
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First Swine Flu Vaccinations — But Most Must Wait – 994th Edition

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Swine flu vaccinations began Monday with squirts up the noses of health care workers in Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee — it just tickled, shrugged one — as the government opened a massive effort to immunize over half the nation in a few months.
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CDC: Fewer Schools Selling Candy, Soda – 995th Edition

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

A new government report finds that fewer U.S. high schools and middle schools are selling candy and salty snacks to students.
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Breast Cancer PSAs Use Sex To Sell Message – 996th Edition

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

A woman in a skimpy white bikini sashays next to a swimming pool. Onlookers gawk, men’s tongues roll and music blares in the background.
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Gen. Petraeus Treated For Prostate Cancer – 989th Edition

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February and has since undergone two months of radiation treatment.
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Cocaine Vaccine Could Treat Addiction – 990th Edition

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

A new immunization could make it so that people don’t get pleasure from taking cocaine.
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Vaccine-Like Shots Help Fight Cocaine Habit – 991th Edition

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Vaccine-like shots to keep cocaine abusers from getting high also helped them fight their addiction, a new study finds.
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4 Sisters Share Breast Cancer Battle – 982th Edition

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Fighting breast cancer has become a family’s mission after four of five sisters were diagnosed with the disease.
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