Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Woman Catches Fire During Surgery, Dies – 893th Edition

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

A 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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Woman Catches Fire During Surgery, Dies – 878th Edition

Friday, September 18th, 2009

A 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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Obama In Media Blitz To Push Health Care Overhaul – 879th Edition

Friday, September 18th, 2009

President 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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Birth Control Could Fight Climate Change – 880th Edition

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts say.
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Arena Obesity Drug Falls Short Against Other Meds – 881th Edition

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Arena 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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First Lady Says US Health Care Is Unacceptable – 882th Edition

Friday, September 18th, 2009

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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Health Care Industry Fat From Secret Costs – 883th Edition

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Finding out how much a medical procedure costs can be more difficult and mysterious than buying a new car.
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Taco Bell Doesn’t Have To Be Diet Disaster – 884th Edition

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Taco Bell isn’t health food, but you can pick items that satisfy without busting a gut.
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Seniors Largely Spared Of Swine Flu – 874th Edition

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Seniors 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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AP IMPACT: Gov’t Stands By As Mercury Taints Water – 875th Edition

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Abandoned 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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