Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

WHO: Licensed Swine Flu Vaccine Months Away – 541th Edition

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

A fully licensed swine flu vaccine might not be available until the end of the year, a top official at the World Health Organization says.
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Walking, Biking To Work Linked With Fitness – 542th Edition

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, a study finds.
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Lawmakers: Health Overhaul Unlikely Before Recess – 531th Edition

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Lawmakers from both parties are telling the White House they will go on vacation next month and leave behind — and incomplete — President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
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Japan Lifts Ban On Children Donating Organs – 532th Edition

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Japan lifted a ban on organ donations from children, reversing a restriction that created such a dearth of small organs in the country that young patients were forced to seek transplants abroad.
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Baby Who Lost Mother To Swine Flu Dies In Spain – 533th Edition

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

A medical error claimed the life of a baby born prematurely to a woman who was the first person in Spain to die of swine flu, a hospital official said Monday.
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Study: 1918 Flu Survivors Seem Immune To Swine Flu – 534th Edition

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

The way swine flu multiplies in the respiratory system is more severe than ordinary winter flu, a new study in animals finds.
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Dems Predict Health Care Passage By August – 535th Edition

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

A defiant President Barack Obama sought Monday to revive his faltering plan to overhaul health care.
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WHO: Licensed Swine Flu Vaccine Months Away – 536th Edition

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

A fully licensed swine flu vaccine might not be available until the end of the year, a top official at the World Health Organization says.
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Walking, Biking To Work Linked With Fitness – 537th Edition

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, a study finds.
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Bath Tub Falls Injure 43,000 Kids A Year – 538th Edition

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Slips in tubs and showers send about 120 children a day to the emergency room, many with injuries to their faces.
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