Report: Obesity, Smoking Are Equal Threats – 1486th Edition

January 6th, 2010

As fewer people smoke and more get overweight, obesity is becoming the bigger threat to public health, researchers say.
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Evidence Lacking For Special Autism Diets – 1485th Edition

January 5th, 2010

An expert panel says there’s no rigorous evidence that digestive problems are more common in children with autism compared to other children, or that special diets work.
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Lessons Of A Weekend Of Free Health Care – 1484th Edition

January 2nd, 2010

The two-hour drive is done, but Hannah and Jack Hurst leave the Honda’s engine running.
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Russia Sets Minimum Price For Vodka – 1483th Edition

January 2nd, 2010

The Russian government sets a minimum price for vodka that more than doubles the cost of the cheapest vodka on the market in an effort to fight rampant alcoholism.
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Too Much Vitamin E May Do Harm – 1482th Edition

January 2nd, 2010

A theory that antioxidants will help everyone avoid heart disease has been disproved in a large study, the authors say.
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Did Americans Get Healthier Over Past Decade? – 1481th Edition

January 2nd, 2010

About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010. So how did we do? By many measures, not so hot.
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Montana 3rd State To Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide – 1480th Edition

December 31st, 2009

The Montana Supreme Court says nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the procedure.
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Too Much Vitamin E May Do Harm – 1479th Edition

December 31st, 2009

A theory that antioxidants will help everyone avoid heart disease has been disproved in a large study, the authors say.
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Did Americans Get Healthier Over Past Decade? – 1478th Edition

December 31st, 2009

About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010. So how did we do? By many measures, not so hot.
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1st U.S. Case Of Intestinal Anthrax Found – 1477th Edition

December 31st, 2009

An African drum used at a campus ministry may have given a woman a rare kind of anthrax infection.
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