Birth Control Could Fight Climate Change – 880th Edition

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

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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Woman Catches Fire During Surgery, Dies – 878th Edition

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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‘Chemobrain’ Makes Life Harder After Cancer – 877th Edition

September 18th, 2009

Surviving 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 – 876th Edition

September 18th, 2009

Global 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 – 875th Edition

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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Seniors Largely Spared Of Swine Flu – 874th Edition

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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Treating Health Like Car Can Save Money – 873th Edition

September 17th, 2009

Most people don’t question their health care costs, but some doctors are willing to make deals.
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Seniors Largely Spared Of Swine Flu – 872th Edition

September 17th, 2009

Seniors are being sent to the end of the line for the swine flu vaccine because their age group seems to have a bit of immunity.
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NC Doctor Removes Plastic Lodged In Lung – 871th Edition

September 17th, 2009

Doctors remove a 1-inch piece of plastic that was lodged in the lung of a North Carolina man who was plagued with coughing fits.
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