SCIENCE & HEALTH NEWS

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Democrats Warn About Hospital Capacity

Health Economics 101

Minn. working to prevent a measles outbreak

Pentagon moves to reduce stigma of mental counseling

Cash Before Chemo: Hospitals Get Tough

The Frightening Heparin Case

Idaho lab develops a quicker way to catch a thief

Studies on Chemical In Plastics Questioned

CDC: Flu season worst in years, vaccine ineffective

Maker of Lipitor Digs in to Fight Generic Rival

Gov’t raises safety questions about chemical in plastics

Larger hippocampus may ward off Alzheimer’s

Bird flu patch gets government go-ahead

Co-Payments for Expensive Drugs Soar

Costs Soar for Mass. Health Care Law

Drug Companies to Reveal Grant Practices

Study finds huge variations in the cost of end-of-life care for Medicare patients

Doctors Support Universal Health Care: Survey

Doubt Hangs Over Personal Gene Scans

Sweeps of Human DNA Yield Discoveries

CDC gives $38.1 million to build intrusive patient monitoring system

Grant to Help Expand Rural Telemedicine

Owner of slaughterhouse accused of abusing cattle, using sick animals backs off claims

Slaughterhouse boss says ill cows were not headed into food supply

Vaccine against ‘strep throat’ may be coming

Oregon Holds Health Insurance Lottery

Health Net ordered to pay $9 million after canceling cancer patient’s policy

Cancer and the bacterial connection

Delay Of Report Is Blamed On Politics

USDA Orders Largest Meat Recall in U.S. History

Can a Drug That Helps Hearts Make You Stupid?

Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles

Patients getting aggressive diabetes treatment have higher death risk

USDA Lab Focuses on Deadly E. Coli

Surgical Treatment for Diabetes

Doctors Report Transplant Breakthrough

New Bird Deaths Reported in East India

FDA: Cold Medicines Too Risky for Tots

Cholesterol Drug Bombs

Preserving a Fundamental Sense: Balance

France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking

Some girls fainting after receiving HPV vaccine

Robot Surgeons Closer Than You Think

Medicare Private Plan Abuses

Is fat the new normal?

As Earth Warms, Virus From Tropics Moves to Italy

FDA renews alert on painkiller patch

WHO to Investigate Pakistan Bird Flu

Indiana to test health savings accounts for poor

Public’s Health Care Preferences Elusive