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Recent Entries:


  • Diabetes Heart Treatments May Cause Harm

  • Women on the pill may live longer

  • Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating

  • Personal look at genes locates disease causes

  • Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids

  • After Long Fight, Drug Gives Sudden Reprieve

  • AP IMPACT: Testing curbs some genetic diseases

  • Controversial Diabetes Drug Harms Heart, U.S. Concludes

  • Activists want makers to come clean on cleansers

  • Walmart pulling jewelry cited in AP cadmium report

  • US consumer chief warns Asian firms on cadmium use

  • APNewsBreak: Increase in suicide rate of vets

  • New York Seeks National Effort to Curb Salt in Food

  • AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids’ jewelry from China

  • How to Train the Aging Brain

  • US health spending grew to $2.3 trillion in 2008

  • Tylenol Arthritis Caplet voluntary recall expanded

  • WHO chief: swine flu pandemic continues

  • Reform could close gap in diabetes prevention

  • Teresa Heinz says she’s fighting breast cancer

  • Manufacturer Recalls 800,000 Doses of H1N1 Vaccine

  • Consumer group warns about toy hazards

  • Feds find association between drywall, corrosion

  • Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps

  • New advice: Skip mammograms in 40s, start at 50

  • Gene found that seems key in evolution of speech

  • Nation Is Facing Vaccine Shortage for Seasonal Flu

  • Officials: H1N1 flu confirmed in Iowa cat

  • Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups

  • HHS’ Sebelius: Ample flu vaccine will be available

  • Gene Therapy Gives Sight to Blind Children With Rare Disorder

  • President Obama Signs Emergency Declaration for H1N1 Flu

  • Hitting early, swine flu claims 11 more kids in US

  • Barry Schuler: Genomics 101

  • Shai Agassi’s bold plan for electric cars

  • Eric Giler demos wireless electricity

  • Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually

  • Mayo Clinic rejects Nebraska Medicaid patients

  • US, other nations stop counting pandemic flu cases

  • HHS Unveils New Features on Flu.gov

  • First swine flu vaccinations _ but most must wait

  • Minnesota’s first H1N1 vaccines will go to health care and emergency medical workers

  • Seasonal flu vaccine delayed for some US providers

  • Intense tracking for swine flu shot’s side effects

  • A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

  • Overuse of denture cream with zinc sparks lawsuits

  • Good News in SwineFlu Fight

  • 2009-H1N1 National Preparedness and Response

  • NTSB weighs safety options for EMS helicopters

  • A/H1N1 influenza virus: the basics