| $500 Million Is Offered in Fight Against Tobacco |
| New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said yesterday that they will together provide $500 million to fight tobacco use around the world, especially in developing countries where smoking rates are rising.
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| Cafeteria Menus Get Failing Grades |
| A District-based nonprofit organization, affiliated with a group that promotes a vegan diet, issued a report card today on school lunches that gives two local school systems failing grades for the amount of processed meat they serve to students.
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| How Well Do You Know Your Massage Therapist? |
| Besides the obvious horrors the recent arrest of Radovan Karadzic dredged up, it was really freaky to find out that the Butcher of Bosnia, murderer of a reported 8,000 men and boys, has apparently for years been practicing complementary medicine in Belgrade under the pseudonym Dragan Dabic. Among...
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| Medicine Gears Up for a Code Green |
| Tossing out everything from plastic bandages and cotton swabs to hospital robes after a single use, the U.S. medical industry generates more than 2 million tons of waste per year, environmental advocates say. Some of that waste makes its way to incinerators and, when burned, releases dioxin, merc...
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| Violence Is Common Among The Young |
| Almost half of undergraduates say they have experienced emotional, physical or sexual violence stemming from personal relationships before or during college, according to a new study.
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| Which Diet's Best? That's Your Choice. |
| Is there one diet that's best for losing weight? That's the debate that simmers in weight-loss circles and occasionally boils into a full diet fad. Just recall how the low-carbohydrate craze swept the nation a few years ago.
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| Salmonella-Tainted Jalapeño Found in Texas |
| Federal officials investigating a three-month-old salmonella outbreak have isolated the bacteria in a jalapeño pepper from a small distribution facility in McAllen, Tex., and yesterday warned consumers nationwide to avoid eating raw jalapeños or products that contain them until more is known.
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| Which Is Right? |
| I can't tell right from left. It hasn't been a serious problem. Except that night on a freeway heading into San Francisco when, befuddled by an "Exit Left" sign, I hit the brakes and got totaled by a really fast sports car. Or the day I directed a footsore family of tourists 180 degrees away from...
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| Diets Aren't One Way Fits All |
| Low-fat, low-carb or Mediterranean? Learn in today's Lean Plate Club column how the most popular diets stack up in a new Harvard study and why women and men may find success with different weight loss approaches.
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| Older Woman, Younger Man: It's a Match Made in Cyberspace |
| What do older women want? Younger men. Online dating services say women of a certain age want the white-haired gent, as long as he's not too old. Women age 50 and older almost always tell eHarmony.com that they want a younger man -- 10, 15 years younger, sometimes more. And on Match.com, a...
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| Privacy Isn't the Only Benefit That a Personal Trainer Can Deliver |
| Q I have a friend who is overweight and seriously lacking in dedication and confidence. I know I can't force him to work out, but I thought if I made him a gift of a session or two with a trainer, that might be good for him. I know you get this question for women a lot, but are there any gyms or ...
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| Speaking Up About a Silent Killer |
| Three times a week, in a plain red-brick building near the Pentagon City mall in Arlington, a machine keeps me alive.
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| When It's Surgery, Don't Get It Wrong |
| "Mrs. Grant, this is Sarah. I'm calling to schedule the procedure on your son's right ear."
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| AIDS Among Latinos on Rise |
| SAN YSIDRO, Calif. -- AIDS rates in the nation's Latino community are increasing and, with little notice, have reached what experts are calling a simmering public health crisis.
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| Embracing Chaos |
| Our youngest, 9-year-old Oskar, was the one who first figured out that the name of the whale was Chaos.
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| Seeking a Cure, Patients Find a Dose of Conversation Online |
| When you walk do you walk with a jerky motion? My whole body jerks at times. When I wake up and I open my eyes I feel this jerkyness in my body. Now at times it is worse than other times...
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| Africa's Last and Least |
| OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso After she woke in the dark to sweep city streets, after she walked an hour to buy less than $2 worth of food, after she cooked for two hours in the searing noon heat, Fanta Lingani served her family's only meal of the day. First she set out a bowl of corn mush, seasoned ...
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| Ruling Gives South Dakota Doctors a Script to Read |
| CHICAGO -- In a victory for antiabortion forces, doctors in South Dakota are now required to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique living human being."
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| Fish Virus Feeds Fears It Will Spread to Mississippi River |
| CHICAGO -- A deadly fish virus has been found for the first time in southern Lake Michigan and an inland Ohio reservoir, spurring fears of major fish kills and the virus's possible migration to the Mississippi River.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Funding Plan to Help Lure Buyer for Hospital Network |
| Prince George's County and the state of Maryland agreed in principle to each spend $75 million to lure a health-care company interested in taking over the county's troubled hospital network.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Disease Prevention Called a Better Bet |
| An ounce of prevention in community health programs could save states hundreds of millions in health-care costs, a new study has found.
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| Clinton Foundation Signs Pricing Deals on Malaria Drugs |
| NEW YORK, July 17 -- Former president Bill Clinton's foundation has signed pricing agreements with several suppliers involved in making a malaria-fighting drug in an effort to stabilize the medication's fluctuating costs and ensure more dependable availability.
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| All Tomatoes Cleared of Salmonella Risk, Officials Say |
| All types of fresh tomatoes are safe to eat, federal health officials said yesterday, lifting a six-week-old warning that led restaurants to pull them and triggered tens of millions of dollars in losses for the tomato industry.
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| MacroGenics Buys Drug Developer to Bolster Cancer Work |
| The orphaned Raven has found a parent. MacroGenics, a Rockville biotech, announced yesterday that it bought cancer drug developer Raven Biotechnologies of South San Francisco, Calif. Until last March, it looked like another biotech firm would be adopting Raven. VaxGen, also of South San Francisco...
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| Study: Low-Carb Diet Best for Weight, Cholesterol |
| ATLANTA -- The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all: A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to compare the dueling weight-loss techniques.
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| Senate Agrees to $50 Billion AIDS Plan |
| The Senate approved legislation yesterday that would triple funding to fight AIDS and other diseases around the globe, rejecting efforts to pare down the bill's $50 billion price tag.
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| Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports |
| ATLANTA -- The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey.
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| Tracking Produce Proves Complex |
| The salmonella outbreak of 2008 may go down in history as the case of the missing tomatoes.
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| Congress Easily Overrides Medicare Veto |
| President Bush sought to block a bill yesterday aimed at forestalling an 11 percent cut in payments to doctors taking care of Medicare patients, but Congress quickly overrode his veto.
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| Grocers' Rules Follow Wave Of Sustainably Farmed Fish |
| There is organic milk. Free-range chicken. Grass-fed beef. Now make room in the fridge for sustainably farmed Arctic char.
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| Study: When kids become teens, they get sluggish |
| CHICAGO -- One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do.
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| Family Adjusts to Rules of the Road |
| Last summer, my oldest daughter, Sapna, passed a multiple-choice driver's exam, secured a learner's permit and asked to sit in the driver's seat. This was a source of concern for me. As an epidemiologist, it is my job to look at incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations and suggest...
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| Adolescence Can Sting Adopted Kids |
| Adolescents are expected to chafe at adult oversight, act impulsively and brood about the meaning of life.
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| Too-Busy Teens Feel Health Toll |
| For Jessica Huey, the circumstances preceding the episodes she calls her "nervous breakdowns" were always the same: She was exhausted, it was 1 a.m. and she still faced a mountain of homework due when school started at 7:20 the next morning.
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| Study: When kids become teens, they get sluggish |
| CHICAGO -- One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do.
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| Peer Pressure's Weight |
| Peer groups are known to impact whether teens smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol or take drugs. Now, there's new evidence to suggest that they also affect adolescents' body image as well as their dieting efforts and workouts, as you'll learn in today's Lean Plate Club column.
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| Did You Know... |
| 17 percent of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 19 are overweight.
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| It's Not the Answers That Are Biased, It's the Questions |
| Wal-Mart and Toys R Us announced this spring that they will stop selling plastic baby bottles, food containers and other products that contain a chemical that can leach into foods and beverages. Even low doses of the chemical (bisphenol A, or BPA) are linked to prostate and mammary-gland changes in...
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| What's That Hiding Under Your Shirt? An Ab-solute Disappointment? |
| The annual Beach Body propaganda begins sometime in the dead of winter. That's when the prospect of summer sex appeal is used to mount a crusade for the grail we're all supposed to covet: washboard abs, chiseled, chain-mail six-packs that channel sweat like Paul Newman on a shirtless road gang or...
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| Peer Pressure Can Carry Great Weight in Girls' Eating and Exercise Habits |
| Television, movies, magazines and other popular media often get blamed for pressuring teen girls to be as thin as models. But a new study finds that peer pressure also plays a strong role in how some adolescent girls control their figures.
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| Cooking Up Burger Alchemy In an Argentine Laboratory |
| LA PLATA, Argentina -- The quest for the perfect hamburger, as any ambitious barbecuer knows, is an exact science. And science is all about trial and error.
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| Sideline Rage -- Sports Parents Go Berserk |
| Among psychologists who study sports, there is a code word for parents who lose their temper standing on the sidelines of their children's soccer, baseball and football games: THOSE parents -- Tempestuous, Harried, Overwrought, Self-absorbed and Emotional.
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| They're So Vein: Tapping A Job Market |
| There's the 60-year-old math teacher from India and the 34-year-old medical assistant from Eritrea. A 52-year-old Dodge car salesman who left New Orleans after Katrina, and a 32-year-old bank teller who cared for two parents until both died. A 26-year-old college grad. All trying their best to pu...
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| Older Americans May Be Happier Than Younger Ones |
| Many times in science, research studies point in conflicting directions. Part of the challenge -- and the fun -- of watching science is to try to sort out lines of intersecting evidence hidden amid a welter of confusing data.
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| Japan's Killer Work Ethic |
| TOKYO -- Death from too much work is so commonplace in Japan that there is a word for it -- karoshi.
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| L.A. Official Wants a Change of Menu |
| LOS ANGELES, July 12 -- Citing alarming rates of childhood obesity and a poverty of healthful eating choices, a city councilwoman is pushing for a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in South-Central Los Angeles.
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| Pioneering Heart Surgeon |
| Michael E. DeBakey, 99, the father of modern cardiovascular surgery, who invented scores of medical procedures and instruments, developed the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and established what later became the Veterans Affairs hospital system, died July 11 at Methodist Hospital in Houston. The ho...
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| In Search of Young Mouths To Feed In Summer |
| Montgomery County officials dispatch a school bus daily to roam a Silver Spring neighborhood with an unlikely task: find children interested in going to school, in midsummer, for the food.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Taking a Bite Out of Summer Fun |
| All Robin Levin has to do is step outside her Takoma Park home, and the hordes descend.
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| Noxious Weed Sickens Six Who Ate Stew |
| Six people hospitalized with nausea, dizziness and hallucinations after a family dinner in Gaithersburg on Wednesday were sickened by jimson, a potential deadly weed that was mistakenly used as a cooking ingredient, Montgomery County health authorities said.
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| Mental Activity May Affect Autism-Linked Genes |
| New research suggests that some cases of autism arise from defects in genes that can be turned on or off by mental activity, a finding that sheds light on the devastating condition and might eventually lead to strategies to treat it.
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| Melanoma Rates Increase Among Younger Women |
| Increasing numbers of younger women continue to receive diagnoses of the most dangerous form of skin cancer even as the rate of new cases has leveled off in younger men, federal health officials reported yesterday.
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| Officials Add Jalapeños To Salmonella Warning |
| Federal health officials now blame raw jalapeños for some of the illnesses in the three-month-old salmonella outbreak and yesterday advised the elderly, infants and people with compromised immune systems to avoid them.
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| Doctors' Group Plans Apology For Racism |
| The country's largest medical association is set to issue a formal apology today for its historical antipathy toward African American doctors, expressing regret for a litany of transgressions, including barring black physicians from its ranks for decades and remaining silent during battles on...
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| With Nudge By Kennedy, Medicare Bill Passes |
| Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) made a dramatic return to the Capitol yesterday to help the Senate pass legislation that would rescind a sharp cut in Medicare payments to physicians.
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| Whitman-Walker Clinic to Sell Administrative Offices |
| The Whitman-Walker Clinic, the region's largest community-based provider of HIV-AIDS services, has agreed to sell its administrative offices in the District, a deal that will help the organization eliminate $5 million in debt.
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| Domestic Workers Bill Passes in Montgomery |
| Montgomery County residents who employ nannies, housekeepers or cooks for at least 20 hours a week would be required to offer workers a written contract that spells out job conditions such as wages and benefits, under legislation passed yesterday that county officials said might be the first of i...
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| Billings Used Dead Doctors' Names |
| Medicare has paid as much as $92 million since 2000 to medical suppliers who billed the government for wheelchairs and other home equipment purportedly prescribed by physicians who, according to records, were dead at the time, congressional investigators said yesterday.
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| Read More...(Source: - Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Writing Off Extra Calories |
| Paper weight. A new study suggests that a piece of paper -- and the willingness to record your eating habits on it -- could be what stands between you and a healthier weight. That's one conclusion from a report released today by a team of scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Rese...
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| One Company With an Eye on U.S. Customers |
| AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND -- Being a cautious man, Eugene Horn of Willamina, Ore., did his research when it became apparent that he needed both knees replaced.
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| Coming to Terms With a Predator |
| When my friend Nikki Tal died in 2004, the world lost a strong, brave soul -- despite a thuggish disease that had by then utterly ravaged her body.
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| Write Off Your Weight |
| Playing the numbers game by keeping food records may not be your favorite activity, but research continues to underscore the power of tracking what you eat and how much you exercise daily. A new study published today shows that those who regularly measure food portions and tally calories eaten ar...
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| Without Funds, N.J. Hospitals Face Crisis |
| PLAINFIELD, N.J. -- If the country is facing a nationwide health-care crisis, then the condition in New Jersey can be described as gravely critical.
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| Ambulance Service Fees Urged By Leggett |
| Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) is engaged in his most extensive lobbying campaign to date to win support from the County Council and the public for an ambulance transport fee to increase funding for fire and emergency medical services.
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| Mom's Vitamin D Levels Affect Baby's Dental Health |
| FRIDAY, July 4 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born to women with low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy may be at increased risk for tooth enamel defects and early childhood tooth decay, a Canadian study finds.
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| Salmonella Toll Grows; Probe Adds Jalapeños, Salsa Fixings |
| The government yesterday increased its tally of the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators are testing other types of fresh produce.
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| Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes |
| FRIDAY, July 4 (HealthDay News) -- Women who receive kidneys from males have a higher rate of graft failure than other donor-recipient combinations, and gender should be considered when choosing donor matches, a new Swiss study says.
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| Some Seek Guidelines to Reflect Vitamin D's Benefits |
| A flurry of recent research indicating that Vitamin D may have a dizzying array of health benefits has reignited an intense debate over whether federal guidelines for the "sunshine vitamin" are outdated, leaving millions unnecessarily vulnerable to cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other ailments.
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| Va. Bishop Apologizes Over Girl's Abortion |
| Leaders of a Richmond-based Catholic charity under federal investigation are scrambling to explain the organization's involvement in helping a 16-year-old illegal immigrant in its care get an abortion in January.
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| Bush Opens New Chapter for Hospital |
| President Bush broke ground on a $1 billion expansion of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda yesterday, a project that will elevate the campus into what federal officials say will be the nation's premier military medical site and a destination for wounded service members returning from...
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| On Independence Day, Think Fireworks Safety First |
| FRIDAY, July 4 (HealthDay News) -- Fireworks can be breathtaking spectacles, creating glittering showers of sparks and earth-rumbling booms that thrill people for miles around.
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| Toxicity in FEMA Trailers Blamed on Cheap Materials, Low Construction Standards |
| High levels of formaldehyde found in trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina evacuees on the Gulf Coast probably resulted from cheap wood and poor ventilation in designs used by manufacturers under permissive government standards, federal scientists reported yesterday.
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| Firings and Dismay After Woman's Death at Hospital |
| NEW YORK, July 2 -- It was a nightmare captured on surveillance video. A woman who had waited nearly 24 hours to be seen in a Brooklyn public hospital collapsed, fell face-down on the floor, convulsed and for nearly an hour -- while several hospital staff members looked at her and one staff member...
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| Up Against a Wall of Boredom? We Can Work on That. |
| Q I've recently changed gyms. However, I'm discovering the new gym and I are a poor fit. I need more variety. At my former gym, I had access to a pool, indoor running track and group classes as well as the usual assortment of cardio machines and weights. At the new gym I'm left with only the...
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| When Things Go Wrong, It's Better To Be at Home |
| Betty Meisel really wanted plastic surgery. She wanted her 30-year-old breast implants out and maybe a tummy tuck to fix the loose skin that resulted from having delivered five kids. But she knew it wouldn't be smart to tap into her and her husband's retirement accounts for the $20,000 it would...
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| Tomatoes Still Lead List of Suspects in Salmonella Probe |
| The tomato investigators are stumped. Over the past four weeks, they have pored over records, collected hundreds of samples and interviewed dozens of patients to find the cause of a salmonella outbreak. So far, their efforts haven't produced an answer, and they have begun to question whether their...
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| Africa's Hungry Horn |
| EL BARDE, Somalia -- Not too long ago, Irad Hussein Ali considered himself a lucky man.
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| Med School Is Asked to Stop Animal Use |
| The U.S. military's medical school in Bethesda is drawing criticism from a coalition of physicians and military officers for using live animals in some medical procedures, such as surgeries, a practice many medical schools have long abandoned.
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| Drugmakers Offer Aid To People 'on the Edge' |
| A diabetic with a history of thyroid cancer who is also struggling with a neurological disorder and gastric reflux disease, Patricia Hewitt is well aware that she's not a prime candidate for health-care coverage.
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| For Hospice, A Higher Authority |
| Twenty-five years after Medicare began paying for hospice care, the federal health program has issued a new rule calling hospice providers to closer account on the quality of care they offer. The rule, which will take effect in December, guarantees hospice patients a say in their treatment plans ...
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| Fathering Autism |
| In Bethesda, a 15-year-old girl talks to her television set. Often, she seems more connected to the tube's ghostly embrace than to her own father, mother, brothers and sister. She flushes household items down the toilet. She has no friends outside her family. Rachel does not understand why other ...
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| Think Before You Drink |
| Food costs a lot these days, so bargains catch the eye more than ever. And when the bargain is for a tempting, icy liquid concoction on a hot, steamy day, it can be hard to resist.
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| Decline in Teen Smoking Hits a Wall |
| The campaign to reduce teenagers' smoking has stalled, new federal data show, dismaying federal health officials and anti-smoking advocates who said that one of the nation's most important public health priorities is faltering.
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| Bad Tomatoes May Still Be on Shelves |
| Tomatoes carrying a rare form of salmonella that has sickened more than 800 people may still be on the market, federal officials said yesterday, two weeks after they first warned consumers about the risk.
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| Disabled Services Shrink In D.C. |
| Dozens of developmentally disabled persons in the District's care are being moved to new homes after three major care providers decided to stop residential services in the city because they said they were not being paid enough.
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| Easing W.Va.'s Ache for Care |
| HEDGESVILLE, W.Va., June 28 -- Some came with cracked teeth. Others described theirs as rotten. One man chipped his while eating ice. Another -- improbably -- while eating a cheeseburger.
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| Medicare Pricing Frozen As Congress Leaves Town |
| With congressional leaders engaged in heated brinkmanship, the Bush administration yesterday gave a reprieve to thousands of doctors expecting to get hit Tuesday with a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments.
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| Smoking to Be Banned On All School Grounds |
| Come Jan. 1, Loudoun County public school employees will no longer be able to light up on campus.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| HIV Rate Up 12 Percent Among Young Gay Men |
| The number of young homosexual men being newly diagnosed with HIV infection is rising by 12 percent a year, with the steepest upward trend in young black men, according to a new report.
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| Read More...(Source: - Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| $90 Million Urged to Expand Health Care |
| The District should spend $90 million in tobacco settlement money to expand primary and urgent health care through community health centers in the city's underserved areas, mostly east of the Anacostia River, the independent Rand Corp. advised in a report released yesterday.
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| Read More...(Source: - Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Vanda Shares Slip on Sleep Drug Results |
| Rockville biotechnology company Vanda Pharmaceuticals said yesterday that a late-stage trial for an insomnia drug met its goal, but the drug failed to show a long-term benefit compared with a placebo, sending shares tumbling.
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| Read More...(Source: - Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Want to Burn Calories? Skip the Green Tea and Go for a Run. |
| This week we will discuss whether there are things you can do to spend more time sitting on your ashcan. That is not the word the late George Carlin would have used. But even in the Health section, where unmentionable things are often displayed in detail, there are rules.
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| Read More...(Source: - Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Stricter Car Seat Law Takes Effect Monday For Children in Md. |
| Some Maryland children who thought they were free of car seats will have to climb back in beginning Monday, when a new state law takes effect.
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| Read More...(Source: - Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Nurses' Offices Overburdened |
| Caseloads for school nurses exceed federal guidelines in much of the Washington region at a time when campus clinics serve growing numbers of students with severe disabilities or chronic conditions such as diabetes and asthma.
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| Read More...(Source: - Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Doctors Renew Heart Advice |
| The high-profile heart attack death of NBC newsman Tim Russert has triggered a flood of questions from patients, internists and cardiologists say.
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| Read More...(Source: - Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| House Passes Bill Postponing Cut in Medicare Payments to Doctors |
| By a surprisingly large bipartisan margin, the House voted yesterday to postpone a planned cut in payments to physicians who treat Medicare patients by approving a reduction in payouts to private insurers.
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| Read More...(Source: - Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| A Fever That Was Frightening |
| Nighttime, Greg Licameli remembers, was always the worst.
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| Read More...(Source: - Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| District Sues CareFirst, Says Provider Must Donate Millions |
| The District government hit the region's largest health insurance provider on two fronts yesterday, launching a subpoena-powered investigation and a lawsuit that asserts the nonprofit organization is obligated to donate millions to the community.
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| Read More...(Source: - Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Every Body's Talking |
| Picture this: I was sailing the Caribbean for three days with a group of friends and their spouses, and everything seemed perfect. The weather was beautiful, the ocean diaphanous blue, the food exquisite; our evenings together were full of laughter and good conversation.
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| Read More...(Source: - Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| SNP stuns Labour in Glasgow East |
| The SNP pulls off a stunning victory, winning one of Labour's safest seats by just a few hundred votes. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:08:48 GMT) |
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| Obama seeks stronger Europe ties |
| Barack Obama tells Berliners the US and Europe have drifted apart and it is time for them to come together again. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:18:52 GMT) |
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| Lifestyle 'should hit' IVF access |
| Almost half of fertility experts say access to IVF should be conditional, a poll of international experts finds. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:06:28 GMT) |
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| Brown set for union policy summit |
| MPs, party members and trade union activists gather in Warwick for Labour's National Policy Forum. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:20:31 GMT) |
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| Painter fined for smoking in van |
| A painter and decorator says he is fuming after being handed an on-the-spot fine for smoking in his own private van. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:05:08 GMT) |
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| Loch Fyne wages 'below minimum' |
| Staff at the ethical restaurant chain Loch Fyne are being paid less than half the national minimum wage, the BBC finds. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:12:16 GMT) |
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| Karzai 'impeding Afghan drug war' |
| An ex-US narcotics official accuses President Hamid Karzai of obstructing efforts to tackle the Afghan drugs trade. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:34:27 GMT) |
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| HIV drugs 'add 13 years of life' |
| Life expectancy for people with HIV increases by 13 years on average since the late 1990s, survey finds. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:11:38 GMT) |
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| UK troops receive bravery awards |
| Dozens of soldiers and marines serving with UK forces in Afghanistan and Iraq receive bravery awards. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:50:50 GMT) |
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| Oops - drilled Chinese vase 'only' fetches £25,000 at sale |
| A rare Chinese vase valued at £50,000 in mint condition sells for £25,000 after a hole was drilled in its base so it could be used as a lamp. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:36:09 GMT) |
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| Doctor Who and Star Trek fans' autograph ban at Hamlet show |
| Doctor Who and Star Trek fans are banned from having sci-fi merchandise signed by David Tennant and Patrick Stewart while they star in Hamlet. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:03:18 GMT) |
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| Murray through to face Djokovic |
| Andy Murray beats Stanislas Wawrinka to set up a Toronto Masters quarter-final against Novak Djokovic. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:04:21 GMT) |
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| Ashton rejects Academy position |
| Former England coach Brian Ashton turns down the chance to become head of the National Academy. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:51:55 GMT) |
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| What do you want to talk about? |
| What do you want the world to talk about? |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:27:40 GMT) |
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| Home front |
| Has Obama's trip been a hit with US voters? |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:16:07 GMT) |
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| Leaving Beijing |
| Migrants asked to go before Olympics comes to town |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:22:52 GMT) |
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| Shark spotting |
| Volunteers wanted to identify basking sharks off Cornwall |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:05:51 GMT) |
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| High note |
| 'Extreme cellists' scale England's tallest mountain |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:09:50 GMT) |
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| 'Teen toddler' |
| The struggle of living with a child who has ADHD |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:13:25 GMT) |
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| 'Why am I gay?' |
| John Barrowman on his quest to know more about himself |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:06:05 GMT) |
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| Fire crews tackle warehouse blaze |
| Firefighters are battling a large fire which has broken out at a warehouse in Melton Mowbray. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:10:35 GMT) |
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| Suspension for 'suicide' case GP |
| A Glasgow GP is suspended for six months by the General Medical Council after prescribing sleeping tablets to a suicidal patient. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:12 GMT) |
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| Man drowns during family holiday |
| A man dies and his son is airlifted to hospital after getting into trouble while swimming in the sea. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:04:27 GMT) |
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| Body found in burning car in park |
| A body is discovered in a burnt-out car in a country park in Crawfordsburn, in County Down. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:51:22 GMT) |
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| Libya 'halts Swiss oil shipments' |
| Libya's state shipping company says it has halted oil shipments to Switzerland in protest over the arrest of Muammar Gaddafi's son. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:28:23 GMT) |
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| Life for Argentine ex-army chief |
| An Argentine ex-army officer is sentenced to life in prison for the 1977 kidnapping, torture and killing of four left-wing activists. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:04:55 GMT) |
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| UK MPs call for talks with Hamas |
| A UK parliamentary committee calls for dialogue with Hamas, as the UN says poverty has reached a new high in Gaza. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:35 GMT) |
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| Indonesian crash pilot on trial |
| The pilot of an Indonesian Garuda airliner that crashed last year, killing 21 people, goes on trial charged with negligence. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:08:37 GMT) |
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| Chavez set to meet Spanish king |
| Venezuela's Hugo Chavez says he may hug Spain's King Juan Carlos - who famously told him to shut up last year. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:19:18 GMT) |
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| Five killed in Kashmir explosion |
| At least five people are killed in a blast caused by suspected militants in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:04:57 GMT) |
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| Fuel poor tariffs 'must be cheap' |
| Regulator Ofgem tells energy companies the tariffs offered to their poorest customers must match their cheapest deals. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:12:50 GMT) |
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| Cameron's bike stolen as he shops |
| Conservative leader David Cameron has his bicycle stolen while shopping at a supermarket near his home in London. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:18:03 GMT) |
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| 'Wrong bras' can damage breasts |
| Women who wear the wrong kind of bra could be damaging their breasts, researchers warn. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:15:50 GMT) |
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| Teens want to talk more about sex |
| Many parents are too embarrassed to have vital chats with their children about sex, a report for the government says. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:21:15 GMT) |
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| 'Neglect' of codebreakers' HQ |
| UK computer scientists sign a letter criticising the ongoing neglect of Bletchley Park - home of the wartime codebreakers. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:48:21 GMT) |
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| Batman star appeals for privacy |
| Dark Knight star Christian Bale greets fans at its Spanish gala, but refuses to comment on being questioned over assault claims. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:27:27 GMT) |
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| Net firms in music pirates deal |
| Six of the UK's biggest net providers sign up to a government plan to tackle illegal file-sharing. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:37:56 GMT) |
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