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Can home cooking be hazardous to your health?
Associated Press - Sep 02, 2010, 08:56 PM, Thu
By MIKE STOBBE
2010-09-03T01:56:00Z
ATLANTA (AP) -- Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?...
Source URL: http://www.ap.org
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Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young
New York Times - Sep 02, 2010, 08:37 PM, Thu
Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.
 
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Health Costs Passed On to Workers
New York Times - Sep 02, 2010, 08:34 PM, Thu
The annual Kaiser survey of employer health benefits shows employers managed to keep costs down, but employees' premiums went up.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Common bone drugs linked to esophageal cancer risk
Reuters - Sep 02, 2010, 06:09 PM, Thu
LONDON (Reuters) - People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of the gullet or esophagus, a British study found on Friday.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Scientist at Work: Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier: Think the Answer’s Clear? Look Again
New York Times - Sep 02, 2010, 05:54 PM, Thu
Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier’s work has debunked preconceived notions and revealed some deep truths about the predictors of longevity, the organization of health care and the workings of the medical mind.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Essay: Isolation, an Ancient and Lonely Practice, Endures
New York Times - Sep 02, 2010, 05:50 PM, Thu
For those who are not just infected on the inside but also infested on the outside our state-of-the-art treatment includes a direct carryover from the Middle Ages.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Build-it-yourself playground helps kids imagine
CNN - Sep 02, 2010, 04:59 PM, Thu
He's designed everything from upscale hotels and restaurants to the sets for Broadway plays and the Academy Awards ceremony.
Source URL: http://www.cnn.com
Doctor and Patient: Tending to Patients During a Hurricane
New York Times - Sep 02, 2010, 04:23 PM, Thu
Dr. Ruth Berggren was among a team of nurses and doctors that stayed with patients during Hurricane Katrina.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Double hand transplant patient shows new hands
Associated Press - Sep 02, 2010, 04:17 PM, Thu
By DYLAN LOVAN
2010-09-02T21:17:50Z
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands....
Source URL: http://www.ap.org
Timer may help kids' bladder control problems
Reuters - Sep 02, 2010, 03:18 PM, Thu
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Safety groups find no Pampers link to rash cases
Reuters - Sep 02, 2010, 03:17 PM, Thu
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Women, children most vulnerable in Pakistan crisis
Reuters - Sep 02, 2010, 02:38 PM, Thu
NOWSHERA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children most at risk.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Text messages little help in remembering the Pill
Reuters - Sep 02, 2010, 02:33 PM, Thu
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban
Reuters - Sep 02, 2010, 02:30 PM, Thu
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Testing the Bonds of Doctor and Patient
New York Times - Sep 02, 2010, 02:27 PM, Thu
For Dr. Ruth Bergren and her colleagues taking care of HIV patients in New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina presented the ultimate test of the doctor-patient relationship.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise
Reuters - Sep 02, 2010, 01:54 PM, Thu
LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world's major killer diseases.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Groups of friends key to changing health behaviors
Reuters - Sep 02, 2010, 01:46 PM, Thu
CHICAGO (Reuters) - When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
For teens, too little sleep may equal too many snacks
CNN - Sep 02, 2010, 01:06 PM, Thu
All those late nights spent trolling Facebook, texting friends, and cramming for tests may be taking a toll on teenagers' diets, a new study suggests.
Source URL: http://www.cnn.com
Q. & A. With a Child Psychiatrist
New York Times - Sep 02, 2010, 12:53 PM, Thu
Are drugs appropriate for toddlers to take when they exhibit troubled behavior?
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece
CNN - Sep 02, 2010, 12:51 PM, Thu
West Nile Virus has killed 14 people in northern Greece and sickened 142, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
Source URL: http://www.cnn.com
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