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Mammography And Beyond For Detecting *** Cancer
By Richard Knox Among the flood of questions raised by the recent uproar over mammography screening guidelines is this one: Are there other *** imaging methods that can do a better job of detecting cancers needing treatment in women under 50--and not...
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Wed, Nov 25 2009 8:52 AM
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Advocates Press Congress To Pass Food Safety
By Maggie Mertens A coalition of food safety researchers and advocates is throwing some new fuel on the fire in an effort to press Congress to pass a food safety bill. The question is whether there is enough appetite in Congress to pass two health bills...
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Thu, Nov 12 2009 12:34 PM
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Ventilator Rationing Guidance Gets Little Notice
By Christopher Weaver Recently released guidelines suggesting less frequent screening for *** and cervical cancer caused quite a commotion over the last week, prompting some critics to warn of government rationing. Compared with those reports, a guidance...
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Tue, Nov 24 2009 6:29 AM
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Hot Health Issues Shift But Public Opinion Stays Split
By Christopher Weaver The only thing that's murkier and slower than the health overhaul legislation in Congress is public opinion about what should be done. The one-word description of American attitudes towards change from various polls have been...
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Tue, Nov 24 2009 2:06 PM
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White House Takes Aim At Gun Lobby's Reading Of Health Bill
By Peter Overby For three months now, the group Gun Owners of America has been hunting for a way into the health care debate. This week, they've found it. (iStockphoto.com) ( iStockphoto) --> A letter from the Gun Owners to senators last Saturday...
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Tue, Nov 24 2009 12:27 PM
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Rice Krispies Are No Substitute For Swine Flu Vaccine
By Maggie Mertens Cereal giant Kellogg said it's dropping the eyebrow-raising claim that a box of Rice Krispies or Cocoa Krispies, "Now helps support your child's IMMUNITY." (The caps are Kellogg's.) Immunity-boosting cereal? Not...
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Thu, Nov 05 2009 8:52 AM
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Vaccine Poll: Shift from Convincing Skeptics to Satisying the Convinced
By Richard Knox Harvard pollster Bob Blendon says his latest numbers on swine flu sentiment should shake up the priorities for the federal government's campaign to get most Americans vaccinated against the new H1N1 before it's too late. Vaccine...
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Fri, Nov 06 2009 1:03 PM
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GOP To Bring Its Own Overhaul Bill To House Floor
By Kate Steadman The GOP is reportedly set to release a new alternative to the House bill, signaling a strategy shift as the House begins debate this week on the almost 2,000 page Democratic overhaul bill. House Minority Leader John Boehner speaks behind...
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Mon, Nov 02 2009 2:22 PM
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White House Defends Overhaul's Cost-Cutting
By Julie Rovner Tiring of gripes that overhaul proposals won't slow health spending, the White House chose the afternoon before the long Thanksgiving weekend to tell reporters, essentially, "They will, so." OMB Director Peter Orszag says...
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Wed, Nov 25 2009 12:45 PM
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Swine Flu Q&A: Post-Halloween Edition
By Scott Hensley With Halloween behind us, Daylight Saving Time over and the leaves practically jumping off the trees, it's really starting to feel like... flu season. Fall schmall. The swine flu is hitting early and hard. The CDC says there have...
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Mon, Nov 02 2009 5:45 AM
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Despite Reassuring Data, Doubts Linger Over H1N1 Vaccine
By Joanne Silberner Several months into the effort, government health officials are still trying to figure out how to address public concerns about the safety of the H1N1 vaccine. It seems a difficult task, even when there is good news, like today's...
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Mon, Nov 02 2009 2:01 PM
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J&J To Cut 7,000 Workers, Trim Research Spending
By Scott Hensley Things are tough all over right now, even for Johnson & Johnson, the seller of such iconic health products as Band-Aids, tear-free shampoo and baby powder. J&J's Baby Shampoo on display in a Hong Kong supermarket.(Mike Clarke...
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Tue, Nov 03 2009 7:39 AM
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Traveling? Leave Swine Flu Behind
By Scott Hensley If you're you're going over the river and through the wood to Grandma's house today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants you and her to stay flu-free. So the public health agency is asking travelers to brush...
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Wed, Nov 25 2009 6:03 AM
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Docs Case For Tort Reform Gets Harder To Make
By Maggie Mertens If you really want to remake health care and lower costs, do something about medical malpractice, doctors are telling Congress. But malpractice insurance costs are actually stabilizing in most parts of the country, even as Congress lurches...
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Tue, Nov 24 2009 10:05 AM
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Guns And Butter Are No Recipe For Wellness Under Overhaul
By Scott Hensley Could owning a gun mean your insurance would cost more in the wake of a government health overhaul? (iStockphoto.com) ( iStockphoto) --> Yes, claims the Gun Owners of America, which fired off a letter to senators last week, urging...
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Mon, Nov 23 2009 11:40 AM
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