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FDA Cites Denver Airline Caterer For Roaches, Bacteria
By Scott Hensley With airlines charging $4 for a tiny container of crackers and cheese these days, we're not sure who's buying in-cabin meals and snacks anymore. Cockroaches were found at Denver kitchen that makes thousands of airline meals a...
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Wed, Dec 23 2009 6:59 AM
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Senate Hits 51 Votes in 15 Minutes On Health Care Bill
By Scott Hensley After more than three weeks of rancorous debate and a series of hard-fought procedural victories, Senate Democrats secured the votes needed to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system Thursday. The achievement brought...
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Thu, Dec 24 2009 4:16 AM
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FDA Finds More CT Radiation Overdoses At Hospitals
By Maggie Mertens Since it was revealed back in October that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles slipped up when it came to radiation doses during hundreds of CT scans, the Food and Drug Administration has found the overdoses are more widespread...
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Mon, Dec 07 2009 12:38 PM
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Compromise On Public Option Could Allow Medicare At 55
By Scott Hensley OK, liberals, we know you're worried the public option may soon be a casualty of wheeling and dealing in the Senate. Sen. Rockefeller is sick of whining about alternatives to the public option. (Susan Walsh/AP) Sen. Rockefeller is...
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Tue, Dec 08 2009 8:55 AM
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FDA Misses Deadline On BPA Risk Assessment
By Jon Hamilton Don't expect the plastic additive bisphenol A to disappear from water bottles and food containers anytime soon. Is drinking from this water bottle dangerous? FDA hasn't told us yet. (iStockphoto.com) Is drinking from this water...
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Tue, Dec 01 2009 8:20 AM
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Millions Face Insurance Crisis As COBRA Subsidy Ends
By Scott Hensley It's bad enough losing a job with the economy as bad as it is. But losing affordable health insurance is at least as big a worry for millions of Americans. Now those worries are likely to worsen. Starting this week, $25 billion in...
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Wed, Dec 02 2009 5:59 AM
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Planning For Nobel Ceremonies Taxes Even Brainy Winner
By Joe Palca Most of the hoopla surrounding the Nobel Prizes occurs in October when winners are announced. ?s=3" alt="Carol Greider, Nobel prize winner." class="img462" /> Johns Hopkins' Carol Greider is getting ready for...
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Wed, Dec 02 2009 1:50 PM
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Breastfeeding May Help Moms Stave Off Diabetes, Heart Trouble
By Patti Neighmond Doctors say breastfeeding is good for babies because it strengthens their immune systems and helps them fight off germs. Now researchers say breastfeeding can also reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease in moms, years later....
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Thu, Dec 03 2009 1:28 PM
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FDA Wants Your Advice On Improving Food Labels
By Maggie Mertens The Food and Drug Administration wants YOU, to help them come up with better nutrional labels for food. A prototype for a new food label: 'Nutrition Tips.'(Marion Nestle/foodpolitics.com) In the wake of the controversies over...
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Fri, Dec 04 2009 1:46 PM
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Why The Cadillac Tax On Health Plans Isn't Really A Tax
By Scott Hensley By now you've heard plenty about the so-called Cadillac tax on high-end health insurance, a plank in the Senate health bill that would levy a 40 percent penalty on health plans costing more than $8,500 for singles and $23,000 for...
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Mon, Dec 28 2009 6:02 AM
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OMB's Orszag To Tie Knot With ABC's Golodryga
By Scott Hensley Washington's most-eligible nerd is getting hitched. White House Budget Director and inveterate health care number-cruncher Peter Orszag and ABC News' glamorous financial correspondent Brianna Golodryga got engaged Monday over...
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Tue, Dec 29 2009 7:40 AM
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Ginkgo Biloba Fails To Preserve Memory
By Scott Hensley If you've forgotten why you take Ginkgo biloba, we're not surprised. An extract from trees like this one doesn't help with memory after all. (jam343/Flickr) Loads of people take the popular herbal supplement to bolster their...
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Wed, Dec 30 2009 7:58 AM
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Feds Unveil Incentive Plan For Electronic Medical Records
By Scott Hensley A simple sounding phrase--meaningful use--is the key that could open a vault of federal bonus bucks for doctors and hospitals. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com) --> Late Wednesday, Health and Human Services officials unveiled more...
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Thu, Dec 31 2009 5:55 AM
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Caring For Elderly And Disabled Is A Family Affair
By Joseph Shapiro Here's something else to consider in the definition of what it means to be an American: Being a caregiver for an elderly or disabled loved one. A new study of family caregivers says almost one out of three adults in the U.S. currently...
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Tue, Dec 08 2009 1:52 PM
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Cost Of Medicare Buy-In Could Be Daunting
By Scott Hensley With all the fanfare about a potential political compromise on health overhaul that could let people ages 55 to 64 buy Medicare as their health coverage, you might be surprised to learn the idea has been kicking around for quite a while...
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Wed, Dec 09 2009 11:14 AM
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