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Tail Switch Gets Sperm Swimming
By Nadja Popovich Your parents may have taught you about the birds and the bees, but they probably never explained exactly how human sperm get their move on. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com) --> The particulars of the environment sperm find themselves...
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Fri, Feb 05 2010 10:35 AM
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States Hedge Bets, Seek To Block Insurance Mandate
By Julie Rovner If Congress gets its act together and passes a bill requiring everybody to have health insurance, can states pass laws or amend their own constitutions to exempt the people in their states? Two-thirds of these states have some sort of...
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Fri, Feb 12 2010 7:54 AM
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Heart And Head Can Agree On Mediterranean Diet
By Patti Neighmond The Mediterranean diet may be as good for your head as it is for your heart. Bring on the greek salad! (iStockphoto.com) Bring on the greek salad!(iStockphoto.com) --> Researchers at Columbia University found that the number of strokes...
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Tue, Feb 09 2010 2:50 PM
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Abstinence Message Gets Through To Teens
By Scott Hensley More talk can lead to less teenage sex. A study that tested abstinence-focused sex ed against classes that featured other messages, including safer sex and better health, found that the advice to forgo sex stuck best. About one-third...
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Tue, Feb 02 2010 5:56 AM
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Health Clinic Funding Boosts Economy
By Andrew Villegas Everyone wants a return on their investment, and a study released Tuesday offers evidence that a hefty infusion of cash for community health centers in last year's federal stimulus package may be paying off. ?s=12" alt=Physician...
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Wed, Feb 17 2010 8:20 AM
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Obama Talks Up Health; Senate Dems Change Subject
By April Fulton President Obama presses his case to Democratic senators at a party meeting in Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) President Obama talks to Democratic senators at a party meeting in Washington, D.C.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images...
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Wed, Feb 03 2010 9:45 AM
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Kellogg Slapped For Contamination At Eggo Waffle Factory
By Nadja Popovich You might want to leggo that Eggo. Eggo Buttermilk Waffles tested positive for Listeria at a Kellogg factory in Atlanta last year. (iStockphoto.com) Eggo Buttermilk Waffles tested positive for Listeria at a Kellogg factory in Atlanta...
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Wed, Feb 17 2010 1:02 PM
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Obama Vows To Press On With Overhaul After Jobs Bill
By Scott Hensley The president doesn't seem to think health overhaul is dead, even if you do. President Obama works the crowd at a Washington fundraiser where he defended health overhaul. (Charles Dharapak/AP) ?s=12" alt="President Obama...
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Fri, Feb 05 2010 6:42 AM
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Health Costs Loom Over Federal Budget
By Scott Hensley Today we'll find out how much President Obama would like the government to spend next year. It's a lot. Just take a look at all the zeroes: $3,834,000,000,000. That's 3.8 trillion bucks, for fiscal 2011. The elephant in the...
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Mon, Feb 01 2010 5:57 AM
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GOP Stalwarts' Top 10 List For Health Overhaul
By Christopher Weaver Yesterday we featured some core GOP health care ideas that have been refined during the past couple of decades by conservative health wonks such as John Goodman, of the Texas-based National Center for Policy Analysis. Today, you...
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Wed, Feb 10 2010 1:01 PM
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Public To Politicians: Do Something On Health Care
By Scott Hensley What do Americans want from Washington on health overhaul? Opinion is evenly split on overhaul legislation, with 43 percent of Americans in favor of passage and 43 percent opposed, according to the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll....
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Tue, Feb 23 2010 5:58 AM
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