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Shut-Eye Proves Elusive For Shuttle Crews
By Joe Palca You think you have trouble sleeping? Try to nod off when you're squeezed into a small space with six close friends, the sun is rising and setting every 90 minutes, and your pillow keeps floating away. Astronaut Sunita Williams wears a...
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Thu, Apr 08 2010 2:42 PM
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Medicare Spending On Hospitals Gets Web Treatment
By Christopher Weaver You may have heard during the debate over health overhaul that health spending varies wildly between states and even between tiny hamlets. But seeing is believing, right? Well, now you can check it out for yourself, thanks to an...
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Thu, Apr 08 2010 1:52 PM
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Antimicrobial In Soap, Socks Gets A Second Look
By April Fulton So how safe is that super-duper toothpaste that fights bad breath you used this morning or that bacteria-resistant cutting board you brought home from the fancy kitchen store this weekend? Lather up. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com...
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Thu, Apr 08 2010 1:05 PM
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Massachusetts Insurance Dispute Goes To Court
By Scott Hensley Massachusetts health insurers are in court today, seeking relief from state's rejections of their rate increases last week. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com) --> The state's insurance commissioner blocked...
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Thu, Apr 08 2010 11:05 AM
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Ground Zero Workers Suffered Permanent Lung Damage
By Scott Hensley With the passage of time since the attacks on the World Trade Center almost nine years ago, the health toll on workers who rushed to the scene is becoming clearer. Firefighters and rescue workers exposed to the dust at the scene in the...
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Thu, Apr 08 2010 6:57 AM
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FDA Warns: Fat-Dissolving Spa Claims Are Unfounded
By Nadja Popovich If you've heard the come-on that a spa treatment could melt your fat away, don't buy it. The Food and Drug Administration said today it has warned six spas they have been making false and misleading claims about a procedure often...
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Wed, Apr 07 2010 3:25 PM
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Savings From Computerzing Medical Records Are Hard To Measure
Where's the socket for this thing? (iStockphoto.com) Where's the socket for this thing? (iStockphoto.com) Where's the socket for this thing? (iStockphoto.com) --> By Christopher Weaver When it comes to health policy, few ideas find as much...
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Wed, Apr 07 2010 1:15 PM
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Exercise Trumps Gene In Teen Obesity
Run for it. (Photoillustration: NPR/iStockphoto.com) (Photoillustration: NPR/iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com) --> By Nadja Popovich Sure, genes may be a factor in some cases of obesity, but it just got a little harder to blame your parents. It turns...
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Wed, Apr 07 2010 11:03 AM
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FDA Looks High And Low For Consumer Reps
By Joanne Silberner The Food and Drug Administration wants you. Well, maybe you. The agency has put a call out for consumer representatives to serve on its advisory committees. The panels of experts help the agency figure out whether to approve a drug...
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Wed, Apr 07 2010 9:57 AM
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St. Vincent's, Last Catholic Hospital in NYC, To Close
An injured firefighter is brought into the emergency room at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, Sept. 13, 2001. (Stephen Chernin/AP) An injured firefighter is brought into the emergency room at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, Sept. 13,...
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Wed, Apr 07 2010 6:58 AM
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Fruits and Veggies Prevent Cancer? Not So Much, It Turns Out
Keep on eating these for your heart, just don't expect cancer-prevention miracles. (iStockphoto.com) Keep on eating these, but don't expect cancer-prevention-miracles. (iStockphoto.com) Keep on eating these, but don't expect cancer-prevention...
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Tue, Apr 06 2010 3:01 PM
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U.S. Teen Birth Rate Drops -- Kinda
By Brenda Wilson After rising for two years, the U.S. teen birth rate has taken a slight drop. It's a welcome break in what many feared might be the beginning of a worrisome upswing in teen births. There were fewer strollers on the road in 2008 than...
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Tue, Apr 06 2010 2:08 PM
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More Medicaid Pay For Some Doctors, But Will It Last?
By Maggie Mertens While doctors are worrying a lot about whether Congress will block a big scheduled cut in Medicare payments, a fix to another public health program is raising another question. To ease the worries of already strained primary care doctors...
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Tue, Apr 06 2010 1:57 PM
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Prescription Drug Overdoses Send More People To Hospitals
By Deborah Franklin The recent rash of people taking way too many pain pills isn't restricted to Hollywood celebs. It's part of a nationwide trend, says an ER doc in West Virginia. Dr. Jeffrey Coben and several colleagues at West Virginia University...
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Tue, Apr 06 2010 11:40 AM
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Curing Childhood Cancer Carries A Price Later In Life
By Richard Knox Perhaps the greatest victory in cancer treatment is the success doctor have had with kids. Four of 5 children and teenagers who get cancer can expect to be alive and well five years later. That's the usual definition of a cancer cure...
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Tue, Apr 06 2010 9:58 AM
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