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Hair Straightener Contains Dangerous Chemicals, FDA Says
The Food and Drug Administration is taking issue with the claim that "Brazilian Blowout" hair straightener is formaldehyde free. But the maker of the popular product says it is still safe and meets government standards. Read More...
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Thu, Sep 08 2011 1:45 PM
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Watson, IBM's Quiz Show Champ, Moves Into Health Care
Health insurer WellPoint is signing up IBM's Watson, the mainframe computer outfitted with some nifty software to make human-like decisions in seconds. The computer will sift through medical data and patient information to make recommendations to...
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Mon, Sep 12 2011 7:57 AM
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Supporters Of Health Overhaul Look To Reclaim 'Obamacare'
Two nonprofit advocacy groups in Colorado are trying to take back "Obamacare," as something to be proud of. The term has been used derisively by opponents of health overhaul. The president has said he likes the term. Read More...
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Wed, Oct 26 2011 7:58 AM
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A Tweak To Health Law Would Eliminate Medicaid For Some
Medicaid, the health program funded jointly by the feds and the states, was devised to cover the poor. But if a provision in last year's federal health law isn't changed, even people with pretty healthy incomes could qualify for Medicaid. Read...
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Thu, Oct 27 2011 9:45 AM
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New York High Schoolers May Have Discovered New Cockroach Species
By Scott Hensley Kids these days will test the DNA of just about anything they can get their hands on. DNA tests suggest this cockroach may be part of a previously unknown species or subspecies. (Brenda Tan and Matt Cost) DNA tests suggest this cockroach...
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Mon, Dec 28 2009 11:45 AM
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Heart Devices Often Approved On Weak Evidence
By Scott Hensley When the doctor says it's time to put some gee-whiz device inside your body to fix your heart or clear an artery, you want to know that gizmo has been tested well. Are pacemakers and other devices tested thoroughly enough? (Wikimedia...
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Tue, Dec 29 2009 1:35 PM
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CBO Affirms Savings From Malpractice Reform
By Scott Hensley When the Congressional Budget Office figured that limits on medical malpractice could reduce the federal budget deficit by $54 billion over the next decade, plenty of folks weren't satisfied with the analysis. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto...
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Wed, Dec 30 2009 1:20 PM
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Harvard Hospitals Limit Industry Pay To Doctors
By Scott Hensley Partners HealthCare, the Boston hospital system that includes some of Harvard Medical School's most prominent teaching institutions, is turning over a new leaf on industry's financial influence over doctors. Starting this year...
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Mon, Jan 04 2010 5:55 AM
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Congress To Broker Health Overhaul Informally
By Julie Rovner If you weren't completely asleep during high school civics, you might remember that after the House and Senate each pass different bills on the same subject, say health overhaul just for fun, they reconcile them in something called...
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Mon, Jan 04 2010 1:54 PM
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How A Spoonful Of Medicine Can Vary
By Scott Hensley It's the middle of the night, and you wake yourself up coughing. You jump out of bed, grab a bottle of medicine in the bathroom and then the first spoon you can find in a kitchen drawer. The dotted line indicates the right dose. The...
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Tue, Jan 05 2010 11:30 AM
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Health Overhaul Could Ding Married Couples
By Christopher Weaver If you're searching for an upside to being single, look no further than Congress's health overhaul proposals. Married couples could end up paying thousands of dollars more each year for health insurance than singles with...
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Thu, Jan 07 2010 5:44 AM
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Obama Backs Cadillac Health Plan Tax, Again
By Nadja Popovich President Obama reaffirmed his support for the so-called "Cadillac tax" on high-end health plans more directly to Democratic Leaders in a meeting yesterday. He stated his position to NPR in an interview last month. "Cadillac"...
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Thu, Jan 07 2010 12:30 PM
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Beware of Restaurant Calorie Counts
By Nadja Popovich If your New Year started with a resolution to lose weight, you might want to be especially careful about chain-restaurant food. Counting calories isn't always as plain as toast. (iStockphoto.com) --> Counting calories isn't...
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Fri, Jan 08 2010 11:20 AM
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Conceptual Census Super Bowl Ad: Bargain Or Boondoggle?
By Christopher Weaver New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees may have taken the spotlight during last night's big game, but a government-sponsored advertisement offered viewers a chance to star in a major 2010 production, too: The U.S. Census...
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Mon, Feb 08 2010 11:55 AM
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GOP 'Roadmap' Summons Health Ideas Of Debates Past
By Christopher Weaver Before Sen. Scott Brown's surprise victory in Massachusetts reframed the health debate, Democrats labeled the GOP the "party of no ideas" and alleged they refused to participate in talks as a political calculation....
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Tue, Feb 09 2010 12:01 PM
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