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When It Comes To Baby's Crib, Experts Say Go Bare Bones
Expanded guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that parents remove blankets, bumpers, pillows, and toys from a baby's crib to protect them against suffocation and other threats. Read More...
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Tue, Oct 18 2011 1:35 PM
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Heart Failure Lands Fewer Seniors In Hospital
A decline in the admission of Medicare patients to hospitals for treatment of heart failure saves at least $4.1 billion a year, a new study finds. Better treatment of coronary artery disease and high blood pressure may help explain the decline. Read More...
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Wed, Oct 19 2011 2:00 PM
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Advice For The Golden Years: 'Don't Ever Retire Mentally'
Tell Me More 's end-of-life series continues with Washington-area 80-somethings talking about the realities of retirement with Michel Martin. Read More...
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Thu, Oct 20 2011 10:09 AM
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Pill Or Candy? Can You Guess Which Of These Is Medicine?
If you didn't get the right answer, don't feel bad. A precocious Ohio girl who asked teachers and kindergartners to look at 20 matched pairs of medicines and candies found they were wrong around 30 percent of the time. Read More...
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Fri, Oct 21 2011 2:41 PM
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BPA And Behavior: More Questions Than Answers
Higher levels of BPA in urine taken from mothers during pregnancy were associated with slightly "worse behavior" among their 3-year-olds, especially in girls, researchers found. But BPA exposure after birth didn't show the same pattern....
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Mon, Oct 24 2011 11:52 AM
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Flu Shots: Far From Perfect, Still Advised
The flu vaccine has proven itself for most people, but researchers say it needs an overhaul to further reduce infection and death rates. Many doctors would like to see a universal vaccine that protects against all strains of flu. Read More...
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Tue, Oct 25 2011 3:32 PM
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Tofu Dogs, Soy Lattes OK For *** Cancer Survivors
By Allison Aubrey Soy gets a strange rap in this country. Meat and potato lovers tend to dismiss it as vegan fringe food. But ever since soy milk muscled its way into the mainstream dairy aisle, there's been a lot of talk about its potential health...
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Tue, Dec 08 2009 2:35 PM
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Lawmakers Seek Halt To Abuses Of Disabled Kids In School
By Joseph Shapiro Two investigatory reports earlier this year told disturbing stories of the harsh, and on occasion fatal, methods sometimes used to discipline disabled children in school. Now members of Congress are trying to stop the practice of relying...
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Wed, Dec 09 2009 1:02 PM
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Los Angeles Postpones Vote On Restrictions For Marijuana Shops
By Scott Hensley Hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles got a reprieve Wednesday as the city council delayed a vote on regulations that could, by some estimates, leave less than a dozen in business. Timeline: the highs and lows of medical...
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Thu, Dec 10 2009 5:54 AM
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Support For Drug Imports Stalls Health Overhaul
By Scott Hensley The latest stumbling block for an overhaul of health care lies north of the border. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com) --> The Senate, already poking along, put the whole thing on hold yesterday amid growing support for a measure...
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Fri, Dec 11 2009 5:59 AM
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Senators Look To Limit Drug Makers Use Of Prescription Data
By Maggie Mertens When you fill a doctor's prescription, the information about it, minus your personal details, gets bought by a company that then probably sells it to drug makers. They use the data to figure out how to get individual doctors to prescribe...
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Fri, Dec 11 2009 12:40 PM
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Health Overhaul 'Deal' Still Half-Baked
By April Fulton If you were counting on last week's "deal" among 10 senators on health care to propel an overhaul through the Senate by Christmas, you might want to hedge your bets a bit. This cake's only half-baked. The Senate health...
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Mon, Dec 14 2009 10:33 AM
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Glaxo Discloses Doctor Payments For First Time
By Scott Hensley All the pressure on drug makers to fess up publicly about the money they pay doctors is, er, paying off. There's a lot more light on the money doctors get from drug companies these days. (iStockphoto.com) --> There's a lot...
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Tue, Dec 15 2009 11:25 AM
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Worries About Doctor Shortages Deepen As Overhaul Looms
By Scott Hensley Let's just say for the sake of discussion that health overhaul does pass. A bunch more folks get insurance, maybe 31 million eventually. Then some of those people, maybe a lot of them, want to see the doctor more. Who exactly is going...
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Wed, Dec 16 2009 8:54 AM
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'Is that So?' Looks At Taxes and Health Overhaul
By Julie Rovner Today we're bringing you a web-extra edition of our popular fact-checking series, "Is That So?" Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has a tax bone to pick. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) --> Topic...
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Thu, Dec 17 2009 7:30 AM
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