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Parents Choose Healthier Options For Kids, Not For Themselves
By Nadja Popovich Think calorie counts on fast-food menus are useless? Nutritional labeling gives parents an extra tool to make good decisions when they're eating out, if only for their kids.( Justin Sullivan/Getty) Nutritional labeling gives parents...
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Tue, Jan 26 2010 7:44 AM
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Hey Kids (And Parents), Watch Out For Toilet Seat Dermatitis
By Kevin Whitelaw No, toilet seats are not out to get your children. The other side of the seat may not be as clean as you think.( istockphoto.com) The other side of the seat may not be as clean as you think.( istockphoto.com) --> But Dr. Bernard Cohen...
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Tue, Jan 26 2010 5:24 AM
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Women And Walking: The Benefits Of Picking Up The Pace
By Allison Aubrey A new study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that women who get moderate amounts of exercise in middle-age tend to be much healthier at 70 and beyond. Active women cross-over into the senior decades with far...
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Mon, Jan 25 2010 1:00 PM
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Reinhardt To Obama: Explain Health Bills Better
By April Fulton What advice does Princeton health economist Uwe Reinhardt have for President Obama to resuscitate his health care plan? Talk to the people, not the academics. Economist says people in these aren't being reached. (istockphoto.com) Economist...
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Mon, Jan 25 2010 12:21 PM
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Haiti Diary: Camping With U.S. Emergency Medical Teams
By Joanne Silberner Dr. Henri Ford uses a bullhorn to spread the word about the US medical clinic outside the presidential palace. Ford grew up in Port au Prince, but says the city is nearly unrecognizable to him today.(John W. Poole/NPR) Dr. Henri Ford...
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Mon, Jan 25 2010 12:08 PM
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Turning To Haiti's Longer-Term Health Needs
By Kevin Whitelaw In one small piece of good news coming out of Haiti, World Health Organization officials say there is no sign yet of any epidemics emerging in the wake of the massive earthquake. "We've seen no reports of outbreaks of diseases...
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Mon, Jan 25 2010 9:15 AM
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Radiation Meant To Help Cancer Patients Can Sometimes Harm
By Scott Hensley Paracelsus, Renaissance alchemist and medical pioneer said, more or less, that everything is poisonous, including medicine. Only the dose determines whether a substance does harm--or maybe some good. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com...
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Mon, Jan 25 2010 5:57 AM
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Casualties And Limits Confront Navy Hospital Ship
By Sabri Ben-Achour The doctors and nurses aboard the U.S. Navy's hospital ship Comfort have been working almost nonstop since the vessel arrived off the coast of Haiti. Doctors and nurses attend to patients aboard the USNS Comfort. (Sabri Ben-Achour...
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Sun, Jan 24 2010 1:54 PM
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Hospital Ship Rattles By The Minute With Arrival Of Haiti's Injured
By Sabri Ben-Achour Earlier I wrote about how Haiti's presidential palace had become a launch pad to shuttle critical patients to a number of ships offshore. Well, that site has all but disappeared. The Army has set up a new site at a port called...
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Fri, Jan 22 2010 5:00 PM
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When Explained, Health Overhaul Popularity Goes Up
By Julie Rovner Does the public really hate the health care bills? Nope. They just don't know what's in them. That's what the results of the latest Kaiser Health Tracking poll on the overhaul legislation now stalled in Congress say. (iStockphoto...
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Fri, Jan 22 2010 2:25 PM
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Brown Blame Game Takes Washington By Storm
By Christopher Weaver It should come as no surprise, we suppose, that the varied agendas of politicos, pundits, and activists color their views on who's to blame for Scott Brown's surprise win in Massachusetts. President Obama concedes health...
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Fri, Jan 22 2010 1:58 PM
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For Kids With High Cholesterol, Change Diet, Exercise Before Drugs
By Nadja Popovich If you had any doubt that the obesity epidemic among young people presents a real health challenge, wrap you mind around this: 20 percent of teenagers have high cholesterol. Dietary changes, such as eating more fruits and vegetables...
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Fri, Jan 22 2010 9:58 AM
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National Palace In Haiti Becomes Medical Staging Center
By Sabri Ben-Achour U.S. soldiers carry an injured person to a U.S. Navy helicopter outside the collapsed National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (Gregory Bull/AP) U.S. soldiers carry an injured person to a U.S. Navy helicopter outside...
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Fri, Jan 22 2010 8:47 AM
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California Supreme Court Bolsters Protection For Marijuana Users
By Scott Hensley While most folks seemed to be hanging on the U.S. Supreme Court's startling decision to toss out limits on corporate campaign spending yesterday, we found ourselves far more interested in a judicial ruling way out west. A court decision...
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Fri, Jan 22 2010 6:02 AM
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Haitian Woman Agrees To Care On Navy Hospital Ship
By Joanne Silberner On Thursday's Morning Edition I reported about Denise Bazile, who suffered two badly broken legs when a wall fell on her during the Haiti earthquake last week. Doctors from a U.S. government field hospital in Port-au-Prince gave...
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Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:05 PM
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