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Floating Hospital Heads For Haiti
By Nadja Popovich Saturday morning, one of the U.S.'s largest trauma centers ships out to Haiti. James Ware, commanding officer of Comfort's hospital, said that this is one of the Comfort's biggest missions.(Nadja Popovich, NPR) James Ware...
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Fri, Jan 15 2010 2:57 PM
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FDA Voices 'Some Concern' Over BPA Risks
By Nell Greenfieldboyce The Food and Drug Administration has finally gotten around to telling us about its current thinking on BPA, the widely used plastic additive found in many food containers, including some baby bottles and hard plastic cups. FDA's...
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Fri, Jan 15 2010 2:25 PM
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Getting Medical Aid To Haiti Takes Patience
By Joanne Silberner HHS Regional Emergency Coordinator Tom Bowman makes a last call out before wheels up in Atlanta. (John W. Poole/NPR) Here it is Friday afternoon, and I've been on my way to Haiti from Atlanta for more than 24 hours. The trip so...
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Fri, Jan 15 2010 1:05 PM
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Medicaid Costs For State Present A Snag For Overhaul Snag
By Christopher Weaver Now that labor groups and the White House have patched things up over the Cadillac tax, some folks are predicting smooth sailing for Democrats' health-overhaul legislation. But, a handful of thorny issues remain, including anxiety...
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Fri, Jan 15 2010 11:25 AM
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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Tylenol, Rolaids And Motrin Over Bad Odor
By Scott Hensley Johnson & Johnson is recalling batches and batches of some big-selling, over-the-counter medicines after customers complained about odors of mold and mildew coming from the packages. A musty odor has led Johnson & Johnson to recall...
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Fri, Jan 15 2010 8:42 AM
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Time Runs Short As Magnitude Of Medical Problems In Haiti Grows
By Scott Hensley Morgue workers are trying to deal with the thousands of bodies piling up at the central morgue at the National Hospital in downtown of Port-au-Prince, Thursday January 14, 2010. (David Gilkey/NPR) The enormity of the challenge for medical...
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Fri, Jan 15 2010 6:20 AM
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Democrats Downsize Cadillac Tax To Cement Union Support For Overhaul
By April Fulton AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, shown at a briefing on January 11, is one of the labor leaders who got concessions from Democrats on taxes of high-end health plans. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) After spending months playing hard to get...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 3:12 PM
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Squat, Lunge Exercises Could Save Young Knees
By Brenda Wilson Girls love playing soccer almost as much as boys do, with more than a third of soccer players in this country likely to have a pony tail or pixie cut, according to the U.S. Soccer Federation. But that popularity has come with a price...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 3:00 PM
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Why The FDA Cares About A Fake Tiger Woods Label On Gatorade
By Scott Hensley A Colorado man just got in some very hot water with the feds for allegedly slapping his own labels on a bunch of Gatorade. It's all fun and games to put the word "unfaithful" and a picture of Tiger Woods and his estranged...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 1:58 PM
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Bacteria Found In Toll House Dough, But None Leaves Factory
By Nadja Popovich Just as last summer's contamination of Nestle Toll House cookie dough by a dangerous strain of E. coli bacteria had just about faded into history, the company said there were problems with a recent batch. Some nasty bacteria showed...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 12:24 PM
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Deal On Cadillac Tax Marks Beginning Of Endgame For Health Overhaul
By Julie Rovner The Senate's not yet formally back from its holiday break, but already House and Senate negotiators have all but taken up residence in the West Wing of the White House to hammer out a final version of a health overhaul bill. Negotiators...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 10:45 AM
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Morphine May Block PTSD After Serious Injuries
By Scott Hensley The potent painkiller morphine, one of medicine's oldest drugs, may have a previously unrecognized power to reduce the development of post-traumatic stress disorder in people who've been severely injured. A Marine walks by an...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 5:58 AM
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Baby Got Back, And A Healthier Heart
By Nadja Popovich Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot didn't know how right he had it when he voiced his love for, um, robust derrieres back in 1992. A round rear is healthier than a fat gut.(iStockphoto.com) It appears that "increased gluteofemoral fat mass"...
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Wed, Jan 13 2010 1:52 PM
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Human Male: Still A Work In Progress
By Jon Hamilton Scientists say men are still evolving, despite earlier evidence to the contrary. In human males, the Y chromosome remains under construction.(iStockphoto.com) In human males, the Y chromosome remains under construction. (iStockphoto.com...
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Wed, Jan 13 2010 11:32 AM
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Haitian Quake Destroys Hospitals, Hampering Care
By Scott Hensley When a country as impoverished as Haiti is struck with a major earthquake, an already bleak health situation plunges deeper into the abyss. The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders, long active in the country, just reported on the...
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Wed, Jan 13 2010 8:24 AM
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