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Walgreen To Provide Free Care For Unemployed
Walgreen Co., the nation’s largest drugstore chain, and its Take Care Health Systems...
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Ozone Exposure Is Deadly
A study that analyzed data on 18 years showed that the risk of respiratory problems has been...
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Flu Viruses Mutate, Become Resistant to Tamiflu
A recent government study showed that the influenza A viruses that resist the antiviral drug...
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Sequencing of Virus DNA May Help Scientists Find a Cure for Common Cold
Scientists are hoping to find a cure for the common cold and a new discovery brings them closer to...
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Premature Babies More Prone to Autism
According to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of Pediatrics, children who are...
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Vicks VapoRub Linked to Breathing Problems in Infants
A new study has recently revealed that Vicks VapoRub, a popular cold remedy, could cause airway...
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Vicks VapoRub Poses Risks To Children Under 2
Vicks VapoRub, a common cold remedy, may create respiratory problems in infants and small...
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Early C-Sections Pose Risks For Babies, Study Reveals
Babies born by Caesarean section earlier than medical guidelines recommend are twice as...
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C-Sections Increases Risks For Babies If Done Before Term
Cesarean delivery appears to increase the risk of an adverse neonatal outcome by 50 percent...
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Half-Dose Flu Shots Work Just As Well In Young Adults
As the National Influenza Vaccination Week is ongoing, all Americans at high risk of getting the...
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Many FEMA Trailer Kids Found Anemic
Although three years have passed since Hurricane Katrina hit
the Gulf Coast
of the United...
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Hurricane Katrina Sickened Thousands of Children
A U.S. hospital study released Monday by the New York's Children's Health Fund shows that children...
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California Economy Loses $28 Billion Annually because of Air Pollution
California's
economy loses about $28 billion annually in health-related counts because of
the...
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Nationwide Premature Birth Report Gives States Grades For Premature Births
Each year, more than 530,000 babies are
born before 37 full weeks of gestation, statistics show....
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Childhood Allergies, Asthma Problems Require More Attention
A report released last month by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has
revealed that...
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No More Than Two Cups of Coffee a Day for Pregnant Women
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has recently altered their
recommendations for pregnant women with...
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Early Insulin Treatment Does Not Help Preemies
Early insulin treatments intended to
improve health of premature babies failed to boost the...
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Food Allergies among Children, a Concern Nowadays
It is important for parents to pay
attention to the report “Living With Food Allergy” – “Food...
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Infant Mortality Rate in the U.S. Still High
A report from the federal Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention shows that the infant...
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Asthmatic Children Should Carry an Emergency Plan
Heidenheim, Germany - Asthmatic children should always carry an emergency plan containing...
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Pollution to Blame for Asia's Growing Number of Sneezes
Hong Kong - It starts with a sneeze, a runny nose and a cough. You think it's a cold but when the...
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Cases Of Asthma And PTSD After 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Increase
Cases of asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are rampant among people who experienced...
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Do Measles Vaccines Put Children At Risk For Autism?
Scientists found that there is no link between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, also known as MMR...
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Childhood Vaccination Rates At Record Levels
The rate of U.S. children getting their recommended
vaccinations against childhood diseases has...
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The EPA Prepares A New Strategy For Cleaner Air
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a few days ago that five of the country’s states...
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Billionaires Start Antismoking Effort To Benefit The World
Smoking kills over 5.4 million people each year, more than tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS...
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CDC Survey Shows US Obesity Rates Are on the Rise
Since mid-1970s, the prevalence of overweight and obesity
has increased sharply for the US
and...
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Marijuana Potency Sets New Record First Time in Years
Marijuana potency hit record levels in more than 30 years, posing
greater risks to people who may...
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Dry Drowning – Facts You Should Know
The case of 10-year-old boy who died an hour after swimming
because of dry drowning draw attention...
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Obama Enjoys ‘Excellent Health,’ His Physician Says
Just days after his Republican rival, John McCain, released his
medical records trying to remove...
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Fritzl wanted "second family" in cellar, says lawyer
St Poelten, Austria / Berlin - "He wanted to build up a second family in the...
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American Painter Andrew Wyeth Passed Away
Andrew Wyeth, probably the most significant painter of the 20th century in the United States,...
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Vicks VapoRup May Hurt Kids
The popular cold remedy Vicks VapoRub may cause respiratory problems in infants and toddlers, a...
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Vicks VapoRub Might Harm Your Child!
No kid under the age of four should be given the controversial cough and cold medicines, the...
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Elective C-section Risky for Babies
New research published this week in the journal New England Journal of Medicine questions the...
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Most States Get Ds for Preterm Birth Rate
The United
States’ high rate of premature births has earned the
state a D, according to the...
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CDC: Food Allergies Up 18 Percent among US Kids
Food allergies continue to be on the rise among US kids according to a report released...
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Tobacco Regulation – A Step Forward to a Healthier Nation
In an attempt to lower the number of people becoming
addicted of cigarettes and also that of the...
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Wood Components Responsible for FEMA Trailers' Toxicity
The Centers for Disease Control released Wednesday a study, stating that plywood and particleboards...
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Levels of THC in Marijuana - The Highest in 30 Years
The levels of tetrahydracannibinol or “THC,” the active chemical in
marijuana that produces the...
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FEMA’s Deadline to Close Trailer Parks Leaves Many Hopeless
Nearly three years after the Hurricane Katrina made thousands
of victims, leaving thousands others...
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Lafayette Residents Out of Danger, Acid Spill Is Cleared
Officials announced Saturday that two of six derailed train
cars containing hydrochloric acid and...
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Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution
Short-term exposure to current levels of ozone pollution is
directly linked to poor health in...
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Sir Arthur C. Clarke Dies Aged 90
The famous UK
science-fiction writer, Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died today in Sri Lanka,...
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Self-confessed incest murderer's verdict due Thursday
Berlin - The third day in the trial of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian father in court for imprisoning...
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Austrian incest father pleads "not guilty" to murder
St Poelten, Austria - Josef Fritzl, the Austrian father who achieved worldwide notoriety in 2008 on...
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2,500 Evacuated Following Chemical Leak at Pennsylvania Plant
About 2,500 residents of four Butler County communities in western Pennsylvania were evacuated from...
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World's tallest woman dies in the US
Washington - Sandy Allen, the tallest woman in the world according to the Guinness Book of World...
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House Overwhelmingly Votes in Favor of Tobacco Regulation
US House of representative on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted
for a bill that would give the Food...
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Obama Can Take Pride in His Health
Following John McCain’s release of his medical record, amounting to more than one thousand pages,...
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CDC: US Faces Biggest Measles Outbreak in Seven Years
The U.S.
faces the biggest measles outbreak in seven years, the federal Centers for
Disease...
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State Warns Aerial Spraying Against Moth Is Crucial to Crops
State agriculture leaders released a warning to the city and
county Monday, announcing that if...
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FEMA Trailers Had High Levels of Formaldehyde Fumes
Newly released tests results show dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes in many of the trailers...
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