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Health News

Vital Signs: Hazards: Rise in Car Fatality Rates Seen at Age 12
2008-03-12 04:51 - Children in their early teens are more likely to be killed in a car accident than younger children are, a new study finds.

Global Update: Uganda: Vaccine Program Vanquishes a Dangerous Type of ...
2008-03-12 04:50 - Thousands of lives were saved in Uganda shortly after the introduction of a new vaccine.

Essay: Many Doctors, Many Tests, No Rhyme or Reason
2008-03-12 04:50 - In our health care system, if you have a slew of physicians and a willing patient, almost any sort of terrible excess can occur.

Cases Without Borders: Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment
2008-03-12 04:50 - A new program in Goa, India, trains laypeople to identify and treat depression and anxiety and send them to community health clinics.

India Nurtures Business of Surrogate Motherhood
2008-03-11 06:01 - Reproductive outsourcing is a new but rapidly expanding business, as word spreads of India’s mix of skilled medical professionals, relatively liberal laws and low prices.

5-Year-Old Vaccine Program Vanquishes a Dangerous Type of Childhood Me...
2008-03-11 04:50 - Thousands of lives were saved in Uganda shortly after the introduction of a new vaccine.

Imperfect Heroes
2008-03-10 04:50 - Sandeep Jauhar describes his ambivalent path to becoming a doctor.

Rift Over AIDS Treatment Lingers in South Africa
2008-03-10 04:50 - Despite data suggesting better AIDS treatment courses are available in South Africa, the government has been slow to implement them.

Smartening Up: Brain Enhancement Is Wrong, Right?
2008-03-10 04:50 - In academia, where the use of prescription drugs to boost mental performance seems to be on the rise, some begin to worry about a pop-pills-or-perish future.

Lilly Waited Too Long to Warn About Schizophrenia Drug, Doctor Testifi...
2008-03-09 06:01 - Lilly hid Zyprexa’s risks, such as the possibility of causing severe weight gains and blood sugar changes, from doctors to protect the drug’s sales, an expert witness told jurors on Friday.


 
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