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Health NewsCombining Grocery Shopping With Doctors? Appointments2008-03-04 06:01 - J Sainsbury, one of Britain’s largest supermarket chains, is the first in the country to offer a visit to a family doctor in one of its stores. City Shuts Clinic Linked to Virus Cases 2008-03-04 04:50 - The City of Las Vegas has shut down a clinic believed to have spread hepatitis C through shoddy practices. About Those Health Care Plans by the Democrats ... 2008-03-04 04:50 - While Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama fight over whose plan is better, they rarely mention the soaring costs of Medicare and Medicaid. Utah Home Is Searched in Ricin Case 2008-03-04 04:50 - A man who remained critically ill in a Las Vegas hospital has set off a criminal and public-health investigation spanning two states after vials of poison were found in his hotel room. And the Doula Makes Four 2008-03-03 06:01 - Doula, ’servant? in Greek, and lactation consultants can be godsends for many women, but their increased popularity has also led to more conflict. Cleaner Water With a Wand (No Magic Required) 2008-03-03 04:50 - Travelers who don?t trust the water from a mountain stream or a hotel-room faucet have a portable high-tech option for purifying drinking water. Be Nimble, Be Quick . . . 2008-03-03 04:50 - Speed-and-agility camp will exhaust you, but leave you better at your sport of choice. Crash and Burnout 2008-03-03 04:50 - Working like mad to reach your peak but getting nowhere? You might be overtraining. Starving Themselves, Cocktail in Hand 2008-03-03 04:50 - Compound anorexia or bulimia with alcohol abuse and you have drunkorexia, the latest entry in the lexicon of food-related ills. Coming Soon: Health Care Debate, Part 2 2008-03-03 04:50 - The skirmishing between the Democratic presidential candidates over universal health coverage will soon give way to a quite different general-election debate. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 |
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