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Health News

Combining Grocery Shopping With Doctors? Appointments
2008-03-04 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.


 
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