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Health News

China Didn?t Check Drug Supplier, Files Show
2008-02-17 04:50 - An ingredient in a blood thinner linked to four deaths was made at an uncertified plant in China that was not inspected.

Lab Rats May Get a Reprieve Some Day
2008-02-16 04:50 - The government is studying a major overhaul of how to test the safety of chemicals, to see if robotic machinery can predict what is toxic as well as animals do.

Being Overweight May Increase Cancer Risk
2008-02-16 04:50 - Researchers find a strong association between body mass index and a variety of cancers.

Inquiry Set on Health Care Billing
2008-02-15 06:01 - New York’s attorney general is looking into whether insurers overcharged patients for out-of-network doctors.

Panama Releases Report on ?06 Poisoning
2008-02-15 04:51 - Panamanian investigators have concluded that at least 174 people were poisoned, 115 of them fatally, by counterfeit cold medicine linked to an unlicensed Chinese chemical plant.

Developing Countries Grew More Biotech Crops in ?07
2008-02-15 04:50 - Farmers in 12 developing countries planted biotech crops in 2007, and for the first time outnumbered the industrialized countries where such crops are grown.

Chinese Factory Linked to Drug Under Inquiry in U.S.
2008-02-15 04:50 - Production of the blood-thinning drug heparin was suspended this week after 350 patients reported ill effects from it.

A Long-Running Mystery, the Common Cramp
2008-02-15 04:50 - Medical textbooks skirt the topic, often avoiding any explanation. But as anyone who has ever complained of cramps will attest, lots of advice is circulating on how to avoid them.

Frank J. Dixon Dies at 87; Led Way in Immunology
2008-02-14 06:01 - Dr. Dixon’s penetrating studies of how misdirected responses by the immune system can cause diseases that damage the kidneys and other organs won him an Albert Lasker Award in 1975.

I Love You, but You Love Meat
2008-02-14 04:51 - In an age when many people define themselves by what they will eat and what they won?t, dietary differences can put a strain on a romantic relationship.


 
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