U.S. Secretly Aids Pakistan In Guarding Nuclear Arms
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Health News

A Physician Caught Trying to Heal Himself
2008-01-12 04:50 - Rarely has a more conflicted or unpromising candidate entered the field of medicine, and this mismatch gives ?Intern? its offbeat appeal.

Study Finds Possible Targets for H.I.V. Drugs
2008-01-12 04:50 - Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified 273 proteins that the AIDS virus needs to survive in human cells, which could lead to new strategies for combating the disease.

Study Says DNA Flaw May Raise Autism Risk
2008-01-11 04:52 - The rare genetic flaw occurs spontaneously near or during conception and may sharply increase the risk that a child will develop autism.

They?re Playing My Song. Time to Work Out.
2008-01-11 04:52 - There is a rough science to choosing performance-enhancing music.

Judges Tell San Francisco It Can Begin Health Plan
2008-01-11 04:50 - A federal panel of judges granted San Francisco the right to require businesses with more than 20 employees to pay a fee to help cover employees? health care costs.

Risks: Lax Catheter Policies Seen at Many Hospitals
2008-01-10 04:51 - Despite the well-established danger from urinary catheters, a new study finds that hospitals are doing very little to reduce the risks of infection.

Regimens: Whites More Often Given Opioid Drugs, Study Finds
2008-01-10 04:50 - Opioid medications are increasingly being given in emergency rooms ? but white patients are more likely to get them than minorities, a new study finds.

A Safety-Net Hospital Falls Into Financial Crisis
2008-01-10 04:50 - The struggles of a venerable Atlanta charity hospital mirror those of other public hospitals across the nation.

Food Allergies Stir a Mother to Action
2008-01-10 04:50 - Robyn O?Brien has looked deep into the perplexing world of childhood food allergies and seen a conspiracy.

Tiny Specks of Misery, Both Vile and Useful
2008-01-09 06:01 - It’s easy to hate viruses for their freeloading ways, but they have also repaid us in ways we are just beginning to tally.


 
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