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Health NewsThe (Possible) Perils of Being Thirsty While Being Green2008-01-06 06:01 - I have the usual New Year’s resolutions ? exercise more, lose weight, be a nicer person. I also hope to find out if I am inadvertently poisoning my children. In Global Battle on AIDS, Bush Creates Legacy 2008-01-06 06:01 - President Bush’s initiative, which has helped 1.4 million people, may be his most lasting bipartisan achievement. Utah: Cholera Suspected in Bird Deaths 2008-01-06 04:51 - About 1,500 dead birds that washed up on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake may have been killed by avian cholera, an expert said. New Fitness Instruction: Sing the Body Eclectic 2008-01-06 04:50 - The world of ?How to Look Good Naked? is a happy and optimistic place where no one is overweight, but everyone suffers from a curable form of body dysmorphia. Passengers Flew With Infected Woman 2008-01-05 04:50 - Health officials were searching for airline passengers who may have come in contact with a 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis on a flight from India. Merck Makes Deal to Develop Schizophrenia Drug 2008-01-05 04:50 - Merck agreed to pay a Swiss company, Addex Pharmaceuticals, as much as $702 million to help develop a new schizophrenia drug. Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds 2008-01-05 04:50 - The drugs most widely used to manage aggressive outbursts in intellectually disabled people are no more effective than placebos for most patients and may be less so. U.S. Curtailing Bids to Expand Medicaid Rolls 2008-01-05 04:50 - The Bush administration is restricting the ability of states to expand Medicaid in an effort to prevent them from offering coverage to families of modest incomes. Teenagers in the City Smoke Less, Report Finds 2008-01-04 06:01 - The smoking rate among New York City’s teenagers is now far lower than among teenagers nationwide, due mainly to high taxes and curbs on public smoking, officials said. Egypt: 4 Women Die of Bird Flu 2008-01-04 04:51 - Bird flu has killed four Egyptian women in the past week, according to Egyptian health officials and the World Health Organization. 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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