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Health NewsMany Children Struggling After ?05 Storms2007-12-08 04:50 - A study says that at least 46,600 children along the Gulf Coast are still struggling with mental health problems and other serious aftereffects of hurricanes in 2005. A Heart Stent Maker Decides the Way to the Patient Is Through the Pati... 2007-12-07 06:01 - The Cordis Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has begun the first attempt by a medical device maker to market a heart stent directly to consumers. Teenage Birth Rate Rises for First Time Since ?91 2007-12-07 06:01 - The teenage birth rate in the United States rose 3 percent in 2006, the first increase since 1991, fueling a debate about whether the Bush administration’s abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working. Advisory Panel Rejects New Use for Cancer Drug 2007-12-07 06:01 - A federal advisory committee voted Wednesday that Genentech’s drug Avastin should not be approved as a treatment for breast cancer. Waiting for Flights Offers Time for Flu Shots 2007-12-07 04:50 - After taking off their shoes, emptying their pockets and passing through the security checkpoint, travelers at some major American airports can now roll up a sleeve and get a flu shot. Reactor Shutdown Causing Medical Isotope Shortage 2007-12-07 04:50 - Medical treatments are being delayed or deferred at hospitals worldwide because of the extended shutdown of a Canadian isotope reactor. Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia 2007-12-07 04:50 - A study concluded that dyslexics were more likely than nondyslexics to excel in oral communication and problem solving and to own two or more businesses. Meat Processors Look for Ways to Keep Ground Beef Safe 2007-12-07 04:50 - Even as the beef industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year to keep harmful pathogens out of the meat it sells to the public, it appears to be losing ground. Personal Best: I?m Not Really Running, I?m Not Really Running... 2007-12-07 04:50 - Using mental tricks, or dissociating, can get you to the finish line faster. Merck’s Share Price Declines as Profit Forecasts Fall Short 2007-12-06 06:01 - The drug maker said that generic competition would drive down sales of Fosamax, an osteoporosis treatment. 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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