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Health News
Court Says Federal Government Can Stop Meat Packers from Testing for Mad Cow Disease
Limiting School Soft Drinks Not Enough
America’s Healthiest Schools
The Basics on the Foodfight Over Irradiation
Alternative Medicine Moves Deeper Into Mainstream
Walgreens Challenges Aspects of San Francisco Tobacco Ban
Mobile Phone Use Raises Children’s Brain Cancer Risk Five-Fold
Nuclear Waste Piling Up at Nation’s Hospitals
Country of Origin Labeling For Many Foods Begins Oct. 1 in U.S.
Warning Labels Urged for Caffeinated Energy Drinks
California Requires Menus to Detail Nutrition
FDA Urged to Recall All Children’s Cold Medicines
India Bans Smoking in Public
FDA Website on Drug Ads Produced by Drug PR Firm
Cancer and Heart Deaths Plummet in Britain
HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION
Olive-Leaf Extract Lowers Cholesterol, Blood Pressure
Cancer and Heart Deaths Plummet in Britain
HERBS
St. John’s Wort Effective for Severe Depression
Honey Helpful for Burns and Chronic Wounds
Gingko Extract May Protect Brain During Stroke
MEDICATION AND SURGERY
Reducing Medical Errors Could Cut Health Costs by 30%
Side Effects of HPV Vaccine Cause Concern
Drug Companies Raise Prices on Some Drugs 100% or More
Antibiotic Reactions Send Thousands to Emergency Rooms
Birth Control Pill Alters Sense of Smell, and Perhaps Choice of Mate
Antidepressant Drugs Linked to Poor Driving
Extinction of Ulcer Bacteria May Have Adverse Consequences
Lancet Study Underscores Doubts Over Flu Vaccine for Elderly
Four Arthritis Drugs Suppress Immune System, Increase Risk of Severe Fungal Infection
FDA Starts Posting List of Potential Problem Drugs
Ibuprofen May Complicate Prostate Screening
Surgery No Better Than Conservative Care for Knee Arthritis Pain
46 Million Americans Exposed to Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
New Antipsychotic Drugs: More Costly, More Side Effects, No More Effective
The Ritalin Generation
Acetominophen in Infancy May Be Risk Factor for Later Developing Asthma
U.S. Kids Far More Likely To Be Medicated Than Europeans |
