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  • Calcium pills may raise heart attack risk
    The value of taking calcium supplements to ward off osteoporosis has been called into question by a report that suggests the practice could lead to an increased risk of heart attacks.

  • Slash salt intake, Canadians advised
    Canadians should consume half the sodium they're now taking in from foods and drinks as part of a multi-pronged approach to cutting salt intake, according to new federal guidelines.

  • Coroner orders review of drowning deaths
    Ontario's acting chief coroner has ordered a review of all drowning deaths in the province since May following the death of a 2½-year-old-boy in a backyard swimming pool in the Ottawa region.

  • N.L. medical labs lack expertise: report
    A review of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest medical labs has found dysfunctional relationships among staff and a lack of expertise in complex areas of medical testing.

  • Ontario tackles ER wait times with $45M more
    The Ontario government is expanding its effort to reduce emergency-room wait times across the province.

  • Stem cells grow replacement joints in rabbits
    Rabbits were able to regrow a leg joint using their own stem cells, say scientists exploring the cells' potential to replace artificial joints in human patients.

  • BPA found in cash register and ATM receipts
    The controversial chemical bisphenol A has been found in 40 per cent of receipts collected by the U.S. organization Environmental Working Group.

  • Alberta ponders paying for new MS treatment
    Alberta Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky is putting together a committee to look at whether to pay for studies of a controversial experimental treatment for people with multiple sclerosis.

  • Hands-only CPR saves lives: studies
    More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions, especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.

  • B.C. ends sex tests as researcher charged
    The B.C. government has cancelled a program that tested the sexual responses of young sex offenders by attaching sensors to their genitals, after it learned one of the researchers has been charged with a sexual offence.

  • EI denied to mother caring for sick son
    A Moncton, N.B., single mother who is off work as she helps her two-year-old son recover from brain surgery is fighting the federal government's decision to deny her employment insurance benefits.

  • Sensor implant monitors sugar levels
    An implantable sensor that continuously monitors glucose levels has worked for more than a year in a pig, raising hopes for use in people with diabetes, researchers report.

  • Woman's miscarriage under review by hospital
    P.E.I.'s largest hospital will look at staffing issues and how the emergency department handled the case of a woman who miscarried while waiting to get help.

  • Sask. to pitch MS trial to other provinces
    Saskatchewan's premier says he will raise his proposal to fund clinical trials of a controversial multiple sclerosis treatment with other premiers next week.

  • NYC restaurants get graded on food safety
    New York City's 24,000 restaurants are being given an A, B or C grade aimed at giving consumers a better idea of which establishments are practising food safety.

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  • Calcium pills 'raise' heart risk
    Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

  • Pregnant women rights questioned
    The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

  • Drug prescribed after web search
    A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.

  • Addiction drugs 'aid weight loss'
    A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.

  • Child heart op ban 'should stay'
    Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

  • Public health fear in NHS revamp
    The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.

  • Say fat not obese, says minister
    GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, England's public health minister says.

  • Hip hope from stem cell technique
    Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.

  • Alcohol can 'lessen' arthritis
    Drinking alcohol can reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, a study has found

  • Warning for obese mothers-to-be
    Obesity levels among pregnant women have reached epidemic levels, putting the health of their babies at risk, experts say.

  • Friends offer 'a survival boost'
    Having good friends and neighbours appears to boost survival chances by 50%, say researchers.

  • Churchill's teeth fetch £15,200
    A partial set of false teeth made for Sir Winston Churchill are sold at auction in Norfolk for £15,200.

  • Calcium pill value 'pretty poor'
    Professor John Cleland, cardiologist at Hull University, explains research that suggests calcium supplements may cause an increased risk of heart disease

  • Can your doctor call you 'fat'?
    Doctors need to be more direct when they are dealing with overweight patients, according to the government's health minister.

  • Coping with loss of armed forces parent
    A special holiday break is helping UK children cope with the loss of loved ones killed in conflict

  • Royal couple visit new hospital
    The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have visited Birmingham to take a look around the city's new "super-hospital".

  • Weight, exercise and pregnancy confusion
    NICE have issued new guidelines on women's weight during and after pregnancy.

  • Can music aid athletic performance?
    Music has helped elite tri-athletes in Australia increase their endurance by 15%, researchers say.

  • What to do if stung by a Weever fish
    What should you do if you are stung by Britain's most poisonous fish?

  • Super-sized school uniforms sold
    As more and more children start primary school overweight, retailers are having to expand the waistlines on school uniforms.

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  • Rabbits grow their own joint replacements in study
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints, complete with cartilage, researchers reported on Thursday.


  • Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.


  • Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.


  • Calcium supplements may raise risk of heart attack
    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Calcium supplements, which many people consume hoping to ward off osteoporosis, may increase the risk of heart attack by as much as 30 percent, researchers reported Friday.


  • Protein in urine can forecast kidney disease
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors may be able to watch for kidney injury and protect patients by looking for protein in urine, researchers reported on Thursday.


  • EMS systems catch cardiac arrests, and a lot more
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, according to a new study of the city's Emergency Medical Dispatch system.


  • New York to spend big to kill bloodsucking guests
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the city that never sleeps there is one increasingly busy nocturnal resident who New York wants to evict -- the bedbug.


  • Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.


  • Meth use in pregnancy endangers mom and baby
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared to babies not exposed in the womb to this illegal street drug.


  • New TB test must reach more people: expert
    HONG KONG (Reuters) - A new diagnostic tool that reduces to two hours the time needed to detect drug-resistant tuberculosis must be made available to populations vulnerable to the disease, a World Health Organization expert said.


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  • Just Buy It: Impulsiveness Tied To Brain Chemical
    From proposing to a loved one to going on a shopping spree, many of life's decisions are guided by the brain chemical dopamine. Scientists now say dopamine might explain why some people are more impulsive than others when it comes to planning and thinking.

  • During CPR, Locking Lips May Not Be Necessary
    Many people are uncomfortable with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, so they don't attempt CPR at all. Two big studies show that a streamlined, hands-only CPR method could be just as good. Experts hope the findings will get more bystanders to try CPR -- and, in the end, save more lives.

  • Canadian Team Finds Abandoned 19th Century Ship
    The HMS Investigator, left in the ice in 1853, was found in shallow water along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's western Arctic. The ship had been sent out in search of the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin to chart the Northwest Passage.

  • The Food Chain's Weak Link: Tiny Ocean Plants Dying
    Microscopic plants in the ocean are among the most important creatures on Earth and produce half of the planet's oxygen. But they are in trouble. A new study finds that since 1950, the amount of phytoplankton in the ocean's surface waters has declined by 40 percent.

  • Report Says Minnesota Beaches Among Cleanest, Florida's Among Dirtiest
    The Gulf oil spill has caused 10 times the number of beach closures so far this year, compared to all of last year, says a new report. Swimming in polluted water can increase the risk of pinkeye, hepatitis and neurological problems.

  • Impact Of Childhood Obesity Goes Beyond Health
    Adults who have been overweight since high school risk a lifetime of disease, discrimination and poverty. A new study of obese 40-year-olds found those who were overweight teens were three times more likely to suffer chronic health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. They were also much more likely to be unemployed or receiving welfare.

  • Former Green Jobs Czar Identifies With Shirley Sherrod
    Van Jones, the former White House adviser for green jobs, says he can personally relate to Shirley Sherrod, the former USDA official who was forced to resign last week after her comments about overcoming racial prejudice were taken out of context. Both individuals resigned from the Obama administration amid strong political pressures. Host Michel Martin talks to Jones about the parallels he sees between his highly publicized resignation in 2009 and Sherrod's, and what he's learned since leaving the White House.

  • Titanic Expedition Aims To Create 3D Map Of Wreck
    A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will "virtually raise the Titanic" for the public.

  • Experts Fuss Over Cost Of Nuclear Fusion Research
    A group of nations, including the U.S., wants to invest in nuclear fusion as a source of energy. But adopting the process that fuels our sun to create power on Earth won't be easy -- or cheap. On Tuesday, the group called ITER will decide whether to spend another $17 billion on a lengthy experiment.

  • Scientists Stalk Cemeteries For Signs Of Wildlife
    Climate change has researchers looking for what they call "hidden habitats," where they can gather critical data on some of America's most endangered native plants and insects. One good place to look: graveyards.

  • In Calif., Doctors Struggle To Provide Whooping Cough Vaccine
    California is on track to have the worst outbreak of whooping cough in 50 years.  Gaps in vaccination have allowed the infectious disease to spread.

  • Offshore Stem Cell Clinics Sell Hope, Not Science
    US patients spend tens of thousands of dollars travelling to foreign stem cell clinics for treatments that aren't available in the US. But scientists say some of these clinics are scams, selling unproven, worthless treatments to desperate people with incurable diseases.

  • A Handy Bunch: Tools, Thumbs Helped Us Thrive
    The evolving anatomy of the human hand gave humans great dexterity and fine motor skills. With these advances came the ability to make stone tools and primitive knives. Anthropologists are now studying how our ancestors learned to make tools, and how these tools shaped our bodies.

  • Tiny Eye Telescope Brings Back A World Of Sight
    The FDA has approved a new treatment to help older people with age-related macular degeneration. A tiny eye telescope is implanted into the eye to magnify images. The device could restore quality of life to people who are nearly blind, FDA officials say, but there are some potential drawbacks.

  • Your Olive Oil May Not Be The Virgin It Claims
    The next time you reach for a bottle of extra-virgin olive oil, beware. A new study from the University of California-Davis found that more than two-thirds of random samples of extra-virgin olive oil didn't make the grade.

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    CNN.com - Health
  • Meet the critters inside your mattress
    The mattress can be a jungle of dust mites and bedbugs, milling around among dried remnants of blood, saliva, sweat and basically all the other bodily fluids.


  • Lou Gehrig's victim: Kill me for my organs
    A Georgia man suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease says he wants to die by having his organs harvested rather than wait for his degenerative nerve ailment to kill him.


  • Hoarding called a public health issue
    In extreme cases, hoarders' obsession has led to fires, attracted vermin, endangered their families, that experts describe it as a growing public health problem.


  • Calcium supplements may boost heart attack risk
    The millions of people who take calcium supplements to strengthen aging bones and ward off osteoporosis may be putting themselves at increased risk of a heart attack, a new study has found.


  • Clone farm goal: Disease-resistant animals
    Cloning has been a controversial issue since German embryologist Hans Spemann first made a pair of adorable, genetically identical salamander twins out of a single egg, way back in nineteen-dickety-two.


  • Alcohol may fight rheumatoid arthritis
    Drinking alcohol may ease the pain of -- and lower the risk of developing -- rheumatoid arthritis, a potentially crippling autoimmune disorder, a new study finds.


  • Cell phones save lives in Rwanda
    The Rwandan government is giving out hundreds of cell phones in an attempt to save pregnant women and babies.


  • Hands-only CPR equally effective
    As compression-only CPR has grown in use, the question has remained whether it's as effective as the traditional form that includes mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Two new studies say yes. FULL STORY | WATCH: CPR in 2 minutes


  • Dispersant concerns remain
    Little is known about the effects of the chemicals added to the Gulf of Mexico to break up oil flowing from the Deepwater Horizon's ruptured well.


  • Government has your baby's DNA
    When Annie Brown's daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked Brown and her husband to sit down because he had some bad news to tell them: Isabel carried a gene that put her at risk for cystic fibrosis.


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    NYT > Health
  • Patient Money: For Most, Implants Beat Dentures, but at a Price
    Prosthetic teeth attached to the jaw with titanium screws are preferred for replacing lost teeth, but they’re expensive, and insurance coverage is usually minimal.



  • Getting Into Med School Without Hard Sciences
    A program admits students if they study humanities instead of the traditional pre-medical school curriculum.



  • Added to the Recall List: Millions of Frozen Mice
    Salmonella outbreaks that sickened more than 400 in the U.S. and Britain have been traced to mice sold as food for exotic pets.



  • Are Migraines Linked to a Heart Defect?
    Dr. David Dodick of the Mayo Clinic explores the link between migraines and a hole in the heart.



  • Monitoring Elderly Parents
    New technologies can help adult children keep track of their aging parents.



  • Recipes for Health: Baked Large Limas With Spinach and Feta
    This Greek-inspired dish makes a hearty meal rich in nutritious spinach.



  • The Bay Citizen: In Mission, Aging Hospital Is Seen as a Bargaining Chip
    St. Luke’s Hospital in the Mission district is essentially on life-support, with its future largely dependent on the fate of an expansion plan by its owner, California Pacific Medical Center.



  • French Mother Indicted in Smothering of Infants
    A nursing assistant was charged with what prosecutors called modern France’s worst case of infanticide.



  • Books of The Times: Stefanie Syman’s Yoga History, ‘The Subtle Body’
    Stefanie Syman’s book examines how yoga, the centuries-old spiritual discipline, became a fitness routine for American athletes, C.E.O.’s, movie stars and soccer moms.



  • Sanofi Said to Plan a Bid of $70 for Genzyme
    A deal would bolster Sanofi’s drug pipeline and significantly increase its presence in biopharmaceuticals.



  • The Cruelest Month: For Some Fitness Buffs, July Heat Is No Obstacle
    When you’re dedicated to your fitness routine, weeks of 90-something weather is no obstacle.



  • Washington State Moves to Tighten Controls on Pain Killers
    Regulators in Washington State are attempting to stem what some see as the excessive use of prescribed narcotics.



  • Novartis Plans Giveaway of New Children’s Medicine
    The Swiss drug giant will give away up to 250,000 bottles of a liquid medicine to woo parents frustrated by the recall of liquid children’s Tylenol.



  • Antismoking Efforts Lose Ground to Obesity Fight
    As public health priorities shift, anti-tobacco programs are losing out to the campaign against obesity.



  • Texas Battles Health Law Even as It Follows It
    An awkward dichotomy exists in states that are challenging the health care act, but are still required to follow it while their cases move through the courts.



  • Essay: Lifesaving Medications, Through a Back Door
    A patient illicitly selling part of his medication helps fight AIDS in his own strange way.



  • Advance on AIDS Raises Questions as Well as Joy
    Experts are pondering issues raised after a trial found that a vaginal gel could help women avoid infection.



  • Following a Script to Escape a Nightmare
    Mounting evidence suggests that therapy can help reduce the frequency and intensity of nightmares.



  • N.F.L. Toughens Warning On Risks of Head Injury
    The league is making its most definitive statement yet on the cognitive risks of football in a new locker-room poster.



  • 18 and Under: Q. Did You Ever Smoke Pot? A. It’s Complicated.
    How parents should handle questions from their children on the topic of alcohol and drug use.



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  • Chicken producers debate 'natural' label (AP)

    In this photo taken Dec. 19, 2008, chickens are seen on a farm near Vacaville, Calif. A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as 'natural' has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.




  • Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers (AP)

    FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2006 file photo a person participates in an American Red Cross CPR training in Washington. Two new studies conclude that 'hands only' chest compression is enough to save a life. The American Heart Association has been promoting 'hands only' CPR for two years, though it's not clear how much it's caught on. The new studies should help, experts say. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.




  • DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic (AP)
    AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."

  • NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations (AP)

    FILE - In this undated photo released by the University of Florida, a common bedbug is engorged with blood after feeding on a human. One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday, July 28, 2010, as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort. (AP Photo/University of Florida, File) NO SALESAP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.




  • New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans (AP)

    In this photo taken June 23, 2010, Master Sgt. Todd Nelson is reflected in a mirror as Dr. Joe Villalobos makes adjustments to a prosthetics ear at Wilford Hall Medical Center, in San Antonio. Nelson was injured in 2007 by an explosion while serving in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.




  • Tests aim to settle if fresher blood works better (AP)

    Dr. Wenche Jy, research assistant professor, watches as Eleanor De Asis, assistant lab manager, washes blood, Friday, July 23, 2010, at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. This summer, hospitals around the country are launching major new research to settle if fresher blood really is better for at least some patients. And if so, they're also hunting ways to turn back the clock for older blood — like the University of Miami's work to wash away some cellular debris — and offset any deterioration. The University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital is testing whether 'washing' blood before transfusing it could help, by ridding blood of microparticles that accumulate the longer it's stored. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - Facing surgery? You could receive blood that's been stored for a week, or three weeks, or nearly six — and there's growing concern that people who get the older blood might not fare as well.




  • Knee, Hip Replacements May Aid Weight Loss: Study (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss has been noted among patients who've had a knee or hip replacement, a new study says.

  • New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent genital warts and low-grade cervical growths.

  • Clinical Trials Update: July 29, 2010 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Health Tip: Dealing With Separation Anxiety (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It's common for young children to have a tough time when mom or dad leaves them with someone else.

  • Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study (AFP)

    Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, suggest that the role of calcium in the treatment of osteoporosis should be reconsidered, the researchers said.(BMJ)AFP - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday.




  • Prostate Cancer 'Cell of Origin' Identified (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - For researchers, a key to studying any cancer is finding its "cell of origin." Now scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles say they've found just that -- a specific type of cell that gives rise to prostate cancer.

  • Court ruling could pave way for Gemzar generics (Reuters)
    Reuters - A decision by a U.S. appeals court could pave the way for cheaper generic forms of Eli Lilly and Co's Gemzar cancer drug to be launched in the United States beginning in mid-November.

  • Kids Adopted By Same-Sex Couples 'Thriving': Researcher (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children adopted by gay or lesbian parents develop as well as those adopted by heterosexual couples, a new study has found.

  • New fronts in AIDS war, but funding foe is back (AFP)

    Picture shows new HIV protection gel for women on July 21 during the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna. The 18th council of war on AIDS has opened up new fronts in a nearly three-decade-old campaign but in the grim awareness that a battle-hardened enemy -- the money crunch -- is back.(AFP/File/Samuel Kubani)AFP - The 18th council of war on AIDS has opened up new fronts in a nearly three-decade-old campaign but in the grim awareness that a battle-hardened enemy -- the money crunch -- is back.




  • Health Tip: Is Your Blood Sugar High? (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hyperglycemia, the medical term for high blood sugar, is a prime cause of complications among people with diabetes.

  • Experts identify three culprits for gluten allergy (Reuters)
    Reuters - Researchers have identified three fragments in gluten that appear to trigger a disorder in people who are allergic to the wheat protein.

  • Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug (Reuters)
    Reuters - Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

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  • Caterers dish up more cases of food poisoning

    Doug Ness was sick for eight days with food poisoning after eating tainted taco meat at a catered wedding last year. His wife, Sara Weigel, who was pregnant at the time, didn't eat the meat and stayed well.New figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that illnesses from reported outbreaks of food poisoning linked to catering outpace those from restaurants or home cooking.




  • Women's hormone cream can screw up your kids, pets
    The hug of a middle-aged woman might affect nearby kids and pets in alarming ways -- and it has nothing to do with menopause mood swings.

  • No help for unemployed buying COBRA coverage?

    Dose of reality: A provision in federal law called COBRA allows certain people who lose their jobs to keep their employer-provided health insurance coverage, if they pay for it.Dose of reality: A provision in federal law called COBRA allows certain people who lose their jobs to keep their employer-provided health insurance coverage, if they pay for it.




  • Daydreams really can take you far away
    Just how distracting daydreams can be depends on where exactly your wandering mind takes you, a new study suggests.

  • Video: Tanning addiction a growing problem

    July 30: Dermatologists warn of the dangers of addiction to tanning beds, reflector blankets and roasting in the sun. WNBC's Tom Llamas reports. (NBC News Channel)Dermatologists warn of the dangers of addiction to tanning beds, reflector blankets and roasting in the sun. WNBC's Tom Llamas reports. (NBC News Channel)




  • 4 vets positive for hepatitis after St. Louis clinic visit
    Four veterans treated at the St. Louis VA Medical Center's dental clinic have tested positive for hepatitis, but further testing is needed to determine if inadequately sterilized dental equipment is to blame.

  • Army's suicide rate tied to rise in risky behaviors
    An Army report on the record number of soldier suicides says the trend is part of a rise in risky behavior, including drunk driving and drug abuse.

  • 9 natural cures you can trust

    July 29: Courtenay Smith of Prevention magazine shares alternative treatments for everything from hypertension to hot flashes.  (Today Show)Cocoa for high blood pressure? Massage for depression? That's right. Doctors say these and other alternative remedies really work to help heal our everyday ailments.




  • Lisps come and lisps go — like Sally Draper's

    Besides notable absences including guys like Sal, Ken and Paul, Sunday’s season premiere of “Mad Men” was missing one more beloved character: Sally Draper’s lisp.Besides notable absences including guys like Sal, Ken and Paul, Sunday’s season premiere of “Mad Men” was missing one more beloved character: Sally Draper’s lisp.




  • Protein in urine can forecast kidney disease
    Doctors may be able to watch for kidney injury and protect patients by looking for protein in urine, researchers reported on Thursday.

  • Study: Gestational diabetes likely to recur
    Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.

  • Can a vasectomy kill a guy's sex drive?
    Can a vasectomy  dim a guy's enjoyment of sex? Also, how does a young woman in a rural area without any resources find a safe way to come out and enter the "lesbian scene"?

  • Obese patients shown to lose weight on Orexigen
    Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

  • Prostate cancer 'cell of origin' identified
    For researchers, a key to studying any cancer is finding its "cell of origin." Now scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles say they've found just that -- a specific type of cell that gives rise to prostate cancer.

  • Synthetic, legal pot sending smokers to ER
    An herb and chemical blend dubbed K2 that is sold legally in the U.S. as incense but produces a marijuana-like high when smoked is landing a rising number of people in emergency rooms, doctors said.

  • Secondhand smoke may be hurting kids' grades
    Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong students suggests.

  • FDA warns of pneumonia risk with IV antibiotic
    U.S. health officials warned Thursday about the risk of pneumonia with Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc's flagship antibiotic.

  • Video: Go with your gut: Bacteria the key to weight loss?

    July 29: The key to losing weight could lie within the bacteria in your digestive system. KXAS' Meredith Land reports. (NBC News Channel)The key to losing weight could lie within the bacteria in your digestive system. KXAS' Meredith Land reports. (NBC News Channel)




  • Video: Healthy mouth, healthy body?

    July 29: NBC’s chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman highlights the importance of oral health and answers viewers’ questions.  (Today Show)NBC’s chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman highlights the importance of oral health and answers viewers’ questions. (Today Show)




  • Hands-only CPR enough to save a life, studies say

    Bystanders hoping to help emergency victims can skip the rescue breathing and go straight to hands-only CPR with good results, two new studies say.More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.




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  • New Diet Pill Safe and Effective ... So Far
    Contrave aims for success where many others have failed.

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  • Calcium Supplements May Up Heart Attack Risk
    Calcium supplementation -- without giving vitamin D at the same time -- appears to increase the risk of myocardial infarction, a new review of past research has shown.

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  • Cancer Vaccine: 4 Months of Life Worth $100K?
    Prostate cancer vaccine, Provenge, adds 4 months to life, at a pricetag of 100K. The first-ever approved cancer vaccine, Provenge offers hope to men with advanced prostate cancer, but the high cost of this new treatment raises healthcare policy questions.

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  • Dengue Fever in Fla.: What You Need to Know
    Dengue, (pronounced DEN-ghee) is a tropical disease spread by mosquitoes. It is caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses (DENV 1, DENV 2, DENV 3, or DENV 4), carried most often by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, and less frequently, by Aedes albopictus.

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  • You Call This a Heat Wave? Temps vs. Deaths
    The South and East Coast have taken a real beating this summer from record-breaking temperatures and unrelenting heat. June was the hottest month on record, with temperatures nearly 2 degrees above the 20th-century average for the month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA's records stretch as far back as 1880.

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  • Is Christina Applegate's Pregnancy Risky?
    After beating breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate will soon move on to perhaps her most challenging role yet: motherhood. The former sitcom star, 38, has announced that she is expecting her first child, coming two years after she underwent a double mastectomy in July 2008. While Applegate may be one of the most high-profile women to get pregnant after undergoing breast-cancer treatment, she certainly isn't alone.

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  • Boston Med: Tale of Two OB- GYN Residents
    Rachel Clark, an OB-GYN resident at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, says there's no margin for error on the labor floor. Work comes first, her life comes second.

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  • Stem Cell 'Homing' Fixes Joints in Rabbits
    Researchers are reporting they have successfully persuaded damaged joints to regrow cartilage and bone, using a novel "cell homing" approach.

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  • Compression-Only CPR Sometimes Better
    Two new studies published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that if you're not sure how to properly administer CPR, chest compressions alone may be as effective, if not more effective, than traditional CPR which calls for both chest pumping and rescue breathing.

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  • Murphy and Monjack: Mystery, but Not Mold
    The eerily similar deaths of Brittany Murphy and her husband Simon Monjack a mere five months apart is "unusual" but not mold-related, according to LA County assistant chief coroner, Ed Winter. Rumors flew last week after a TMZ report suggested that toxic mold was the culprit behind the hollywood couples fatal pneumonia, but though the house may have mold, it wasn't a factor in the couples' death, Winter says.

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  • Missouri Takes Baby Away From Blind Parents
    In Missouri, blind mother Erika Johnson asked for help when baby turned blue during breastfeeding and nurse called social services.

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  • Summer Coolers: Drink This, Not That
    Good Morning America teams up with Mens Health magazine to show you the best things to drink -- and to avoid -- when your going for refreshments this summer.

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  • At the Ballpark: How to Avoid Getting a Food-Borne Illness From Your Stadium Snack
    A Health Department initiative in 2009 to inspect the food and beverage outlets at all 107 North American arenas and stadiums for Major League Baseball, National Football League, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association teams turned up disturbing findings. Here are some tips for avoiding a food-borne illness on your next trip to the ball park.

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  • Does This Injured Boy Feel No Pain?
    There's a kitten in Texas that owes one of its eight remaining lives to nine-year-old Clayton Williams. After getting stuck in a tree last Tuesday, Clayton heard it crying and climbed the tree to rescue it. But the kitten fell to the ground, and so did Clayton. Clayton saw the kitten wasn't moving, and knew he needed to get it home. The problem was that as a result of the fall, Clayton broke more than a dozen bones on the left side of his body.

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  • PHOTOS: X-Rays: Toddler Survives Hook in Brain
    Quick action by relatives and emergency workers may have saved the child's life.

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  • Diabetes
    Expert answers on a condition that affects 23.6 million Americans.

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  • Pain Management
    Get facts and talk to the pros at the ABC News OnCall+ Pain Management Center.

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  • Baby is breast-fed by wrong woman at Virginia Hospital Center
    The day after her first child was born in January at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County, Suzanne Libby discovered that he was missing from the hospital nursery. Searching frantically, she found Spencer in his hospital bassinet -- in another woman's room. Standing next to him was a hospi...


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  • Lack of funding threatens the future of HIV drug therapy in the developing world
    Ten years ago, many experts thought you couldn't bring antiretroviral therapy to people with AIDS in poor countries. The drugs cost too much, there weren't enough doctors, the patients wouldn't take the medicines correctly, and the risk of creating a resistant virus was too high.


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  • CPR studies find no benefit to mouth-to-mouth over chest compressions alone
    For anyone trying to save a victim of cardiac arrest, the questions used to be: How many breaths do I give? How many chest compressions? And do I really want to do this in the first place?



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  • Disputed chemical bisphenol-A found in paper receipts
    As lawmakers and health experts wrestle over whether a controversial chemical, bisphenol-A, should be banned from food and beverage containers, a new analysis by an environmental group suggests Americans are being exposed to BPA through another, surprising route: paper receipts.


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  • Medical examiners use differing criteria to tally heat-related deaths
    It's nature's stealth killer. It's not always the medical examiner's prime suspect. And the deadly toll it exacts often becomes clear only well after it has left the scene.


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  • D.C. developer David von Storch is pumped to take fitness centers to a new level
    Navy suits and crisp oxfords occupy every seat except his. With the jacket fringed in fur, the red high-top Nikes with electric blue laces, the polo shirt whose slim-fit sleeves permit the right amount of biceps bulge, David von Storch is a very Logan Circle presence in this very Georgetown meeti...


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  • Health-care overhaul: Long-term-care benefits are a long way off
    Among the most important questions involving the health-care overhaul are how seniors will be affected. Here are two of the biggest pocketbook issues.



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  • Medical Mysteries: Sudden hearing loss in one ear was no minor irritant
    As he picked up the phone to make the call, Wayne Curtis worried that his doctor might think he was a hypochondriac.


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  • Medical device problems hurt 70,000+ kids annually
    CHICAGO -- More than 70,000 children and teens go to the emergency room each year for injuries and complications from medical devices, and contact lenses are the leading culprit, the first detailed national estimate suggests.


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  • State facilities for the disabled called antiquated, but some rely on them
    CHESAPEAKE, VA. -- On a barren tract that backs up to Interstate 64, past a street sign that says "Dead End," sits the entrance to a home that no parent would eagerly choose for a son or daughter.


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  • Delay of food safety bill stirs tensions between House and Senate Democrats
    Frustration over a food safety bill that is stalled in the Senate has prompted infighting among some prominent Democrats.



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  • Insurers tout disease management programs, but critics are wary
    Venante Kotey is a stay-at-home mother in Dumfries. Bridget Hamilton-Roberts is a nurse more than 500 miles away in Atlanta. They've never met. But over the past year and a half, Hamilton-Roberts has become critical to Kotey's health -- all through conversations over the telephone.


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  • Childhood cancer scare affects man's reaction to lymphoma symptoms as an adult
    When I was around 10 years old, I found some strange lumps in a place where no one wants to find strange lumps. They turned out to be little nodes that are actually supposed to be there. They're like sidekicks for your testicles or something and, well, I really don't know what they are. I just kn...


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  • Hospital experts debate wisdom of using stun guns to control violent patients
    Police officers in many jurisdictions use stun guns to incapacitate suspects, but the weapons have started to show up in hospital settings as well, a migration that has raised some concerns.


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  • Out-of-network emergency care
    In the middle of a medical emergency, you don't have time to wonder whether the doctor who is reading your X-rays is in your insurance network. Starting this fall, changes under the health-care overhaul will take some of the worry out of emergency room visits. But the new provisions don't cover a...



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  • Gel found to reduce AIDS risk in women
    A woman's risk of infection with the AIDS virus can be significantly cut by the use of a vaginal gel, a study has found. The research marks the first success in a 15-year search for a way women can independently protect themselves from contracting HIV infection through sex.


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  • D.C.'s Providence Hospital kicks off weight-loss challenge
    A wiry man, clad in a top hat and coat, approached a table of volunteers at Providence Hospital in Northeast Washington on Saturday, signing on to one of the largest community weight-loss initiatives in the District's history.


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  • Hodgkin's lymphoma: Prognosis and treatment
    Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of the immune system. About 8,000 cases a year are diagnosed in the United States, and about 1,300 deaths a year are attributed to the disease.


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  • Study: Mobile Phones Have More Bacteria Than Toilet Handles
    You may want to peel your mobile phone away from your face, considering it may be dirtier than a toilet handle

  • Wedding De-Stressing Tips for the Former First Daughter
    If you thought planning your own wedding was stressful, try being the former First Daughter.

  • Rare Disease Carried By Mosquitoes Kills Infant
    Gulf coast health officials are urging residents to use mosquito repellant after two people died of Eastern equine encephalitis this month.

  • Another Infant Dies of Whooping Cough in California
    San Diego County health officials say a month-old baby boy has died of whooping cough. The death reported Thursday marks at least the seventh infant to die of whooping cough this year in California.

  • 1 Dead, 3 Sickened at Pa. Water Treatment Plant
    A sewage plant employee became faint and died Thursday while working in a 30-foot hole, and three other people who tried to rescue him were overcome by an unknown gas and had to be hospitalized, officials said.

  • Fox on Sex: Foods to Get You in the Mood
    Having fun with food and sex isn't limited to whipped cream--keep your sex life juicy and ripe with these foods

  • Calcium Supplements May Raise Risk of Heart Attack
    Calcium supplements, which many people consume hoping to ward off osteoporosis, may increase the risk of heart attack by as much as 30 percent, researchers reported Friday.

  • Bedridden Man Eaten Alive By Maggots
    A paralyzed man was eaten alive by maggots in his bed while his partner slept beside him.

  • Are Some Soaps Damaging Sex Organs?
    A nonprofit environmental group has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming the agency failed to regulate toxic chemicals found in "antimicrobial" soap and other personal care products.

  • Boy Released From Hospital After Metal Rod Impales Skull
    A 17-month-old boy, who was impaled in the skull by a metal rod, has been released from the hospital less than two weeks after the object was lodged 2 inches into his brain.

  • Test Designed to Screen Resistance to Cancer Drug
    Researchers in Japan have designed a test to identify patients who are likely to be resistant to imatinib, the standard drug for treating leukemia or cancer of the blood cells.

  • Man Wants to Donate Heart, Liver - Before He Dies
    A Cherokee County man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease is leading a push to let people donate vital organs — before they die.

  • Shoes Too Tight? There's Cosmetic Surgery for That
    How far will some women go to fit into high heels? The menu of services at Beverly Hills Aesthetic Foot Surgery in Studio City, Calif., provides a clue.

  • 'Kiddie' Viagra May Get Pfizer a Patent Extension
    Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer plans to sell a children's form of Viagra to treat a rare lung disorder as a humanitarian gesture — in exchange for getting a six-month extension of its patent on the adult version.

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    Too many men with low-risk prostate cancers, those whose level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is normal or below normal, still receive aggressive ...




  • Russians may be more negative but less depressed than Americans
    Despite what many social observers have described as a generally dark and brooding take on life, a new report suggests that Russians are actually ...




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    Falls, bicycle crashes, burns, motorized vehicle accidents and near-drownings are the leading causes of hospitalization for American children ...




  • Without mouth-to-mouth, hands-only CPR saves lives
    More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions especially if they can just press ...




  • Relationship insecurity may undermine health
    People who feel insecure in their relationships may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease and other health problems, according to a ...




  • Study: The longer you sit, the shorter your life
    Women who spent six hours a day sitting had a 37% increased risk of dying versus those who spent less than three hours a day on their bottoms. ...




  • New blood: Hospitals test if it's safer for transfusions
    Facing surgery? You could receive blood that's been stored for a week, or three weeks, or nearly six and there's growing concern that people ...




  • Medical devices hurt 70,000 kids a year; contact lenses worst
    More than 70,000 children and teens go to the emergency room each year for injuries and complications from medical devices, and contact lenses ...




  • Italy reports human case of mad cow disease
    A woman in northern Italy has been reported as being infected with mad cow disease and has been hospitalized in serious condition.




  • Treating HIV also prevents its spread, study finds
    Provocative new research shows that treating people with the AIDS virus can provide a powerful bonus: It cuts the risk that they will infect ...




  • Stroke risk may rise first hour after drinking
    For an hour after drinking even a small amount of alcohol, the risk of stroke increases, a small, preliminary study suggests.




  • Word games may predict life of relationship
    Want to know if your romantic relationship will last "'til death do you part" or if you are cruising toward a breakup?




  • Study: Avastin didn't extend life of breast cancer patients
    U.S. government health scientists said Friday that follow-up studies of a Roche breast cancer drug show it failed to slow tumor growth or extend ...




  • Emotions may be blunted in Alzheimer's patients
    Patients with Alzheimer's disease often can seem withdrawn and apathetic, but may also have reduced ability to experience emotions.




  • More seniors, minorities, obese mean more glaucoma in U.S.
    The changing makeup of the U.S. population is expected to lead to an increase in cases of glaucoma, the leading cause of vision loss in the country, ...







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