Health

Kick Off the Holiday Season With a Healthier Thanksgiving

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Flame Retardants in Furniture, Carpets Might Affect Kids' Development

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Majority of Biggest U.S. Cities Now Smoke-Free

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Cold-Storage Requirement Dropped for Life-Saving Meningitis Vaccine

New research has shown that a vaccine against bacterial meningitis, which previously required cold storage to transport across Africa, can be shipped and administered safely for up to four days without refrigeration. Public health experts are calling...

Health: men faring worse than women in hospitalisations for diabetes

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Uncontrolled diabetes hospital admission rates and diabetes prevalence by sex, 2009 (or nearest year)

Gene variations linked to lung cancer susceptibility in Asian women

An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The finding provides further evidence that risk of lung cancer among never-smokers, especially Asian women, may...

Congress to Open Hearings Into Steroid/Meningitis Outbreak

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Kids' Headaches Rarely Due to Vision Problems, Study Finds

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Tick-Borne Illnesses in U.S. Move Beyond Lyme Disease

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Cataract Patients Relax to a Soothing Beat, Study Says

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