Crestor Wins Approval as a Drug to Prevent Heart Disease
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Advertising: Rebellion Against The Usual... A campaign for U by Kotex skewers the indirect approach taken in ads for products like tampons and pads while pushing for more frank discussion. |
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Essay: For Obese People, Prejudice In Pl... Stigmatizing fat people has become not just acceptable but, in some circles, de rigueur. |
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In Ohio, Obama’s Health Care Push... At a seniors’ center, President Obama talked about a cleaning woman who had dropped her costly insurance plan, only to discover she had leukemia. |
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Personal Health: Fighting The Pain Of Lu... After a diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer, a search for palliative care with the support of doctors and family members. |
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With Medicaid Cuts, Doctors And Patients... As states cut Medicaid, doctors find payments insufficient. Poor areas like Flint, Mich., face particular hardship. |
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Gaps In Dealing With Cancer In Teenagers Experts see a gap in treatment between pediatric and adult care. |
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Really?: The Claim: Zinc Can Help Fight ... Can the cold-fighting supplement, zinc, lower the risk of childhood ear infections? |
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Global Update: Despite Improvements, Lac... Open defecation is on the decline in many countries, according to a report released Monday by the W.H.O. and Unicef. Nonetheless, about 1.1 billion still practice it. |
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50 Years After Defect Tragedy, Finding A... Researchers trying to decipher the drug’s effects have discovered surprising clues to how normal limbs develop. |
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Video: World's Shortest Man Dies At 21 He Pingping, the Guinness World Record holder as the world's shortest man, passed away in Italy after complaining of chest pains. TODAY's Natalie Morales has more details |
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Haiti Quake Victims Strained Florida Hos... As hundreds of injured survivors of the Haiti earthquake overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal government for basic informati |
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Scientist At Work: Dr. Thomas R. Frieden... The former New York City health commissioner has rapidly reversed many of the Bush administration’s policies at one of the world’s top health agencies. |
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Brain Scans May Reveal Early Alzheimer's People with a family history of Alzheimer's disease often have clumps of a toxic protein in their brains even though they are perfectly healthy, researchers said on Monda |
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