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Scientists Claim Junk Food Is as Addictive as Heroin
Health & Wellness  (tags: junk, food, heroin, addiction, drugs, obesity, health, healthcare, humans, research, warning, risks, illness, science, study, medicine, prevention, interesting, disease, diet, investigation, society, government, children, nutrition, family )

Tom
- 19 days ago - grist.org
Junk food elicits addictive behavior in rats similar to the behaviors of rats addicted to heroin, a new study finds. "This is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neurobiological underpinnings."
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Be The Match: Young Muncie Woman in Dire Need of Blood Stem Cell Transplant
Health & Wellness  (tags: blood stem cell transplant, Muncie, Indiana )

Kristi
- 11 days ago - thestarpress.com
At age 21, Kelsey Koch is fighting for her life. Afflicted with Job's Disease, more recently pinpointed as genetic Dock 8 Disease, she is in dire need of a blood stem cell transplant.
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A Flu Shot Gone Wrong
Health & Wellness  (tags: flu shot, illness, reaction, Paralysis, women, warning )

Lone
- 14 days ago - aolhealth.com
You may have heard news reports about 25-year-old Desiree Jennings, the girl with the severe reaction to the seasonal flu shot. Her symptoms -- the
14 comments
Janet Attends COVD in Denver
Health & Wellness  (tags: College of Optometrists in Vision Dev., COVD, Vision First Foundation, Kids Eyes Count Campaign, eye care, vision therapy, visual rehabilitation, behavioral vision care )

Janet
- 6 days ago - janetsjournalblog.com
Attending COVD's annual convention proved a great experience for Janet Hughes of Vision First. View fun photos and join the Kids Eyes Count Campaign! COVD is a national organization that provides board certification for eye doctors and vision therapists.
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Swine Flu: With No Paid Sick Leave, Workers Won't Stay Home
Health & Wellness  (tags: H1N1 flu, no sickdays, .work, health, warning, risks )

Lone
- 6 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Atlanta -- Nearly half of all American workers do not have paid sick leave, and half of these are more likely to go to work feeling unwell -- or send an ill child to school -- rather than take an unpaid day off.
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CDC: 2 Deaths, 26 Other Illnesses May Be Linked to Fresh Ground Beef Contaminated With E. Coli
Health & Wellness  (tags: ground beef, recalled, ecoli, risks, health, sickness )

Lone
- 18 days ago - startribune.com
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, federal health officials said Monday
12 comments
Federal Grant Goes to Help Brain-Injury Patients
Health & Wellness  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, healthcare, medicine, news, government )

Kat
- 15 days ago - daily-times.com
FARMINGTON -- More American Indians with traumatic brain injuries can expect assistance finding services following the announcement of a $20,000 grant to the Native American Disability Law Centers in Farmington and Gallup. The grant, announced by U.S...
11 comments
New Cancer Treatment Breakthrough Protect Healthy Cells From Radiotherapy
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, cancer, radiotherapy, illness, disease, research, science, news )

FatJ
- 7 days ago - todaymedic.com
Researchers are working on a new form of cancer treatment that will most likely become available within 5 years. The treatment works on healthy cells by modifying the function of gene to make the cells immune from huge dose of radiation .....
23 comments
Sign the Petition, Send a Coat Hanger
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, prevention, protection, risks, treatment, reproductive health care )

Kelli
- 6 days ago - act.credoaction.com
Sign this petition and send a coat hanger to the 20 formerly pro-choice Democrats -- all men -- who voted to pass the Stupak Amendment.
18 comments
The Health Care America Refuses To Provide
Health & Wellness  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, healthcare, health, medicine, government, humans, politics, culture, society )

Kat
- 3 days ago - dissidentvoice.org
As you're reading this I'm sure your eyes are beginning to roll, indicating how peeved you're probably getting over yet another tirade on the subject of health-care-overhaul. Fear not. To prevent this article from joining the all-embracing tautology of...
8 comments
Exploring Online Pharmacy Degrees
Health & Wellness  (tags: Online Pharmacy, Education, Nursing, School, Degrees )

Nancy
- 8 days ago - uspharmd.com
Online pharmacy schools actually involve a higher degree of study since the students need to have the skills necessary to learn on their own through hands-on methods.
9 comments
Anti-Choice "Egg-as-Person" Initiatives Threaten the Rights Of Women
Health & Wellness  (tags: women, government, protection, healthcare, news )

Tierney
- 8 days ago - rhrealitycheck.org
Eight months pregnant, confused and suffering psychological disorders, Jessica Clyburn jumped from a fifth story window in South Carolina. According to the media, she had attempted unsuccessfully to commit suicide.
16 comments
Obama Declares H1N1 a National Emergency
Health & Wellness  (tags: national emergency, President Obama, swine flu, death )

Lone
- 27 days ago - chicagobreakingnews.com
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency. The White House today said Obama signed a proclamation that would allow medical officials to bypass certain federal requirements. Officials described the move
28 comments
House OKs Historic Health Care Overahaul, With One GOP Vote
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, passed, medicine, humans, society, protection )

Lone
- 12 days ago - mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON -- By David Lightman McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON _ The House of Representatives Saturday passed, by a vote of 220 to 215, historic health care legislation that would require virtually all Americans to obtain health
5 comments
Stand Up for Government Policies That Protect Children and Farm Animals!-Sign Pledge!
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, nutrition, children, animals, prevention, diet )

Tierney
- 27 days ago - support.pcrm.org
The federal government lines the pockets of cattle and dairy farmers to boost agribusiness income--loading up our children's school lunch trays with fatty food made from surplus commodities. And this keeps slaughterhouses and factory farms in buisiness.
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