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H1N1 Flu Shot Clinics Are a Hit
Health & Wellness  (tags: H1N1, Health, Schwan )

Nancy
- 6 hours ago - startribune.com
Several thousand people lined up around the Schwan Center in Blaine for vaccinations at the flu vaccination clinic, which was administered by the Anoka County Health Department.
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Average UK Woman Wears 515 Chemicals a Day
Health & Wellness  (tags: UK woman, chemical, study, health, living )

Sophie
- 12 hours ago - reuters.com
The average British woman "hosts" 515 chemicals on her body every day, according to a new study.
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Jail Nurse Charged for Obtaining Prescription Drugs Illegally
Health & Wellness  (tags: nurse, drugs, IllegalDrugMarketing, inmates )

Lone
- 17 hours ago - localnews8.com
POCATELLO - A nurse hired to work at the Bannock County Jail has been charged for allegedly obtaining prescription drugs illegally, announced the Bannock County Sheriff's Office Thursday afternoon
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Iraqi Former Battle Zone Sees Abnormal Clusters of Infant Tumours and Deformities.
Health & Wellness  (tags: Iraq, babies, environment, war, chemical interventions )

Janet
- 19 hours ago - truthout.org
"Doctors in Iraq's war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting.WHAT really was going on there?
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MYTHBUSTERS: Cold Weather Won't Make You Sick
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, health, EDUCATION, research, humans, disease, investigation, family, protection, news, study, prevention )

Cal
- 1 day ago - aarpmagazine.org
Fresh studies of scientific research are busting all those health myths you grew up with
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Sebelius on Mammograms: Don't Change What You're Doing
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, Health and Human Services Secretary, healthcare, mammograms, prevention, research, protection, safety, women )

Dee
- 1 day ago - prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday afternoon issued a strong statement intended to put distance between federal policy and an influential panel's recommendations that most women..
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Critical Food Safety Vote This Week!
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, food, safety, protection, risks, health, humans, nutrition )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - secure.consumersunion.org
And not a moment too soon! On Wednesday, a key Senate committee is slated to vote on a bill that will encourage food producers to clean up their acts and prevent deadly contamination in the foods we buy each day. With the holidays just around the corner,
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Can Pets Catch H1N1 Flu From Humans?
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, pets, flu, diseases, health, animals )

Simone
- 2 days ago - entertainmentandshowbiz.com
A case of an indoor 13-year-old house cat in Iowa who has contracted the deadly H1N1 flu while living with two flu-sick owners has fuelled concerns if the illness can spread from humans to animals. The Iowa Department of Public Health confirmed the
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Injection Snoreplasty Stop Snoring In 2 Minutes
Health & Wellness  (tags: snoring, snoring treatment, sleep, sleep apnea, health, injections )

FatJ
- 2 days ago - todaymedic.com
The technique known as "snoreplasty" involve injecting a chemical under local anesthesia into the roof of the mouth of the snoring patient ....
14 comments
YouTube - Announcing the Winner of the Health Reform Video Challenge   video
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, babies, health, healthcare, illness, Health Reform Video Challenge, Health Reform )

Kelli
- 2 days ago - youtube.com
Help put the final ad on the air:After nearly 1,000 submissions, 20 amazing finalists, and more than 3 million views, Organizing for America supporters and a panel of experts have picked the winner of the OFA Health Reform Video Challenge.
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In Amazon, a Frustrated Search for Cancer Cures
Health & Wellness  (tags: Cancer, Amazon, Brazil, clippers )

Nancy
- 2 days ago - reuters.com
The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers.
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The Need of Public School Nurses
Health & Wellness  (tags: Schools, Nurse, Education, Medical, Health, Swine Flu, A H1N1 )

Nancy
- 2 days ago - nursingschoolsearch.com
There is an increase in the prominence of school nurses with the fear of H1N1 spreading throughout public schools faster than we thought possible a year ago.
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Saving the African Child
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, infant mortality, poverty, poverty, educating women, Africa, survival )

Naoko
- 2 days ago - standardmedia.co.ke
Dr Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija says what she went through after losing two children made her understand the pain other women undergo. She counts as an achievement educating disadvantaged women on simple ways to ensure babies survive the first 28 days after
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Conjoined Twins Separated in Historic 25-Hour Surgery
Health & Wellness  (tags: twin babies, seperation, surgery, head, risks, babies )

Lone
- 2 days ago - foxnews.com
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain tissue.
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The Stupak-Pitts Controversy Is Based On--and Masks--A Deepset Fear of Women's Agency
Health & Wellness  (tags: women, healthcare, health, government, abortion, stupak-pitts )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - rhrealitycheck.org
The Stupak-Pitts amendment to the House bill for health care reform grabbed most of the headlines after the health care reform vote. It makes sense---the media and socially conservative politicians love to bang the drum about abortion
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