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USA: In Protecting Against Flu, Face Masks Rank Last. Best? Vaccination!
Health & Wellness  (tags: USA, protection against H121, hospitals, hospitial staff, vaccinations, protective germ equipment, face masks, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre, patient waiting rooms, hospitals, N95 respirators )

Thankful
- 24 days ago - reuters.com
New guidelines on protecting hospital workers against the H1N1 swine flu stress keeping influenza patients away from others; put protective equipment such as face masks last.vaccinate as many staff as possible against H1N1; U.S. Centers for Disease Cntrl.
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October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - TAKE ACTION!
Health & Wellness  (tags: USA, Susan G. Komen, advocacy alliance, house Energy-Commerce's subcomittee on H, cancer priorities )

Thankful
- 24 days ago - komenpolicy.org
As 1 of my 1st acts as President of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Advocacy Alliance, I had the honor of testifying before the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health in support of a number of key cancer priorities - cont'd...
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UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Helmsley Makes $57,000 An Hour (VIDEO)   video
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, americans, insurance, health, prevention, protection, disease, illness, medicine, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, greed, money, society, politics, economy, consumers, business, abuse, foreclosures, usa )

Tom
- 36 days ago - youtube.com
The Health Care for America Now (HCAN) "Sick of It" anti-insurance campaign focuses on rich health insurance CEOs making millions and living in luxury while middle class families are struggling to pay medical bills, going bankrupt, and losing their homes.
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E.P.A. Will Draft New Law
Health & Wellness  (tags: usa, government, ethics, E.P.A, americans, warning, research, protection, prevention, investigation, health, government, diet, disease, cancer, children, family )

Daphna
- 36 days ago - enn.com
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.), is proposing a major change in the way the federal government regulates tens of thousands of chemicals in consumer products, one that would place more of a responsibility on
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TAKE ACTION!! Share Your Story About Health Care
Health & Wellness  (tags: USA, NOW, National Organization for Women, health care, right wing extremists, profit-driven health care companies, personal stories on health care, health care issues, health care change, women, women's stories, women's health concerns )

Thankful
- 67 days ago - now.org
NOW is going to take your personal stories and share them widely with members in Congress. They're going to publicize them on their website! No right-wing extremists OR profit-driven health care companies....
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Survey Finds High Fees Common in Medical Care
Health & Wellness  (tags: USA, healthcare, healthcare insurance, healthcare fees, doctors, insurance, varying health costs )

Thankful
- 88 days ago - nytimes.com
A patient in Illinois was charged $12,712 for cataract surgery. Medicare pays $675 for the same procedure. In California, a patient was charged $20,120 for a knee operation that Medicare pays $584 for. And a New Jersey patient was charged $72,000 for a...
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U.S. Electronic Waste Gets Sent to Africa
Health & Wellness  (tags: africa, children, ethics, humans, usa, environment, pollution, mercury poisoning, government, risks, safety )

Caree
- 94 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Toxic trash sickens young scavengers in Ghana. Much of the e-waste in the Agbogbloshie dump comes from foreign countries, including the United States. Recyclers that buy it from government agencies ship it overseas in cargo containers mixed in with ...
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Cocaine Kids in the Suburbs, USA   video
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, Cocaine, disease, drugs, usa, consumers )

Teresa
- 150 days ago - youtube.com
Hardcore drugs and the upper class suburbs What are YOUR kids doing when you are away?
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Mother, Son Missing in Forced Chemotherapy Case - Minnesota, USA
Health & Wellness  (tags: usa, minnesota, cancer, child, Hodgkin's lymphoma, court, treatment, alternative, chemotherapy, radiation )

Chrissy
- 170 days ago - edition.cnn.com
A Minnesota judge issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for the mother of Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy who is refusing treatment for his cancer, after neither she nor the boy showed up for a court appearance. "It is imperative that Daniel receive the
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Face Transplant Woman Reveals New Look - USA
Health & Wellness  (tags: usa, transplant, face, woman, shotgun, donor, rebuilding )

Chrissy
- 184 days ago - news.com.au
A US woman who had her face destroyed by a shotgun blast has fronted the media to unveil her new look after face transplant surgery. Connie Culp received a new face from a dead woman five months ago, five years after her husband, Thomas, shot her before
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Cell Phones Worse Than Smoking
Health & Wellness  (tags: risks, safety, healthcare, cell phone, verizon, mobile, radiation, america, usa, wireless, government, bluetooth, tumors, humans, cancer, research, study, science, interesting, ethics, children, warning, society, family )

Mari
- 195 days ago - liberaljournal.blogspot.com
The link between cell phones and brain tumors is more dangerous than smoking. ... Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos
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Q&A: What Is Swine Flu? - World
Health & Wellness  (tags: swine flu, world, australia, questions, answers, information, mexico, usa, health, warnings )

Chrissy
- 195 days ago - abc.net.au
Health authorities across the globe are taking steps to try to stem the spread of swine flu after outbreaks in Mexico and the United States, and suspected cases elsewhere. RN Breakfast's science correspondent Dr Chris Smith and the World Health O
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ON THIS DAY - 1984: Scientist Finds Aids Virus
Health & Wellness  (tags: on this day, aids, hiv, virus, scientist, discovery, usa, america, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome )

Chrissy
- 198 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The discovery of a virus which may cause Aids, the fatal disease sweeping through America, has been hailed as a "monumental breakthrough" in medical research. The development was announced in Washington by US Health Secretary Margaret Heckler.
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DEA Continues Pot Raids Obama Opposes
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, bush, bushadministration, congress, constitution, corruption, economy, ethics, government, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, lies, media, news, obama, politics, propaganda, republicans, usa, activists, culture, education, family, freedoms, humans )

Kathleen
- 274 days ago - mpp.org
OUR LETTERS WORKED: "The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and.....
4 comments
A New Strain of Drug-Resistant Staph Infection Found in U.S. Pigs
Health & Wellness  (tags: Health, Staph Infection, USA, Pigs, Drug Resistant, safety, risks, research, study, warning, ST398 strain, methicillin-resistant, Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA )

Scarlett
- 287 days ago - sciam.com
A strain of drug-resistant staph identified in pigs in the Netherlands five years ago, which accounts for nearly one third of all staph in humans there, has been found in the U.S. for the first time, according to a new study.
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