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Vaccines on Horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, Herpes
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, vaccines, disease, illness, humans, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety )

Dee
- 34 days ago - news.yahoo.com
MARIETTA, Pa. - Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
New Mammogram Advice Raises Questions, Concerns
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, cancer, breast cancer, mammograms, protection, prevention, disease, illness, death, safety, study, treatment, warning )

Dee
- 34 days ago - news.yahoo.com
NEW YORK - For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life's more stressful experiences. Now, women in their 40s have the added anxiety of trying to figure out if they should even be getting one at all.
You Can Cut Back on Alcohol
Health & Wellness  (tags: drinking problems, moderation )

Kristi
- 34 days ago - latimes.com
Research has shown that there are different degrees of drinking disorders, and many people can change habits on their own.
Eating Local This Thanksgiving? Plan Ahead ~ Embracing Local Foods in Holiday Traditions
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, disease, death, ethics, family, food, health, nutrition, risks, safety, science, environment )

Cowboss
- 35 days ago - dukenews.duke.edu
In the last 60 years, our food has increasingly been sourced from far-away places, where it has been grown and harvested much differently than at any time in human history.
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
- 37 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.
Be The Match: Young Muncie Woman in Dire Need of Blood Stem Cell Transplant
Health & Wellness  (tags: blood stem cell transplant, Muncie, Indiana )

Kristi
- 42 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.
Slime Found at Listeria-Stricken Meat Plant Weeks After Heavy Cleaning: Reports
Health & Wellness  (tags: listeria, listeriosis, Maple Leaf, food, risks, food safety )

Karen
- 42 days ago - google.com
OTTAWA -- A top-to-bottom scrubbing after a deadly listeriosis outbreak apparently didn't fully cleanse a Maple Leaf Foods plant of mould, slime and meat debris, newly released documents show.
New Study Finds Canned Food Laced With Toxic Chemical BPA
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, death, children, food, health, humans, prevention, research, safety, risks, study, warning )

Cowboss
- 46 days ago - technewsworld.com
Consumer Reports has unleashed its findings on toxic levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging on a largely unsuspecting public. Before the report, many felt the BPA danger had passed with the introduction of BPA-free baby bottles and so-called microw
Calgary Doctor on Trail of Resistant E. Coli -CBC News
Health & Wellness  (tags: e-coli, drug resistant e-coli, health, illness, travel )

Karen
- 55 days ago - cbc.ca
A doctor is trying to find out why so many people in Calgary have a strain of E. coli with the potential to create difficult-to-treat infections.
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act-Take Action
Health & Wellness  (tags: drugs, medicine, safety, risks, protection, study, food )

Tierney
- 60 days ago - actionnetwork.org
Most doctors commonly warn their patients never to take antibiotics if they are not actually sick. Yet that is exactly what is happening on industrial farms where food animals often are given low doses of antibiotics over long
 
 
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