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STD shot stuck in center of culture war
Author: MSNBC.com: Health20.05.2007
Over the past several months, a vaccine that once was hailed as a breakthrough to prevent cancer deaths has become embroiled in some of the nation's most politically charged issues: teen sex, parental control, state mandates, a backlash against vaccines and a suspicion of drug companies.
read comments (0)Big trouble in little Puerto Rico: Obese kids
Author: MSNBC.com: Health20.05.2007
The gym routine for 11-year-old Daniel Alvarado mixes music and games with jump ropes and stationary bikes. But like the other children sweating through workouts, he doesn't come just for fun. He is following doctor's orders.
read comments (0)Plastinated bodies stick around after death
Author: MSNBC.com: Health20.05.2007
More than 7,000 people have agreed to donate their bodies for plastination, a process in which body fluids are replaced by liquid plastic. The plastic hardens, leaving tissues intact and allowing bodies to be displayed in museums or medical schools in their natural color and without formaldehyde.
read comments (0)WP: Tainted Chinese imports common
Author: MSNBC.com: Health19.05.2007
For years, U.S. inspection records show, China has flooded the United States with foods unfit for human consumption. Amid new trade talks and scandal over tainted pet food, many are fed up with "catch and release" policies that have seen tainted shipments simply returned to China, with few penalties enacted.
read comments (0)Meatball art made from human fat
Author: MSNBC.com: Health18.05.2007
Last year, Chilean-born artist Marco Evaristti mixed fat removed from his body by liposuction with ground beef to make meatballs, which he fried in olive oil and displayed in a public gallery.
read comments (0)Move to Japan, San Marino for longer life
Author: MSNBC.com: Health18.05.2007
A boy born in San Marino, a tiny republic surrounded by Italy, will likely live to age 80, the world’s longest male life expectancy, but newborn girls in Japan and 30 other countries have even better prospects, the World Health Organization said Friday.
read comments (0)A drink (or two) may cut kidney cancer risk
Author: MSNBC.com: Health18.05.2007
Having a drink or two per day appears to modestly decrease the risk of developing kidney cell cancer, new research findings suggest, regardless of the type of alcoholic drink that is consumed.
read comments (0)Feeling unfairly treated may make you ill
Author: MSNBC.com: Health18.05.2007
People who report a sense of being unfairly treated face a greater risk of suffering a heart attack and are in worse overall physical and mental health, researchers from the UK and Finland report.
read comments (0)Chickens fed tainted feed safe to eat
Author: MSNBC.com: Health18.05.2007
Some 80,000 birds held on Indiana farms are safe to eat despite being fed rations that contained tiny amounts of the chemical melamine, the U.S. government said.
read comments (0)Marathon runners truly ‘hit the wall’ in China
Author: MSNBC.com: Health18.05.2007
In every marathon, there is the psychological barrier of "hitting the wall." In the Great Wall Marathon, it really happens.
read comments (0)Experts warn of detox diet dangers
Author: MSNBC.com: Health18.05.2007
Despite the lack of scientific evidence that detox diets do what they claim, fasting programs keep gaining in popularity. As a result nutrition experts are increasingly sounding the alarm over their potential risks.
read comments (0)Destruction of smallpox virus delayed
Author: MSNBC.com: Health18.05.2007
The World Health Organization delayed for at least four years any decision on when to destroy the world’s last known stockpiles of smallpox, a deadly virus eradicated nearly 30 years ago.
read comments (0)Study maps maturing minds
Author: MSNBC.com: Health18.05.2007
Can you get smarter than a fifth-grader? Of course, but new research suggests some of the brain’s basic building blocks for learning are nearing adult levels by age 11 or 12.
read comments (0)Fish fed tainted feed safe to eat, FDA says
Author: MSNBC.com: Health17.05.2007
Farmed fish that may have eaten food with imported Chinese ingredients show no traces of contamination and should be safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
read comments (0)7 charged with stealing body parts
Author: MSNBC.com: Health17.05.2007
Three funeral home directors and four former employees of a biomedical supply company secretly removed skin, bone and other body parts from dozens of corpses awaiting cremation at Rochester funeral homes, prosecutors said Thursday.
read comments (0)Walkers take a spill for science
Author: MSNBC.com: Health17.05.2007
Millions of years after our ancestors started walking upright, researchers are looking for better ways to keep us from falling down.
read comments (0)Strokes strike South the hardest
Author: MSNBC.com: Health17.05.2007
Strokes are most common in Mississippi and other Southern states, and least in Connecticut, according to a report providing the first U.S. state-by-state accounting of the third-leading cause of American deaths.
read comments (0)India bans sex ed to preserve culture
Author: MSNBC.com: Health17.05.2007
Banning sex education on the grounds that it offends Indian sensibilities puts young lives at risk and jeopardizes the fight against AIDS, a senior health official said.
read comments (0)Doctors busted in $30 million surgery scam
Author: MSNBC.com: Health17.05.2007
Three doctors were charged with billing insurers for $30 million of unnecessary surgery performed on hundreds of patients recruited from around the country.
read comments (0)Home tests help keep the doctor away
Author: MSNBC.com: Health17.05.2007
Thanks to a growing number of home-use health tests, it's becoming easier to find out a wide scope of information about your health, from your cholesterol levels to what might be causing your allergies.
read comments (0)129,000 pounds of beef recalled in 15 states
Author: MSNBC.com: Health17.05.2007
A meat company is recalling 129,000 pounds of beef products in 15 states because of possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
read comments (0)Woman survives ‘internal decapitation’
Author: MSNBC.com: Health17.05.2007
Even her surgeon calls her a miracle. Shannon Malloy was critically injured Jan. 25 when a car crash slammed her into the dashboard. Her skull separated from her spine, although her skin, spinal cord and other internal organs remained intact.
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