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Do Toxins Cause Autism?
Feb 28, 2010 –
by NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Autism was first identified in 1943 in an obscure medical journal. Since then it has become a frighteningly common affliction, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting recently...
Read MoreStomach Flu Hits Caribbean Cruise Ship
Feb 26, 2010 –
For those of us stuck in the wintry Northeast, a Caribbean cruise seems pretty appealing. But we have to admit the idea was a whole lot more enticing before we heard about a nasty viral outbreak that...
Read MoreHospitals and Doctors Drove Up California Health Costs
Feb 26, 2010 –
By Christopher Weaver Californians outraged over insurance rate hikes may have some new targets. A study just out may direct some of their ire toward doctors and hospitals. The findings, published in...
Read MorePesticides pose health risks.
Feb 25, 2010 –
The use of some pesticides in Asian countries has exposed communities across the region to unacceptably high health risks, according to a study conducted by the international Pesticide Action Network. Read...
Read MoreNutrition Lab: Joint pain supplements examined
Feb 22, 2010 –
Glucosamine and chondroitin are popular treatments for such ailments as osteoarthritis, but study results are inconsistent on their benefits. With more than 46 million Americans diagnosed with arthritis,...
Read MoreA bridge to a relaxation
Feb 22, 2010 –
Whenever you feel tightness in your chest, shoulders and back, practice this variation of a backbend, or bridge pose. It will help release tension in your mid- and upper back as well as stretch and strengthen...
Read MoreReducing cardiovascular risk in diabetics
Feb 22, 2010 –
Does lowering your blood sugar reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes? The data are conflicting, but that appears to be the case in some patients, not in others. Is tight glucose control good at...
Read MoreAmericans may be running up the calorie count when dining out
Feb 22, 2010 –
More restaurants are printing nutritional information on menus, but fat- and salt-laden foods are still offered. Americans are eating out more and more: According to the National Restaurant Assn., 49%...
Read MoreDiners digest the new menu facts
Feb 22, 2010 –
Visits to a few L.A.-area restaurants reveal how customers really feel about the nutritional info law. Californians have a rep, deserved or not, for being health conscious — asking for dressing on...
Read MoreDoes menu labeling affect diners?
Feb 22, 2010 –
Study: It’s inconclusive whether displayed nutritional facts change diners’ habits. You’d think, with the ugly truth at last laid out before them courtesy of the new labeling law, California’s...
Read MoreDining out: It’s a whole new game
Feb 20, 2010 –
Going to a restaurant these days includes calorie-counting and trans-fat measuring before you order. How much is that hoagie in the window? You can dig into that dulce de leche cheesecake, but you can...
Read MoreSex hormone trial for head injury
Feb 19, 2010 –
Progesterone – the sex hormone used in the first contraceptive pills – is to be tested on brain injury patients in a major US trial. Read more: Sex hormone trial for head injury Read More →
Read MoreMenus to carry nutrition info starting next year
Feb 19, 2010 –
Restaurant chains in California have to comply with a menu-labeling law passed in 2008. California was the first state to adopt menu-labeling laws. SB 1420, signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Read MoreObama Readies Health Overhaul Proposal Ahead Of Summit
Feb 19, 2010 –
By Scott Hensley Are we the only ones wondering what took the Obama administration so long to lay out its own blueprint for a health overhaul bill? At a media briefing on insurance rate hikes Thursday,...
Read MoreObama Makes Health Care Push At Nevada Town Hall
Feb 19, 2010 –
HENDERSON, Nev. — Days before hosting an intensive health care summit with both Republicans and Democrats, President Barack Obama made a fervent push for his overhaul, calling it critical not just...
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