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Extremely Tired and Completely Worn Out? What It Could Mean Plus Questions to Ask Your Doctor

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbara Ficarra, Hhs, Cdc, Patient-Empowerment, Fibromyalgia, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Women's Health, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, healthin30, Cfs, Living News
Barbara Ficarra

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a serious medical condition that can easily be overlooked because it mimics so many other disorders.

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Forget a "Fat Tax." Tax the Fat.

John Ridley | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gyms, Jolt Cola, Cdc, Fat, Cola, Obesity, Fat People, Fat Tax, Macdonalds, Center for Disease Control, Medical Costs, Health Care Reform, New York Times, Doritos, Health Care, Health Statistics, Politics News
John Ridley

With all the talk -- and screaming and gun-toting -- that's going on around the health care reform debate, maybe the answer is orbiting our ever-expanding guts.

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Stopping Swine Flu is Up to You

webmd.com | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Swine Flu Vaccine, Health, Swine Flu, Hhs, Illness, Living News

Aug. 26, 2009 -- Who's on the front line of this fall's flu fight? You are, say HHS and CDC officials. Until Thanksgiving, at the earliest, it's go...

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Why We Must Ban BPA From Products Made For Children

Harvey Karp | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Bpa, Connecticut, Canada, Bpa Reduction, Cdc, Senator Fran Pavley, Minnesota, Bpa Restriction, Synthetic Estrogen, Harvey Karp, Chemical, Health, Hormone, Bisphenol A, The National Toxicology Program, Dr. Harvey Karp, California Legislation, Hormonally Active Chemical, Living News
Harvey Karp

In case you missed the flurry of recent news, scientists have serious doubts about the safety of BPA (bisphenol A). And that's alarming because this h...

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It Takes Only 15 to 20 Seconds and It Can Keep You Healthy

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbara Ficarra, Cdc, Hand-Washing, Community Health and Safety, Flu-Hand-Washing, healthin30, Swine Flu, Living News
Barbara Ficarra

Have you ever been in a public bathroom and noticed the number of people that don't wash their hands?

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Why I'll Swig From My Sigg No More

Nena Baker | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Water Bottles, Cdc, Polycarbonate Plastic, Sigg Bottles, Steve Wasik, Sigg, Fda, Klean Kanteen, Bpa Bisphenol A, Bpa Bans, Green News
Nena Baker

Good-bye Sigg. Hello Klean Kanteen.

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California Battles to Ban BPA from Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups and Infant Formula

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Fran Pavley, Sippy Cups, Senate Bill 797, Harvey Karp, Nih, Baby Bottles, Bisphenol A, Bpa, Cdc, Environmental Working Group, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Hormones, California Nurses Association, American Chemistry Council, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

You may not be familiar with the chemical bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, but there is an excellent chance that BPA is very familiar with you.

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Circumcision For Boys, Men?: Health Officials Weigh Recommendation To Fight HIV Risk

The New York Times | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Stds, Cdc, Sexual Health, Aids, HIV Prevention, Hiv, Male Circumcision, Circumcision, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Prevention, Living News

Public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of H.I.V., the...

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Small Good News: No Double-Standard Dining In School Cafeterias

Karen Stabiner | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Malia Obama, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Cdc, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Diabetes, Sasha Obama, School Lunch, Living News
Karen Stabiner

It's not for nothing that companies sign up high-profile celebrities to sell their goods: the customer's drawn as much to borrowed élan a...

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Health Care Debate Sizzles in Summer Recess

Mike Smith | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Barack Obama, Comscore, Cdc, Nih, Healthcare Reform, Obama Health Care, Pharma, Nacds, Politics News
Mike Smith

Now Americans can leverage the Internet, electronic medical records and telemedicine to support patient care. Now is the time to use technology!

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Autism Rate Now at One Percent of All US Children?

David Kirby | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Autism Rates, Mercury, Autism, Thimerosal, Lee Grossman, Vaccines, Autism Society of America, Living News
David Kirby

A pair of federally funded studies on autism rates is about to make news -- big news -- and it isn't good: It would appear that somewhere around one percent of all US children currently have an autism spectrum disorder.

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The No Impact Man Health Care Plan (VIDEO)

Kerry Trueman | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Colin Beavan, Cdc, No Impact Man, Obesity, Michelle Conlin, Video, Food Politics, Green News
Kerry Trueman

As poor health has become the norm in our society, I'd like to propose a more obscure source of salvation: Colin Beavan, aka "No Impact Man."

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Food Companies Fight Soda Tax Proposal Despite Staggering Obesity Epidemic (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Taxes, Video, Weight of the Nation, Cdc, Beverage Tax, Soda, Americans Against Food Taxes, Food Policy, Soda Tax, Obesity, Unhealthy Food, Poll, Green News

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held the first ever conference on obesity titled "The Weight Of The Nation." Obesity i...

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A Crisis of Deception: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, A Special Report

Reproductive Justice | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Cdc, Abstinence Only, Cpc, Abstinence Education, Contraception, Breast Cancer, David Obey, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Naea, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

A government report found that not only do abstinence-only education programs fail to delay the onset of sexual activity, its students are more likely to think condoms don't help prevent STI's.

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CDC To Explore Environmental Links To Disease

Wall Street Journal | BETSY MCKAY | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Environment, Environment Disease, Cdc, Environment Links, Green News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a Web-based network to help scientists and the public research potential links between environ...

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Reps. Maloney and Smith Ask HHS to Fund Vaccinated-Unvaccinated Study with Federal Stimulus Money

David Kirby | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Rep. Chris Smith, Economic Stimulus Package, Kathleen Sebelius, Nvac, Autism, Hhs, Cdc, Vaccines, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Health, Living News
David Kirby

Will the Obama people come down in favor of federal preemption for pharmaceutical products over the legal rights of families?

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NIH Autism Study to Leave No Stone Unturned

David Kirby | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Nimh, Dr. Craig Newschafer, Niehs, Paul Offit, Nih, Autism Thimerosal, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Cdc, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Nichd, Autism Speaks, Hss, Earli, Health, Living News
David Kirby

Now, in one of the largest, boldest studies of its kind, researchers in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Northern California will begin collecting data on many potential risk factors of autism.

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Top US Panel: Some Vaccine-Autism Research is "Appropriate," "Worthwhile" and "Warranted"

David Kirby | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Nvac, Asd, Vaccine Schedule, Autism, Thimerosal, Vaccine Injury, Vaccines, Mitochondria, Living News
David Kirby

This week, the Federal Government's leading immunization advisory panel unanimously approved a sweeping list of vaccine safety research recommendations, several that are linked to the vaccine-autism debate.

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Notes From the Big "Anti-Vaccine" Conference

David Kirby | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Myelin, Autism Thimerosal, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Vaccine Safety, Autism, Cdc, Autism Vaccines, Autism One, Mitochondria, Living News
David Kirby

If we are going to find the actual environmental triggers to autism, we had better get busy.

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The Meaning of Swine Flu, the Universe, and Everything

RJ Eskow | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Cdc, World Health Organization, H1n1, Swine Flu, Ban Ki Moon, Swine Flu Pandemic, Pandemic, Epidemic, World News
RJ Eskow

We went from apocalypse to afterthought in about two weeks, and now we're swinging back. Here's a way to reconcile some of the different and seemingly contradictory perspectives we've been hearing.

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Possible Link Found Between Obesity and Flu Severity

Washington Post | David Brown and Robin Shulman | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Personal Health, Virus, Health, Swine Flu, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Pregnancy, Flu, Weight Loss, Cdc, Obesity, Rikers Island, Living News

A survey of people hospitalized because of swine flu in California has raised the possibility that obesity is as much of a risk factor for serious com...

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WHO: Swine Flu Could Infect 2 Billion People If Becomes Pandemic

Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Swine Flu Symptoms, Swine Flu Pandemic, Foreign Affairs, Swine Flu, Who, Mexico Swine Flu, Cdc, Flu, Swine Flu Mexico, Swine Flu Outbreak, World Health Organization, Health, Flu Pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Advocacy, World News

The media's coverage of the H1N1 swine flu epidemic has been criticized by many for being overblown, fire-fanning, scare-mongering, overly hyped, and ...

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The Chicago Flu Response: Preparedness Versus Overkill

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 06.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Health, Swine Flu, Cdc, Swine Flu Outbreak, Public Health, Illinois Swine Flu Response, H1n1, Swine Flu Response, Chicago News
Sarah Lovinger

As new flu cases wane and the news cycle shifts, it's natural to ask: was this response appropriate or over the top?

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Swine Flu 1999: We Were Warned

David Kirby | Posted 06.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Cdc, Avian Flu, North Carolina, Mexico, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu 1999, Swine Flu Mexico, Green News
David Kirby

It now appears that six of the eight genetic components in the currently circulating virus are direct descendants of a swine flu virus that first emerged in North Carolina a decade ago.

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Physicians And The H1N1 Flu

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Tamiflu, Cdc, Cdc Swine Flu, H1n1, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

Many of us -- patients and physicians alike -- have been thinking about the influenza virus for about a week. Public health officials like the teams at the CDC that I visited yesterday have been thinking about it for years.

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