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  Gov't to pay more than half of US health costs

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 11:02pm CST by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Writer

  For all the hue and cry over a government takeover of health care, it's happening anyway.
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  Report: Feds to pay more than half of health costs

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 11:02pm CST by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Writer

  For all the hue and cry over a government takeover of health care, it's happening anyway.
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  Teens' brains hold key to their impulsiveness

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 9:47pm CST by msnbc.com health

  The teenage brain is like a car with a good accelerator but a weak brake. With powerful impulses under poor control, the likely result is a crash.
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  Show, don't tell! 5 ways to help your kid get fit

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 8:55pm CST by msnbc.com health

  Your approach to a child's physical development can affect him for years to come. Make sure you get it right.
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  A Study Finds Mental Benefit of Fish Oil, Prevents Schizophrenia

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 8:46pm CST by MinnieApolis

  A new study enrolled 81 people (aged 13 to 25) who showed early symptoms of psychosis (sleeping much more or less than usual, suspicion, believing someone is putting thoughts in their head or believing they have magical powers).
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  How Physical Exercise effects the brian?

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 8:20pm CST by Kmatthews

  I read in the texts that exercise have an impact on age-related memory performance.I say that if a person exercise or not this effects when assessing memory abilities in later adulthood. It is also said that people who exercise maintain mental health scores .
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  Black pepper to blame for salmonella outbreak

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 7:04pm CST by msnbc.com health

  Tests have shown that the same strain of salmonella that sickened more than 200 people in at least 42 states has been found in black pepper, but it's not clear if it's the only source of the outbreak.
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  Healthy baby campaign uses texts to reach mothers

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 5:48pm CST by Matthew Perrone, AP Business Writer

  Expectant mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
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  Flame retardant may affect fertility

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 5:13pm CST by msnbc.com health

  Having difficulty getting pregnant? Perhaps your sofa is to blame. Or your stereo or carpet or any of the things in your house that contain common flame-retardant chemicals known as PBDEs that a new study suggests may be associated with decreased fertility.
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  Dark shadows loom over 'facilitated' talk

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 4:50pm CST by msnbc.com health

  The communication technique touted last week as helping a Belgian man emerge from 23 years in coma-like isolation turned one Michigan family's life into a living nightmare.
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  Vegetative brains show glimmers of awareness

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 4:32pm CST by msnbc.com health

  Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them.
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  Olbermann Punked by Fixed News

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 4:17pm CST by GOZO-unlimited

  Last night, thousands of parents and grandparents of children with autism sat in front of their TVs, mouths agape, as Keith Olbermann declared their national hero, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Tuesday's "Worst Person in the World" on the popular Countdown show on MSNBC.
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  Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 4:00pm CST by Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer

  Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.
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  Brian Deer Interviewed by Matt Lauer on Dateline NBC Dr. Wakefield Program

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 3:27pm CST by GOZO-unlimited

  The Dateline NBC program on Dr. Andrew Wakefield featured UK journalist Brian Deer.
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  26,000 Claims over AstraZeneca's Seroquel & links to Diabetes

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 3:25pm CST by take2la

  AstraZeneca is facing as many as 26,000 lawsuits over its antipsychotic drug Seroquel as the drugmaker prepares for its first jury trial over claims the medicine causes diabetes, according to court filings.
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  Study: How many punches can a guy take?

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 3:06pm CST by msnbc.com health

  In an era when "extreme fighting" has become a popular phenomenon, scientists are testing the extremes that athletes at the peak of their game can reach in order to help the rest of us.
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  Some morbidly obese people are missing genes, shows new research

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 2:57pm CST by Angel_C

  A small but significant proportion of morbidly obese people are missing a section of their DNA, according to research published today in Nature.
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  It's About Time: A Drill-Free Fix For Cavities

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 2:52pm CST by Angel_C

  Bacteria love hanging out between your teeth—food gets caught there, and brushing can't reach all the germs. If the bugs settle in and form a cavity, your dentist must drill through your tooth just to get at it.
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  Mainstream Drugs are Neither Safe nor Effective

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 2:37pm CST by GOZO-unlimited

  For generations we have been told by mainstream medicine that their drugs are safer and more effective than natural alternatives such as those man has used for healing for thousands of years.
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  The False Prophets of Autism

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 1:55pm CST by Scott (Scoop) Butki

  Excellent piece
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  Vaccine Study Retracted, and Causes of Autism Remain Elusive - On Parenting (usnews.com)

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 1:47pm CST by Scott (Scoop) Butki

  Long in coming but i'm glad they finally made this official.
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  Heel. Sit. Whisper. Good dog.

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 1:21pm CST by msnbc.com health

  Nestl barks when Mike Marder and his wife come home, and he barks when they leave. He barks at delivery boys, he barks at the doorbell, and he barks at the Marders' new puppy, Truffle. But for all that effort, the only sound Nestl makes is a raspy squeak.
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  How a zealot’s word led us astray on autism

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 11:49am CST by Arthur Caplan, Ph.D., msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com

  A dozen years ago, a British physician named Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a paper in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet that did immeasurable harm to children.
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  Report: 40 percent of cancers are preventable

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 9:44am CST by Associated Press

  About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say.
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  5 worst states to be an animal: Abuse laws lax

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 8:01am CST by msnbc.com health

  Idaho, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi and North Dakota have the weakest animal protection laws in the nation, according to a recent report.
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  5 worst states to be an animal: Abuse laws lax

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 7:23am CST by Kim Campbell Thornton, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com

  What's the punishment for being cruel to an animal? In five states — Idaho, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi and North Dakota — the law’s response is, “Not much.”
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  SIDS deaths linked to brain chemical imbalance

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 2:27am CST by Red Wolf

  Researchers have found more evidence to support the theory that babies who die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) have a chemical deficiency in the brain.
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  Sixth Birth Defect Confirmed In Kettleman City

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 1:32am CST by J. M. Van Horn

  Kettleman City, CA-The Kings County Health Department has confirmed a sixth birth–defect case in Kettleman City.
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  Is the Ban on Federally Funded Abortions Constitutional?

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 1:07am CST by Rodney-889389

  Since the Supreme Court appears receptive to rejecting precedent in letting corporations overwhelm our elective system, possibly they should re-examine the constitutionality of the ban on federal funding of abortions in its current form or as proposed in the new health care legis …